Construction has started on new amenities beside Queensland’s ‘best beach’, after the renowned Loo with a View was demolished.
Work is well underway on the new facility, as part of a multimillion-dollar upgrade to the Mooloolaba foreshore that is on track to be finished by March.
The new building will include toilets, showers, family rooms, and space and equipment for people with disabilities and high support needs.
The concrete floor slabs were completed this month.
Recent foreshore works also included continued construction of the terraced seawall, pathway and landscaping works near the surf club and preparations for the road realignment and underground services near the Peninsular Building.
The works are for the Mooloolaba Foreshore Revitalisation Project Stage Two (Central Meeting Place), which will encompass 6500sqm of beachfront parkland with viewing decks, meeting places, picnic areas, beach showers, landscaping and more.
“Major construction remains on track for anticipated project completion in early 2027 (March),” the project team stated.
“While the seawall construction is continuing south to north, works have now moved up onto the parkland elements of the Central Meeting Place.
“As each area of works is finished, sections of the foreshore and beach will be reopened to our community as soon as it is safe to do so.”
The works are set to further improve the beach, which was recently voted the best in the state in the 2026 Queensland Day All the Best awards.
The new public amenities facility will include 12 unisex toilets, eight showers, two family rooms and accessible facilities. It will also include a dedicated Changing Places facility for people with high support needs, with a constant-charging ceiling track hoist system. It’s expected to be completed by December.
The building is a controversial replacement for the Loo with a View, a renowned building that was right on the edge of the beach. It boasted multiple toilets, a meeting place and a viewing deck perched over the sand.
The council has stated the 35-year-old structure was “nearing the end of its life and must be completely removed”.
The council stated that it was “not compliant with current People with Disability Access or modern sustainable building design standards” and said the building’s roof, timber decking and steel structure had suffered from its “highly corrosive beach environment”.
The new block will be at the same location of the former Loo with a View.
Stage 1 of the foreshore revitalisation, the Northern Parkland, is already complete, while future stages, including the Southern Parkland and Central Parkland are still to come.
A new footpath is now open, in front of the Mooloolaba Surf Club, in time for the school holidays.
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