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A swimmer has gone missing in Caloundra.

Search for swimmer missing from Sunshine Coast beach

The man, in his 60s, was last seen in the water about 2pm on Wednesday.

  • Dominique Tassell

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Kings Beach in Caloundra now has SharkSmart drones.

Body pulled from water at popular Sunshine Coast beach

Police say a 35-year-old man was found unresponsive in the water at Kings Beach, Caloundra, just before 9.40am on Thursday.

  • Julius Dennis
Emergency services retrieve the body of a teenage girl who fell over a cliff at Moffat Beach on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

Girl dies after falling off cliff while trying to take a photo

The 17-year-old, who was with her family at the time, fell about 30 metres at Moffat Beach in Caloundra.

  • William Davis
Urgent dredging works to repair a breakthrough on Bribie Island have been completed.

The multimillion-dollar emergency works on Bribie Island breakthrough

Locals previously likened the damage caused by Cyclone Alfred to opening up the island “like a zipper”.

  • Dominique Tassell and Catherine Strohfeldt
The 2022 breakthrough has widened in the three years since ex-tropical cyclone Seth ripped it open.

Bribie Island report blames human activity for accelerating erosion

As the island continues to fragment, the first stage of a report has found human activity has sped up the natural reshaping of the coast.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
The first breakthrough on Bribie Island (top) was caused by Seth in 2022, with Alfred causing a second, smaller breakthrough (bottom) in March.

Caloundra exposed after cyclone opened up Bribie ‘like a zipper’

An upcoming government review of the Pumicestone Passage, north of Brisbane, will hear community concerns about the “highly dynamic” waterway.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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An amateur rugby league player with the Noosa Pirates has been charged with grievous bodily harm over an on-field incident with a player from another team.

Player charged over on-field incident in Qld rugby league game

Police allege a Noosa Pirates player caused grievous bodily harm to another player during a match on the Sunshine Coast.

  • Sean Parnell
Caloundra’s Music Festival is a “cultural success”, but needs to be reimagined outside peak tourism period to help local businesses.

Another music festival cancelled as government looks for expert help

After 17 years, the Caloundra Music Festival has been scrapped due to rising costs. One industry veteran says it’s time to reconsider the role of such events.

  • Tony Moore
An artist’s impression of Caloundra station on the Direct Sunshine Coast Rail Line.

Miles rails against LNP’s ‘car park’ criticism of Sunshine Coast link

The state and federal Labor governments have defended their staged approach to delivering the Sunshine Coast rail line, amid LNP claims it would turn Caloundra into a “car park”.

  • Cameron Atfield
Some Caloundra beaches are growing as a result of the Bribie Island breakthrough.

The ocean split Bribie Island in two. Now it is transforming Caloundra

Three years in the making, Caloundra’s sand grab and the new Pumicestone Passage have required lifesavers to be redeployed and boaties to be put on alert.

  • Sean Parnell