Nicklin Way

Nicklin Way (SR6) is a major road in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is named after former Queensland Premier Frank Nicklin, who opened the road on 5 June 1965.^[1] It runs from the southern end of the Sunshine Motorway at Mooloolaba in the north to Caloundra in the south, with the route signed as State Route 6. With the population of Sunshine Coast growing quickly, the road is often prone to congestion.^[2]

Nicklin Way Queensland
Nicklin Way, from the Sugarbag Road overbride at Caloundra West
General information
Type	Road
Length	12.8 km (8.0 mi)
Opened	5 June 1965 (1965-06-05)
Route number(s)	State Route 6
Major junctions
North end	Sunshine Motorway (State Route 70), Mooloolaba
South end	Caloundra Road (State Route 6), Caloundra
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Warana, Kawana Waters, Currimundi

The construction of the road included the construction of concrete bridges spanning the Mooloolah River, Currimundi Lake and Tucker's Creek at Mooloolaba. The bridges spanning Mooloolah River and Currimundi Lake are named McKenzies Bridge and Ahern Bridge respectively.^[1]

Upgrades

Safety improvements

A project to improve safety and capacity on a section of the road, at a cost of $7 million, was completed in November 2020.^[3]

New intersection

A project to provide a new intersection with the road, at a cost of $18.2 million, was in the detailed design stage in August 2022.^[4]

Major intersections

The entire road is in the Sunshine Coast local government area.

Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Minyama, Parrearra border	0	0.0	Sunshine Motorway: north–west to Noosaville south–west to Sippy Downs Brisbane Road (State Route 6): north to Mooloolaba	Northern end of Nicklin Way (State Route 6)
Buddina, Parrearra border	1.5	0.93	Point Cartwright Drive: north to Buddina and Point Cartwright Light	Access to Kawana Shoppingworld
Warana	3.4	2.1	Kawana Island Blvd: west to Parreara (Kawana Island) / Palkana Drive east to Warana	Access to Kawana Way (west) and Oceanic Drive (east)
Warana, Bokarina border	4.6	2.9	Main Drive: west to Birtinya / Wyandra Drive east to Warana and Bokarina	Access to Kawana Way (west) and Oceanic Drive (east)
Bokarina, Wurtulla border	6.3	3.9	Lake Kawana Boulevard: west to Birtinya	Access to Kawana Way and Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Currimundi	9.0	5.6	Creekside Boulevard: west, then north to Meridan Plains	Access to Kawana Way and Caloundra Mooloolaba Road
Currimundi, Battery Hill border	9.4– 9.6	5.8– 6.0	Bellara Drive: west to Currimundi / Buderim Street south–east to Dicky Beach
Battery Hill, Aroona border	10.4	6.5	Beerburrum Street: west to Aroona, Little Mountain east to Dicky Beach
Caloundra, Caloundra West, Golden Beach border	12.8	8.0	Caloundra Road: north–west to Little Mountain / Caloundra Road south–east to Caloundra / Pelican Waters Boulevard south to Golden Beach and Pelican Waters	Southern end of Nicklin Way. State Route 6 continues north–west as Caloundra Road.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Nicklin Way
Sunshine Motorway (northbound) Brisbane Road Sunshine Motorway (westbound) Incana Court Ulmarra Court Mooloolah River Boat Ramp Parrearra Channel Local Road Connections Eden Street/Churinga Street Kensington Dr/Jessica Blvd Marawa Dr/Point Cartwright Dr Local Road Connections Kawana bus station Kawana Shops access Burns Street Lutana Street Sunbird Chase/Koorin Drive Riveraine Avenue Jinang Street Melody Court Kawana Island Blvd/Palkana Dr Local Road Connections Waterview St/Minkara St Production Avenue Main Drive/Wyandra Drive Local Road Connections Kawana Sports Precinct Thunderbird Drive Meridian St/Beach Dr Lake Kawana/Bokarina Entrance Lake Lake Kawana Blvd/Bokarina Blvd Local Road Connections Wurley Drive Spinnaker Boulevard Moondara Drive Regatta Blvd/Peregrine Dr Tokara Canal Service Road Service Centre Access Piringa St/Anuna St Gayandi Street Currimundi Creek Gannawarra Street Erang St (to Creekside Blvd) Local Road Connections Coora Crescent Bellara Dr/Buderim St Local Road Connections Careen Street Kalana Road/Browning Boulevard Beerburrum Street Sugar Bag Road/Queen Street Emergency access only Caloundra Road Pelican Waters Boulevard