Caloundra Lighthouses — Attraction in Sunshine Coast Regional

The Caloundra Lighthouses, being the original unit, and it's more contemporary larger replacement beside it, are shining beacons, literally and figuratively of a bye gone era. These long standing sentinels, have individually, and collectively, watched over the steady progress of Caloundra's growth over many many decades. On given days, for a gold coin donation, you can step back in time, and, with the aid of in depth commentary from one of the local volunteers, accompanied by myriad old photos, whilst standing inside, at it's highest point, looking out to sea, get a true feeling of life, seen through the eyes of the lighthouse keepers across the years. A genuine piece of local history, just waiting to...

Good to see these beauties being preserved by a group of volunteers called "Friends of the Lighthouses." Only opened on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month for tours at a cost of $5. I'll put this on my bucket list for next time I'm around this area. The views over Kings Beach are amazing from the base of lighthouses! Imagine them from the top! The main "modern" one was decommissioned in 1992 due to the increase in high-rise buildings in the area. I think this is of interest to those interested in old buildings/structures/history. Come and...

Twin Lighthouses at Caloundra, on the ridge, make this a very historical place where the two, the olde and more recent Lighthouses both stand together overlooking the Glasshouse Mountains to the South West and the Pacific Ocean to the East. You can see be a Volunteer and support these Caloundra Lighthouses. In the early to mid eighties I worked as a Lighthouse Keeper at Lady Elliot Island and Double Island Point Lighthouses, experiences that I will...