Tugun
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Queensland - Australia

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

Tweed Heads, New South Wales

Tweed Heads is a town located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire. Tweed Heads is located next to the border with Queensland, adjacent to the "Twin Town" of Coolangatta, a suburb of the Gold Coast.

Located at -28.1833, 153.55 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.818 miles away.
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Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Populated places established in 1844, Fishing communities in Australia

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

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

Banora Point, New South Wales

Banora Point is a suburb of Tweed Heads in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. Together with Tweed Heads South and Terranora it had a combined population of 27,368 in 2001, including 21,457 (78.4%) Australian-born persons and 525 (1.9%) indigenous persons. On Census night 2006, Banora Point had a population of 14,682 people.

Located at -28.2233, 153.538 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.816 miles away.
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Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales

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

Terranora, New South Wales

Terranora is a suburb of Tweed Heads on the northern boundary of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Terranora had a population of 3,137 people. The town is part of the Tweed Shire local Government area. Its postcode is 2486. Two schools are located there - Terranora Public School and the senior campus of Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School. Well known children's author, Hesba Fay Brinsmead, made her home in Terranora from 1976 until the early 2000s (she died in nearby Murwillumbah).

Located at -28.2, 153.55 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.817 miles away.
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Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales

Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School

Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School is a co-educational private day school on the southern end of the Gold Coast, Australia offering an integrated NSW curriculum from Pre-School through to Year 12. The School has two campuses, Pre-School through to Year 4 at Tweed Heads South, and Year 5 through to Year 12 in Terranora, New South Wales. It is located in the Anglican Diocese of Grafton.

Located at -28.2338, 153.506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.814 miles away.
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Private schools in New South Wales, High schools in New South Wales, Anglican schools in Australia, Educational institutions established in 1981, Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools, 1981 establishments in Australia, Tweed Heads, New South Wales

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

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

Banora Point High School

Banora Point High School is a high school located in Banora Point, New South Wales, Australia. The school was founded in 2004, and as of 2010, has 542 students enrolled.

Located at -28.2158, 153.526 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9.816 miles away.
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High schools in New South Wales, Tweed Heads, New South Wales

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