Queensland Air Museum

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The Queensland Air Museum is a not-for-profit community owned aviation museum located at Caloundra Airport in Queensland, Australia. Its mission is to collect and preserve all aspects of aviation heritage with an emphasis on Australia and Queensland. The museum has the largest collection of historical aircraft in Queensland and it also has a large collection of aircraft engines, equipment, artefacts, photographs and books. ()

Established: 1974 (50 years ago)Coordinates: 26°47'53"S, 153°6'36"E

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Queensland Air Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Aussie World, Caloundra Lighthouses, Old Caloundra Light, New Caloundra Light.

5.1 miNW
Amusement park
Aussie World, Caloundra
131 min walk • Aussie World is a privately owned, medium-sized, family theme park on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It has over 30 rides and attractions. It is located on the Bruce Highway at Palmview. It has been recognised by the Sunshine Coast Council annual business awards as an important tourist attraction from 2011 to 2014.
1.7 miE
Lighthouse
Caloundra Lighthouses, Caloundra
45 min walk • Caloundra Lighthouses are a heritage-listed pair of lighthouses at 3 Canberra Terrace, near Arthur Street, Kings Beach, Caloundra, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
1.7 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Old Caloundra Light, Caloundra
43 min walk • Old Caloundra Light, also known as Old Caloundra Head Light or Cape Caloundra Light, is an inactive lighthouse located in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. It is the oldest surviving building in Caloundra. The lighthouse was active between 1896 and 1968. The tower was relocated twice.
1.7 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
New Caloundra Light, Caloundra
43 min walk • New Caloundra Light, also known as New Caloundra Head Light, is an inactive lighthouse located in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. It stands on Canberra Terrace near downtown Caloundra. The lighthouse was active from 1968 to 1992.
2.1 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion, Caloundra
53 min walk • Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion is a heritage-listed changing rooms at Ormonde Terrace, Kings Beach, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Clifford Ernest Plant and built in 1937 by Ralph Alexander Lind. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 April 1999.
5.6 miN
National park
Mooloolah River National Park
142 min walk • The Mooloolah River National Park is a nationally protected area located on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It covers an area of 830.9 hectares and is bordered by the Mooloolah River to the east, Claymore and Dixon Roads to the west, and the Lower Mooloolah River Environmental Reserve to the south.
6.2 miNW
Universities and schools
University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast
158 min walk • The University of the Sunshine Coast is a public university based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. After opening with 524 students in 1996 as the Sunshine Coast University College, it was later renamed the University of the Sunshine Coast in 1999.
4.5 miN
Sport, Sport venue, Arenas and stadiums
Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast
116 min walk • Sunshine Coast Stadium is a multi-sport venue located at Kawana Waters on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The stadium is the main venue in a sporting precinct that also includes seven fields.
1 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Roy Henzell Oval, Caloundra
26 min walk • Roy Henzell Oval is a cricket ground in Caloundra, Queensland, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1981 when Queensland Country played the touring West Indians.
1.5 miE
26°47'33"S • 153°8'2"E
Caloundra Framing Factory, Caloundra
39 min walk • Museum