Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion

The Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion at Caloundra overlooks the rock pool and the beach as it has done since 1937. The former Landsborough Shire Council had implemented a scheme to develop Kings Beach as the premier north coast holiday destination of the time. The council had enhanced the natural rock pools nearby in 1928, and facilitated patrols by the Metropolitan Surf Life Saving Club in 1933. This winning combination provided a safe beach environment for families. The bathing pavilion, designed in the Spanish Mission style by architect Clifford E Plant, reflected others built at the same time, including four at Redcliffe, also designed by Plant, and the pavilions at Southport and Main Beach, designed by Hall and Phillips in 1934. When the Kings Beach Bathing Pavilion opened in time for the Christmas holidays in 1937, the pavilion included a kiosk. Lessee T Fiege managed the bathing pavilion and associated kiosk. During the 1950s, the surf club occupied the building while a new clubhouse was constructed. The club’s junior lifesavers, or nippers, used the building throughout the 1970s. The pavilion underwent some alterations and restoration in 2008 as part of the new landscaping design of the entire precinct.