Gold Coast Tourist Information
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Gold Coast Queensland Australia
The Gold Coast is a fabulous coastal city in Queensland Australia. The Gold Coast is the sixth largest city in Australia and the 2nd largest in Queensland. The Gold Coast is the largest non capital city in Australia. The Gold Coast is probably the main destination in Australia for tourists as it has a gorgeous climate, superb surfing and some of the world's best surfing beaches. The skyline is dominated by high rise apartments and the area is know for its glitz and glamour, nightlife and theme parks. The Gold Coast is seeking the 2018 COmmonwealth Games.
History of Gold Coast Captain James Cook was the first to make notes on the area as he sailed the coast on 16 May 1770 in HM Bark Endeavour.
An explorer by the name of Matthew Flinders, was engaged to chart the continent north of the colony of New South Wales. He travelled past the area in 1802. The Gold Coast area was mostly uninhabited by Europeans up until 1823. The famous Australian explorer John Oxley landed at Mermaid Beach which he named after his ship, a small cutter named The Mermaid.
Many pioneers were attracted to the Gold Coast Hinterland's large supply of red cedar trees in mid Nineteenth century. Nerang was used as a base for the timber industry and then in 1875, Southport was surveyed and soon became a hidden holiday destination for Brisbane high society.
The Tourism Industry burgeoned from 1925 when Jim Cavill built the Surfers Paradise Hotel which is located where the Hard Rock cafe is now located. As tourism grew so did the population in order to service the tourists. By the 1940s with property prices surging journalists began to call the area the "Gold Coast." In 1958 the area was officially called the Gold Coast and extended from Southport in Queensland to Coolangatta in New South Wales.
Throughout the 1970s, developers of real estate began to be a force in local politics pressuring for high rises which soon began to dominate Surfers Paradise. In 1981 the Gold Coast Airport was established at Coolangatta.
Gold Coast Beaches
Beaches extend for 57 kilometres (35 miles) of coast with some of the best surf breaks in the world . Some of the more famous ones are The Spit, South Stradbroke Island, Surfers Paradise, Main Beach, Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach, Miami Beach, Nobby Beach, Burleigh Beach, Burleigh Heads, Palm Beach, Tallebudgera Beach, Currumbin Beach, Bilinga, Tugun, Coolangatta, Kirra, Greenmount, Snapper Rocks, Rainbow Bay, and Froggies Beach. The Gold Coast has 860 km (535 miles) of tidal waterways. Some of the most popular beaches in these waterways are Budds Beach, Southport, Currumbin Alley, Marine Stadium, Tallebudgera Estuary, Jabiru Island, Jacobs Well, Harley Park at Labrador, Paradise Point, Boykambil, Santa Barbara & Evandale Lake.
Gold Coast Tourism
The Gold Coast City has expanded from its beginnings as a small beachside place for a holiday to one of Australia's largest cities. Gold Coast city is Australia’s most rapidly growing area, with a five year population growth rate of 3.4%. Gross Regional Product has virtually doubled from AU$9.7b in 2001 to in excess of AU$15.6 b. Tourism is the core industry to the economy. There are in excess of 10 million visitors who make the journey to the Gold Coast each year.
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