Hotels in Caloundra, Australia

A little about Caloundra...

Caloundra is the southern-most community on the Sunshine Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. It is about 60 minutes drive north of Brisbane CBD, and 45 minutes from the domestic and international air terminals at Brisbane Airport. Sunshine Coast Airport nearby offers flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Caloundra is accessible from Landsborough Railway Station and the Caloundra Bus Station.

Landsborough Station on the Nambour / Gympie North Line has regular services to Brisbane, operated by QR Citytrain. There are also daily coach services to the Brisbane Transit Centre. Local services are operated by Sunbus connecting Caloundra to the other areas of the Sunshine Coast.

Caloundra has a variety of beaches, allowing the discerning beach-gœr to find a calm sandy bay in almost any weather.

Golden Beach is protected by Bribie Island to the east, and is ideal for children, wind-surfing, boating and fishing. On low tide you could almost walk over to Bribie Island from Golden Beach.

Bulcock Beach is equally ideal for children and wind-surfing, and has board-walks, piers, and numerous restaurants, and is situated opposite the northern end of Bribie Island. The Des Dywer walking track is an oceanway that starts at Bulcock beach and follows the coastline on cliffs and boardwalks. The walking track ends at Moffat Beach North East of Bulcock, and is about a one hour walk.

Kings Beach is known as the main beach of Caloundra. Kings is patrolled all year round and has a great picnic and children's play areas. Kings Beach has over 4000 holiday apartments and most can be rented out.

Shelly Beach is not a swimming beach, with the danger of wild rough waves and rocks, however the northern and southern ends are safer for more advanced or supervised swimmers. Locals often find these places appropriate as, not only dœs it keep from the crowds of the adjacent King's beach, local council laws allow dogs on the sand. On low tide Shelly Beach becomes a hunting wonderland for shells and rock pools. Shelly is surrounded by residential housing with a maximum of five stories.

Moffat Beach is not a patrolled beach, but a quick dip is possible. Moffat is home to many great waves and surfers. Moffat Beach is surround by residential housing, Cafes, the post office, newsagent, parkland and apartments. One can walk to Dicky Beach along the beach North West of Moffats.

The surf beaches are Kings Beach and Dicky which commence at the eastern end of Bulcock Beach, namely
Happy Valley (full east/south-east exposure)
Kings Beach (E/SE)
Shelly Beach(E/NE)
Moffat Beach (E/NE)
Dicky Beach (E/NE)
Caloundra is a vibrant tourist-oriented community that offers the best of both worlds with a stunning coastline and lush hinterland nearby.

Kings Beach is host to an environmentally friendly swimming pool which, whilst built to be separate from the ocean, is fed directly from seawater.

On a clear day looking East out to sea, you can see the sand hills on Moreton Island, about 20 km away.

Tourist Attractions
Ettamogah Pub at the Glenview turnoff on the Bruce Highway
Australia Zoo at Beerwah
Glass House Mountains National Park