Caloundra Lighthouses, Heritage lighthouses on Kings Beach in Caloundra, Australia.
Caloundra Lighthouses are a heritage-listed pair at 3 Canberra Terrace, Kings Beach. The Old Caloundra Light, designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley, is a hardwood-framed tower clad in corrugated galvanised iron, built in 1896. The New Caloundra Light, a concrete tower from 1968, stands nearby. Both guided ships into the North West Channel and were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 February 2010.
The original lighthouse was built in 1896 to guide ships safely through the North West Channel into Moreton Bay and toward Brisbane's port. An upgrade to its light apparatus in 1910 made it one of the strongest coastal beacons in Queensland.
The 1896 lighthouse, Caloundra's oldest surviving structure, has long been used as a symbol of the town, and its image appears in local signage and promotion. The site sits on land once owned by Robert Bulcock, who had built an observation platform on the highest part of his property in the early 1880s, reputedly to watch for enemy ships during the "Russian Scare".
The site can be visited through guided tours offered by the Friends of Caloundra Lighthouses organization. Visitors should check ahead since tours run at set times and coastal weather can affect accessibility.
After its modernization in 1910, the 1896 structure became one of the region's most powerful navigation lights for many years. This technical improvement made the site a leading beacon for ships along the coast.
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