Tours
We are open every second and fourth Saturday of the month 9:00am till mid afternoon
Cost on open days is $2 for adults, children free
$5 per person, min $20 or by arrangement
Membership
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See media coverage including Channel 7 News 2011 and The Great South East 2013    to
the 1920s 1930s to
1950s 1960s to
1980s 1990s to now Working on a timeline for the Caloundra Lighthouses.
The Little Lighthouse is now on saleInaugural president of FOCL, local architect Roger Todd, said: ‘This achieves so much on many levels. Not only do we have such a beautiful book to sell to fund our operations, but we also have another chapter in the story of the lighthouses. One of the joys of working with the lighthouses is the pride they generate in the community. The Grade Two students from the Caloundra State School visit regularly, and have the old lighthouse as their school logo. Now they have its story beautifully presented and expressed in a language they can understand. In years to come I can imagine them reading it to their children.’ 2015 the e-brochure for the launch
 The Lighthouses 1967-70 - great detail by A Fulton Regional Lighthouse Engineer and supplied by Colin Gladstone. In 1970 the old lighthouse was relocated to Golden Beach where it remained till 1999 until it was returned to its original site. By that time the Signal Station and Light had ceased operations
This Thursday 19th Sept we had a group of Caloundra State
School Grade 2 students at the lighthouses as part of their local
history course.
Saturday 2nd
August. The USS George Washington sails past with a tender. Photos by
Trevor with his long lens. The people waiting on the hill got a
surprise tour of the Signal Station. We saw the USS Bonhomme Richard
last month. So far this year we have numbers 6, 73 & 54. "Collect them all" you can understand the size difference by comparing views of Moreton Island. Thanks to all the visitors from the Caloundra State High School's Golden
Anniversity. Photo shows the school badge published in Anne Wensleys
and John & Janice Grove's book "Caloundra State High School - The
Early Years 1963-1970" school badge 13th July view of the Glass House Mountains from the Signal Station,
taken the day the Keep Australia Beautiful awards were held in Caloundra
(Caloundra was Australian winner in 2012) Delegates from around
Australia visited the lighthouses. Talk about "on a clear day" June 2013 Jenny dropped in some copies of paintings from
1944 by Harriet Hills McKay. Douglass and Harriet with daughter Mary
were Americans who had been allocated refugee housing in Caloundra by
the Red Cross after escaping the Japanese occupation in
the Philippines.
Information with the paintings includes their wartime
story and a copy of ten year old Mary’s enrollment at Caloundra State
School. They had been separated from their son Bob who remained in the
Philippines until the end of the war.Kings Beach Surf Lifesaving clubhouse 1944 1990s at Power Boat Club
May 2013 John Bradley dropped in with a book he had written for his grandchildren loosly based on the story of the lighthouses.
We suggested he apply for a RADF grant to take it to the next stage. Sample pages attachedMarch 2013. The Friends purchased the 250mm
4th Order optic lens in 2001 for $250. It is the type fitted in the old
Caloundra light in 1896. In the early 1940s the original fixed lens
was replaced by a revolving lens with an electric lamp. Pictured are
Barrie & Donnalea working on the lens. Barrie describes it as working on a three dimensional
glass jigsaw.2012 Golden Beach State School art competition 1st prize by Eva, & Once were Heroes by Robyn Shaw
Objects
- To act as a consultative body to Sunshine Coast Regional Council in the care of the Caloundra lighthouse precinct
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To assist in conservation of the place and associated movable heritage based on best practice guidelines.
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To encourage and facilitate use for educational and cultural tourism purposes.
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To provide guidance and support for appropriate future development of the precinct.
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To
collect, collate and make available to the public objects and
information important for the interpretation of the lighthouses.
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To promote and support conservation of places of cultural heritage significance within the wider community.
Current Activity
- State Government has given Sunshine Coast Council
a ten year licence for the site occupied by the 1896 Lighthouse; the
1968 Signal Station & light; and the Auxiliaries Building
- In May 2016, are about to we sign our second three year licence for the buildings. We need
to pay an annual rental, plus all other costs associated
including insurance, maintenance, elect, sewerage, water, garbage, fire
service levies, tax etc, but are supported by a Council Community Partnership grant.
- In 2010 the precinct was State heritage listed
- The buildings are open for guided public visitation, we have a Certificate of Classification and operational procedures,
- The Friends open the buildings on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, and for booked tours.
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We seeking interest through business and community links for sponsorship, and feel that we can offer unique promotional exposure
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part of our sixth object, starting with a grant from
Council, in 2011 we did research and promotion into places associated with
the post WW2 boom in Caloundra. see www sunshinecoastplaces.com.au
- In 2016, we are starting an updated Conservation Management Plan for the precinct.
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Old website 2011DownloadsClick the grey “down”arrow beside the files at the bottom of the page
3D Models
For .bimx files the software for PC or Mac can be downloaded at Graphisoft
http://www.graphisoft.com/downloads/bimx/bimx_desktop.html
there is a pdf reference card there which can be downloaded too
or when the software is running press esc to get to the menu
then press “controls” to see the commands
repress esc to get back to fly mode
For a iPad, search for the free BIMx software at the Apps Store
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 Updating... 16-08-25 Aux Perspective.bimx (2638k) Roger Todd, Aug 24, 2016, 5:38 PM 16-08-25 Precinct.bimx (16141k) Roger Todd, Aug 24, 2016, 5:23 PM 16-08-25 with landscape to west.bimx (21940k) Roger Todd, Aug 24, 2016, 5:35 PM Ċ Roger Todd, May 4, 2017, 9:52 PM ĉ Roger Todd, Oct 21, 2016, 3:08 PM Ċ Roger Todd, Oct 21, 2016, 3:08 PM Ċ Roger Todd, Oct 21, 2016, 3:08 PM Roger Todd, Aug 26, 2017, 7:24 PM Ċ Roger Todd, Apr 27, 2016, 9:18 PM Ċ Roger Todd, Apr 27, 2016, 12:11 AM Roger Todd, Sep 15, 2016, 9:49 PM Ċ Roger Todd, Aug 25, 2017, 3:27 PM Roger Todd, Aug 24, 2016, 5:43 PM Ċ Roger Todd, Jan 22, 2016, 5:30 PM ĉ Roger Todd, Oct 21, 2016, 3:07 PM
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