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Friends of Caloundra Lighthouses

* To act as a consultative body to Sunshine Coast Regional Council in the care of the Caloundra lighthouse precinct
* To assist in conservation of the place and associated movable heritage based on best practice guidelines.
* To encourage and facilitate use for educational and cultural tourism purposes.
* To provide guidance and support for appropriate future development of the precinc

t.
* To collect, collate and make available to the public objects and information important for the interpretation of the lighthouses.
* To promote and support conservation of places of cultural heritage significance within the wider community.

22/05/2026

We have an Open Day this Saturday 23rd May
(unless the weather is bad)
9:00am till 3:00pm - last tour 2:30pm
We generally open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Adults $5, children free

We had a great visit from the Caboolture Camera Club.
Scott Wanderer took these shots.

I think the one of Barrie is a classic and captures so much.

The one of the Cupola without the white is so vivid. Set against the sky such contrast.

Cheers
John

21/04/2026

Hi All
We will be closed this ANZAC Day. The next Open Day is the 9th May

A beautiful clear day when we opened on the 11th April, and a nice swell rolling into the Boat Ramp

10/04/2026

We have an Open Day this Saturday 11th April
(unless the weather is bad)
9:00am till 3:00pm - last tour 2:30pm
We generally open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Adults $5, children free

These photos are from Pamela

26/03/2026

We have an Open Day this Saturday 28th March
(unless the weather is bad)
9:00am till 3:00pm - last tour 2:30pm
We generally open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Adults $5, children free

Here are some imaged given to us by Ian Clifford in 2018
They show the 1942 electric rotating lens on test in Melbourne.
There is also a drawing of the 1896 lens from Chance Bros with the three wick Trinity burner

We have a lens of this type on display at the lighthouses

13/03/2026

Yes, the weather is bad - high wind and showers
We have had to call off the Open Day

We have an Open Day this Saturday 14th March
(unless the weather is bad)
9:00am till 3:00pm - last tour 2:30pm
We generally open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Adults $5, children free

Flashback to the 1950s

25/02/2026

We have an Open Day this Saturday 28th Feb
(unless the weather is bad)
9:00am till 3:00pm - last tour 2:30pm
We generally open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Adults $5, children free

This is the view from our campsite at Broken Head. Interesting to see the Cape Bryan Lighthouse is now lit by a LED lamp.

It is the brightest of all lighthouses on the Australian coastline with the light visible 40 kilometres away. Initially the light was generated by burning kerosene on six wicks (145,000 candela). In 1914 this was changed to burning vaporised kerosene on a single mantle (545,000 candela), then to triple mantles in 1922 (1 million candela) then to an electrically powered 2250-watt bulb in 1959 (3 million candela), a 1000 watt quartz halogen light in 1976 and to an LED light in 2015.

Courtesy Byron Bay Historical Society

12/02/2026

We have an Open Day this Saturday 14th, but we have had to call it off due to the weather.

"The third Lightkeeper, Eric Harold Rapkins, commenced duty on the 21st September 1930, and remained until October 1934. His six children - Jacqueline, Prudence, John, Jim, Coral & Peter all attended school in Caloundra.

Prudence married John Deckhert, an American radar operator in Caloundra during WW2. They visited in 2005 and Prue sent these photos

22/01/2026

We have an Open Day this Saturday 24th Jan
(unless the weather is bad)
9:00am till 3:00pm - last tour 2:30pm
We generally open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Adults $5, children free

This was a nice Christmas present from my brother, picked up at a garage sale - look familiar?

11/12/2025

We have an Open Day this Saturday 13th Dec
(unless the weather is bad)
9:00am till 3:00pm - last tour 2:30pm
We generally open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Adults $5, children free

A few images from our last Open Day

Also a nice lighthouses image by the Grade 12 art students at Meridan State College in their mural at the RSL - thanks teacher Bridget and project artist Jamie Maclean

Thanks to the Caloundra Chronicle for publishing the story about a recent visit from Fredrik & Andrea, from Sweden, and descendants of Carl Edlundh, our first Lighthouse Keeper

21/11/2025

We have an Open Day this Saturday 22nd Nov
9:00am till 3:00pm - last tour 2:30pm
We generally open on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month
Adults $5, children free

Images show the automatic unit on Seapoint Units, Wickham Point, which replaced the Signal Station in 1992 (It has gone now, with new technology superseding it)

Also "gone now" is a hunk of concrete which I pulled of the Signal Station with my bare hands. At least it can't drop on anyone now. Rust never sleeps

Address

3 Canberra Tce
Caloundra, QLD
4551

Telephone

+61754917654

Website

http://sunshinecoastplaces.com.au/

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