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The Gold Coast has over 60 kilometres of beaches and coastline.
Surfers Paradise is in the heart of the Gold Coast with its surf, sand and sunshine.
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World-Heritage listed rainforest
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Natural beauty, relaxed lifestyle and strong, vibrant community.
The Gold Coast Accommodation is one of the most unique cities to live, work and enjoy.
The region attracts over 15 million visitors and 13,000 new residents each year.
Gold Coast is one of the fastest growing cities in Australia.
Guests visit the Gold Coast and spend an average 4 days in the area.
This is a great Queensland destination.
Gold Coast History
Gold Coast is the coastal city of South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia.
There are two local government of Gold Coast City and Tweed Shire Council.
The population is more than 600,000 and is expected to reach 700,000 residents by 2020.
Gold Coast is famous for its sub-tropical climate with more than 300 days of sunshine per year.
The Gold Coast is great all year with daily temperatures in the mid-20s.
Gold Coast spreads from Dreamworld, Wet and Wild , Movieworld and Outback Spectacular to Tweed Heads in New South Wales.
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The Gold Coast metropolitan area joins Greater Brisbane to form part of an urban city of over 3 million people.
The first settlement in Queensland was as a penal colony at Redcliffe.
The Gold Coast region was largely uninhabited by Europeans until 1823 when explorer John Oxley landed at Mermaid Beach.
The hinterland’s red cedar timber forest supply attracted visitors to the area in the mid-19th century.
In 1875, Southport was surveyed and established. It grew a reputation as a secluded holiday destination for wealthy Brisbane residents.
The Gold Coast region grew significantly after the Surfers Paradise hotel was built in the late 1920s.
The area boomed in the 1980s as Australia’s leading holiday destination.
The City of Gold Coast local government area was expanded in 1994 to encompass the majority of Gold Coast’s metropolitan area.
It has become the second biggest local government area in Australia after the City of Brisbane.
Gold Coast Weather
Summer is from December to February with an average temperature range between 19 – 30 degrees Celsius (66 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit).
Winter is from June to August with an average temperature of 10 – 22 degrees Celsius (48 to 69 Fahrenheit).
The subtropical climate with an average water temperature of 22 degrees encourages an outdoor lifestyle of swimming anytime of the year.
Surfers Paradise is famous for the surf and great waves with fabulous beaches.
If you like to surf, or sit in the sun and forget about the real world back home then Surfers Paradise is the place for you.
Enjoy the deep blue ocean and the white sands.
National Parks allow you to explore the beauty of the mountain hinterland land.
This is close to a Surfers Paradise accommodation apartment at Moorings on Cavill.
Gold Coast Beaches
Gold Coast is always busy with excitement and there is always local attractions in Surfers Paradise by the Alliance
Gold Coast loves to celebrate many FREE LOCAL EVENTS
Theme Parks and Attractions
Gold Coast Tours
There are so many GOLD COAST CHEAP TOURS
There are many amazing things to do when you visit Gold Coast.
Sea World and Dreamworld are great for families to see amazing ocean wildlife close up. The children will enjoy the thrilling rides and many interactive attractions at Sea World and Dreamworld.
Make sure you plan to spend a day at each of these amazing Gold Coast Theme Parks.
Gold Coast Places
The Gold Coast hinterland has one of largest subtropical rainforest areas in the world.
There is over 100,000ha of nature reserves and world heritage sites.
Visit the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. See the unique and amazing wildlife that live in Australia’s Bushland.
There is no end to the many things you can do on the Gold Coast.
Gold Coast Population
Gold Coast population is more than 500,000 with an estimated 350,000 extra people who will call the city home by 2035.
It is Australia’s sixth largest city and is larger than Canberra which is Australia Capital City.
The region area is over 5,000sq km with 70km of beach coastline, 270km of navigable waterways and 100,000ha of world-heritage listed rainforests.
The Gold Coast is known as one of the best places in the world to live. It is ranked on political, social, economic, environmental factors, personal safety and health.
Gold Coast Future Events
Gold Coast is well known for participation rates in conferences with many national and International Conferences.
Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise is one of Australia’s fastest-growing regions.
Surfers Paradise is at the heart of this major tourist destination with Cavil Avenue the main street.
Moorings on Cavill is located in CAVILL AVENUE.
Gold Coast weather has a sunny subtropical climate, great surfing beaches, wide canals and well developed waterways.
The high-rise apartments create the skyline with fun theme parks and great nightlife all close by.
The rainforest hinterland is great for tourists.
In 2018 the Gold Coast will host the Commonwealth Games.
Gold Coast is Australia’s most biologically diverse city as it is the home to more than 1,400 animals and 1,600 plant species.
It has the biggest professional life guard service in Australia to make safe the GOLD COAST BEACHES.
There is many different themed attractions and big duty free outlets and shopping centres.
Gold Coast welcomes more than 12 million visitors annually who contribute in excess of $2 billion to the local economy.
Interstate visitors make up 60% of domestic visitor with 66% of domestic visitor nights.
The rapidly growing international markets include China, New Zealand, UK, South East Asia, Europe and North America.
The language is English and the currency is Australian dollars and cents
Last year over 1 million International visitors with 4 million domestic tourists spent time on the Gold Coast.