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HistoryAt the commencement of your walk you will receive a brochure that outlines the route for the day’s walk and which provides an overview of some historical points of interest and other local features along the way.
Walkers will pass by jetties, monuments and memorials, lighthouses and remnants of a shipwreck – all with historical tales to tell. These, coupled with the beautiful and changing coastline – the headlands, beaches, estuaries and reserves make for an interesting and varied walk. Sunshine Coast AttractionsThe Sunshine Coast and the Sunshine Coast Hinterland have many attractions to offer visitors to the region. Walkers wishing to combine your Sunshine Coast Coastal walk/s with other day or half-day tours can arrange these through your accommodation provider or through the Caloundra Visitor Information Centre.From the Sunshine Coast Hinterland to the internationally renowned Australia Zoo, to a range of shopping options including the large Sunshine Plaza shopping complex to the north of Caloundra in Maroochydore, as well as local shops, Caloundra Shire has a wide range of activities and attractions to suit most tastes and preferences. These attractions coupled with the beautiful beaches, make Caloundra Shire the ideal place to combine your walking and beach vacation or stop-over.
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From the time when the indigenous Gubbi Gubbi language people moved freely about this area and James Cook traveled along the Coast, naming the Glass House Mountains the Glass Houses (with Mountains added later by a mapping draftsman), Caloundra Shire has grown to now having more than 88,000 residents.