[5] Some improvements were implemented following the initial opening, including raising the school onto stumps and boarding up unenclosed sides.

[12] In 2013, Australia's first farm-born, hand-cloned cow was born on a local Kalapa cattle property which attracted considerable interest from the scientific community and agricultural industry.

[14] Australian reproductive specialists described the event as significant as it was believed to have been the first time a successful handmade cloning had been achieved using a somatic cell nuclear transfer outside a laboratory setting.

[20] The Kalapa Hall and Sports Committee manages the local community hall situated at 16 Kalapa-Black Mountain Road, where various local events, activities and functions are held including the annual Kalapa Horse Sports days.

[21] Repairs to the building and the surrounding grounds had to be undertaken following the major 2013 floods caused by ex-Cyclone Oswald which severely impacted the community of Kalapa.

[23] The Kalapa branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association regularly meets at the hall.