A military museum inside of Maroochy RSL, with a large collection of memorabilia and remains as a legacy for the Australian Defence Force. Items on display include frigates, gunships, aviation instruments and bomb casings.
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SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast Aquarium
A fantastic aquarium located adjacent to the Wharf. Popular with tourists and local alike, you can catch the seal shows, swim with sharks, and learn more about the sea life that so amazes many city visitors. One of its exhibits includes the Ocean Tunnel, an 80-m oceanarium with three separate marine habitats.
Buderim House is a heritage-listed homestead designed by George Trotter and built around 1915 by Christian Schriver. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 March 1993.
A short walk through rainforest to enjoy a small waterfall. Swimming or getting into the water is not advised though, as stormwater is known to pass the creek.
A 32-metre lighthouse constructed in 1978 marking the entrance to the North-West Channel. Unlike most other lighthouses, Port Cartwright has always been automatically operated owing its recent completion date. As with most other lighthouses, the outside is free to enter, but the inside of the tower is closed to the public.
It is not the most historic castle that you could find, but the inside resembles very much a typical European medieval castle.
Has an easy access boardwalk through pristine wetland areas where fish, crabs, frogs, birds and other flora and fauna breed and feed.