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Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a coastal city located in the South East of Queensland, Australia. The city is 94 km (58 mi) south of the state capital Brisbane. It is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and the most populous non-capital city in Australia. The Gold Coast has the largest cross-state metropolitan area population in Australia, due to the inclusion of Tweed Heads, New South Wales in its metropolitan area.

Located at -28.1667, 153.55 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.819 miles away.
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Gold Coast, Queensland, Coastal cities in Australia, Seaside resorts in Australia, Entertainment districts

Burleigh Head National Park

Burleigh Head is a small national park at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia, 81 km southeast of Brisbane. The park is tiny yet it contains a diverse range of habitats. Tallebudgera Creek enters the ocean directly south of the park. No camping is permitted in the park. Access is via the Gold Coast Highway which passes by the park. An information centre is available.

Located at -28.0953, 153.457 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Gold Coast, Queensland, National parks of Queensland, Protected areas established in 1994

Nicoll Scrub National Park

Nicoll Scrub is a national park in South East Queensland, Australia, 88 km southeast of Brisbane. It adjoins the Currumbin Valley Reserve and protects remnant rainforest vegetation. The park occupies the area between Mount Coolagang and Mount Boololagung of the McPherson Range.

Located at -28.1894, 153.424 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.812 miles away.
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National parks of Queensland, Protected areas established in 1986, South East Queensland

Coolangatta, Queensland

Coolangatta is the southernmost suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It has a population of 4,869 and is named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked there in 1846. Coolangatta and its immediate neighbouring "Twin Town" Tweed Heads in New South Wales have a shared economy. The Tweed River supports a thriving fishing fleet, and the seafood is a local specialty offered in the restaurants and clubs of the holiday and retirement region on both sides of the state border.

Located at -28.1667, 153.533 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Burleigh Heads, Queensland

Burleigh Heads is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Burleigh Heads had a population of 7,606. Burleigh Heads is renowned for its surf break, and is an alternative to the more tourist ridden towns of the Gold Coast. The centre of Burleigh Heads is James Street, a village consisting of cafes, delis, hairdressers, retailers, chemists, restaurants and charity stores.

Located at -28.104, 153.436 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.817 miles away.
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Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Headlands of Queensland

Currumbin, Queensland

Currumbin is a suburb in the Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Census, Currumbin had a population of 2,785.

Located at -28.136, 153.483 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Division of McPherson

The Division of McPherson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1948 and is named for the McPherson Range, which forms one of the divisional boundaries. McPherson is located in south east Queensland, and is based on the southern portion of the Gold Coast City.

Located at -28.148, 153.399 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.813 miles away.
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Electoral divisions of Australia, Constituencies established in 1949, 1949 establishments in Australia, Federal politics in Queensland

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary at Currumbin on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia, is world renowned for its feeding of huge flocks of free-flying wild Rainbow Lorikeets, which come to the Sanctuary to feast off the special mixture which the Lorikeets eat. The multitude of events, shows and attractions include dingo encounters, free flight bird shows and even crocodile feeding of the park's massive saltwater crocodile.

Located at -28.1359, 153.488 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Visitor attractions on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Wildlife sanctuaries of Australia, Zoos in Australia, Aviaries, 1947 establishments in Australia, Buildings and structures on the Gold Coast, Queensland, National Trust of Australia

Greenmount Beach

Greenmount Beach is the name of the southern end of Coolangatta Beach, located in Coolangatta on Queensland's Gold Coast. Greenmount Point is a coastal headland separating the Coolangatta stretch of beach to the north and Rainbow Bay to the south. Greenmount Beach is home to Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Surf Life Saving Club.

Located at -28.1665, 153.54 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.819 miles away.
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Gold Coast, Queensland, Surfing locations in Queensland, Beaches of Queensland

Point Danger (Tweed Heads)

Point Danger is a headland, located at the southern end of the Gold Coast on the east coast of Australia. Separated by Snapper Rocks and Rainbow Bay to the West, with Duranbah Beach and the Tweed River mouth to the south. Present-day Point Danger has also indicated the border between New South Wales and Queensland, Australia, since 1863.

Located at -28.1667, 153.55 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.819 miles away.
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Gold Coast, Queensland, Headlands of Queensland, Headlands of New South Wales, Tweed Heads, New South Wales

Burleigh Waters, Queensland

Burleigh Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Burleigh Waters had a population of 12,725.

Located at -28.088, 153.436 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Bilinga, Queensland

Bilinga is a southern suburb of the Gold Coast on the Nerang-Tweed Railway line. At the 2006 Census, Bilinga had a population of 1,436.

Located at -28.16, 153.51 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australian Aboriginal placenames

Gold Coast Desalination Plant

The Gold Coast desalination plant is a reverse osmosis, water desalination plant that supplies water to the Gold Coast and South East Queensland via the South East Queensland Water Grid, located in Tugun. After investigations by the Gold Coast Desalination Alliance, the Gold Coast City Council chose Tugun as the most suitable site for the desalination plant. The cost is expected to be in excess of $1 billion.

