• Golden Beach and Pelican Waters are the southernmost suburbs of the Caloundra urban area.

• Little Mountain is the westernmost suburb of the Caloundra urban area.

• Caloundra is the CBD located on Bulcock Street and is within walking distance of beaches.

• Currimundi and Aroona are largely growing residential areas.

• Wurtulla, Bokarina and Warana are established residential suburbs located alongside the Nicklin Way arterial road.

• Kawana Island is the newest of the developed residential areas, located west of Warana and the Nicklin Way.

• Kawana Waters is the largest of the northern residential suburbs, and features the large Kawana Shoppingworld.

• Buddina is located on the tip of the Mooloolah River, and is a popular surfing spot.

• Minyama is located on the Mooloolah river, and is the northernmost suburb of the Caloundra urban area.

Hinterland

• Beerburrum - the southernmost suburb of the hinterland area.

• Glass House Mountains - also features the Glass House Mountains National Park.

• Beerwah - home of the Australia Zoo.

• Maleny

• Landsborough - a busy public transport interchange.

• Mooloolah

• Meridan Plains

• Glenview

Beaches

Caloundra has a variety of beaches, providing diversity to the local residents and tourists.

• 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, most of which are available for tenants. Kings Beach is also 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.
• 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 is it remote from the crowds of the adjacent King's beach, but 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 Dicky Beach, located one kilometre north, has a surf lifesaving club and is patrolled year-round. Moffat Beach is surrounded by residential housing, cafes, a post office, a newsagent, parkland and apartments.

• The surf beaches are Kings Beach and Dicky Beach 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)

Tourist attractions

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

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