Our Community

Our Community

The heart of our region lives in its people. This category brings together stories about local groups, neighbourhood initiatives, community events, and the everyday moments that connect us. From volunteers and grassroots projects to celebrations and shared challenges, “Our Community” shines a light on the spirit of togetherness that makes this place feel like home.

Social Mums Club

Motherhood can be deeply rewarding, but it can also feel lonely. Between school runs, work and family commitments, making new friends as an adult is not always easy. That’s what…

Little Learners Step Beyond the Classroom

For children at CCPS Little Learners, early learning extends well beyond the classroom, with opportunities to explore the wider Caloundra City Private School campus and connect with the community around…

Caloundra Update with Cr. Terry Landsberg

There’s been plenty happening across Caloundra in recent months, with a number of important projects progressing and some great achievements for our community. Construction of the new Kings Beach Surf…

The Renovation of Caloundra

It’s true, it’s happening and it’s well overdue. For too long, Caloundra has looked tired and dilapidated. The good news is that so many community projects are now underway that…

Student Council Leads Positive Local Change

Leadership at Caloundra State High School extends far beyond the classroom, with our Student Council making a meaningful impact both within the school and throughout the local community. Made up…

Fisher Awards Celebrate Community Spirit

For nine years, the Fisher Community Awards have celebrated the people and organisations whose dedication, generosity and community spirit make our region such a special place to call home. This…

Country Kitchens: Barb’s Vegetable Slice

Serves: 8 | Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 30–35 minutes Ingredients 4 eggs 3 spring onions, sliced ½ cup grated carrot ½ cup grated zucchini 310 g can corn…

Cooking Up Healthier Habits in Caloundra

The wonderful women of the Caloundra QCWA Branch know their way around a kitchen, and they are putting that experience to good use through the QCWA Country Kitchens program. With…

The Sunflower Lady Growing Community

Joey Mogg is happy to be known around Caloundra as the “sunflower lady”. What matters most to her, though, is that people know the person behind the real estate stigma…

Fifty Years of Bowls, Belonging & Community

Fifty years ago, several local indoor bowls clubs recognised that their collective efforts would yield greater results than individual pursuits. Previously meeting at the School of Arts Hall and other…

A Shitbox Rally to Remember

It turns out even a stubborn 1994 Toyota Tarago has its limits. After more than 3500 kilometres of mud, corrugations and mostly unsealed roads between Adelaide and Darwin, Caloundra’s Driving…

Aura Home + Life is Open for Trade

Aura’s newest shopping destination has officially opened, bringing a major line-up of national retailers, hundreds of local jobs and a new one-stop shopping precinct to the southern Sunshine Coast. Aura…

100 Not Out – How to Live for a Century

Australians are living longer than ever, but reaching 100 is still a rare feat. With four centenarians calling BlueCare Dicky Beach home, perhaps Caloundra has uncovered its own Blue Zone…

Celebrate 50 Years with the Caloundra Arts Centre

Celebrations continue in July for the Caloundra Arts Centre Association (CACA) as it celebrates 50 years of creativity, community, learning and artistic achievement. To honour this special anniversary, CACA invites…

Sunshine, Chrome and Massive Crowds

The 2026 Beachfest weekend has been and gone, delivering some serious nostalgia, and a powerful economic boost for the region. From 27–31 May, near-perfect weather set the stage for five…

Caloundra: The City of Beaches

Many of our early environmental pioneers fought long and hard campaigns to protect the Pumicestone Passage and our beaches. One of them was the late Kathleen McArthur (1915–2000), who wrote…

Walking the extra mile for STEPS

Most adults would think twice before giving up an entire day to walk 24 kilometres for a cause that isn’t their own, but for 12-year-old Nate Nelson, helping others comes…

Vocational Excellence Awards Night

The Rotary Club of Caloundra Pacific’s annual Vocational Excellence Awards, at Caloundra Golf Club in May, celebrated four local people who consistently go above and beyond in their work and…

Team Up for the Cal 100 Fun Run

The much-loved Cal 100 Fun Run is back for 2026 and the Caloundra community is invited to gather a team, set up a marquee and take on the ultimate 100-minute…