Located at -28.1571, 153.497 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.817 miles away.
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Buildings and structures on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Desalination plants in Australia, Water management in Queensland

Elanora State High School

Elanora State High School is the high school serving the Elanora area of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1990, it currently has a student body of 950.

Located at -28.1297, 153.449 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.816 miles away.
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Public schools in Queensland, High schools in Queensland, Schools on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Educational institutions established in 1990

Elanora, Queensland

Elanora is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Elanora had a population of 11,681. Elanora is located between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek, 13 kilometres west-north-west of the coastal border town of Coolangatta and 94 kilometres south-southeast of Brisbane, the state capital. Its Local Government Area is the Gold Coast City.

Located at -28.133, 153.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.816 miles away.
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Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Andrews, Queensland

Andrews is a former suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland. Andrews was merged with Stephens and a portion of Robina in 2002, to form the new suburb of Varsity Lakes and the West Burleigh part of Burleigh Heads.

Located at -28.1078, 153.424 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.816 miles away.
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Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Marymount College, Gold Coast

Marymount College is a Catholic secondary school located at Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It traces its origins back to 1959 when Fr Frank Shine was appointed Parish Priest of Burleigh Heads.

Located at -28.1008, 153.431 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.817 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1959, Schools on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Private schools in Queensland, Roman Catholic schools in Australia

St Andrews Lutheran College

St Andrews Lutheran College is a private Lutheran based junior school, middle school, and senior school in the Gold Coast, Australia area.

Located at -28.1221, 153.433 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.816 miles away.
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Private schools in Queensland, High schools in Queensland, Schools on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Educational institutions established in 1993

Currumbin Valley Reserve

Currumbin Valley Reserve is a 4 ha nature reserve in the Gold Coast hinterland of south-east Queensland, Australia, west of Coolangatta, 105 km south of Brisbane. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia (BHA), to which it was donated in 1999 by the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland according to the wishes of the previous owner, Dr Alex Griffiths, founder of the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.

Located at -28.1904, 153.426 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.812 miles away.
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Bush Heritage Australia reserves, Nature reserves in Queensland, 1999 establishments in Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland

Tallebudgera Creek

Tallebudgera Creek is a large creek on the Gold Coast which runs from the Springbrook Plateau in the west through Tallebudgera Valley to the southern slopes of Burleigh Mountain at Burleigh Heads and the Pacific Ocean in the east. Its water catchment is narrow at about 30 km in length. Tallebudgera Creek is known for good fishing, and its name even translates in indigenous language to "good fishing". Bream, flathead, whiting and the bull shark are common species that are found in the creek.

Located at -28.1, 153.467 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.819 miles away.
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Rivers of Queensland, Gold Coast, Queensland

Currumbin Creek

Currumbin Creek is a large creek on the Gold Coast of Queensland, running from Mount Cougal in the west to its mouth at Currumbin Alley in the east. It is apporoximately 24 kilometres in length. It provides a popular and tranquil setting for many rowing clubs, kayakers, jet skiers, boat-goers and fishermen. The first bridge across the creek was opened in 1926. The road was then known as the Main Ocean Road, later to be upgraded to the Pacific Highway.

Located at -28.1318, 153.479 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Gold Coast, Queensland, Rivers of Queensland

Swell Sculpture Festival

The Swell Sculpture Festival is held annually in September, alongside the beach at Currumbin, Gold Coast, Australia.

Located at -28.1306, 153.489 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Arts festivals in Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland, Festivals in Queensland

Elanora bus station

The Elanora Bus Station, at Elanora, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. The bus station is located within the car park of The Pines Shopping Centre. It is in Zone 17 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

Located at -28.1343, 153.469 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.817 miles away.
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Bus stations in South East Queensland, Public transport on the Gold Coast, Queensland

1949 Queensland Airlines Lockheed Lodestar crash

On 10 March 1949 a Lockheed Lodestar aircraft became airborne at Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia for a flight to Brisbane. Before reaching a height of 300 feet it suddenly pitched nose-up, stalled and crashed onto its belly beyond the end of the airstrip. Fuel from the aircraft's tanks caught fire and the aircraft burned fiercely. All 21 people on board died, either of injuries during the crash or in the ensuing conflagration.

Located at -28.1638, 153.511 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.817 miles away.
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Aviation accidents and incidents in Australia, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1949, Disasters in Queensland, 1949 in Australia

Currumbin Waters, Queensland

Currumbin Waters is a suburb of South Eastern, Gold Coast & Hinterland, Queensland, Australia. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 8883. There is Tallebudgera Golf Course, which is a 5 minute drive from Currumbin Waters.

Located at -28.158, 153.469 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.816 miles away.
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Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland