Caloundra (suburb)
Encyclopedia
Caloundra is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast
, Queensland
, Australia
, and includes the central business district
of the Caloundra urban centre, which is located on Bulcock Street.
Caloundra is also home to a campus of the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE
.
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and includes the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of the Caloundra urban centre, which is located on Bulcock Street.
Education
Caloundra contains the following schools within its boundaries:- Caloundra State School (1889)
- Caloundra State High School (1967)
- Caloundra Christian CollegeCaloundra Christian CollegeCaloundra Christian College is an independent Christian school located in Caloundra on the southern end of Queensland's Sunshine Coast.The school has a student body of approximately 500 students, from prep to grade 12. The school was established in 1983 and was founded by Caloundra City Life...
(1983)
Caloundra is also home to a campus of the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE
Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE
The Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE is the Sunshine Coast institute of the Technical and Further Education organization. Formerly known as the Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE, the name was later changed to the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE to reflect the actual location of the institute....
.
Parks and recreation
- Bulcock Beach (patrolled by Ithaca–Caloundra City SLSC) and Clarke Place Park
- Central Park (includes Caloundra Tennis Centre, which hosts the Caloundra InternationalCaloundra InternationalThe Caloundra International is a tennis tournament held in Caloundra, Australia. In 2004 it was held in November as the Uncle Tobys Challenger in Caloundra, then as the Kia International in Caloundra from 2005-06, and the Caloundra ATP Challenger in 2007. The tournament returned in February 2011 as...
) - Ben Bennett Botanical Park
- Bicentennial Park
- Lighthouse Park
- Roy Henzell Park
Other facilities
- Caloundra Hospital
- Caloundra bus station
- Caloundra Golf Club
- Council service centre for Sunshine Coast Region
- A range of accommodation from backpackers to resort hotels