Gold Coast
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane.
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane. It is on the central eastern coast of Australia adjoining the Pacific Ocean. It is Queensland's second-largest city after Brisbane, as well as Australia's sixth-largest city and the most populous non-capital city. The city's central business district is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of Southport. The urban area of the Gold Coast is concentrated along the coast, sprawling between 60–70 kilometres, joining up with the Greater Brisbane region to the north and the state border with New South Wales to the south. Nicknames of the city include the 'Glitter Strip' and the 'Goldy'. The demonym of a Gold Coast resident is Gold Coaster.
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Worth seeing in and around Gold Coast
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Q1 Tower
Q1 Tower is a 322.5-metre supertall skyscraper on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The residential tower on the Gold Coast was the world's tallest residential building from 2005 to 2011.
9.4 km · skyscraper in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Robina Stadium
Robina Stadium is a stadium located in the Gold Coast suburb of Robina. It is primarily used for rugby league as the home ground of the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
8.8 km · Stadium in Robina, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Carrara Stadium
Carrara Stadium is a stadium located in the Gold Coast suburb of Carrara. It is primarily used for Australian rules football as the home ground of the Gold Coast Suns, which competes in the Australian Football League.
3.3 km · stadium on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Soul
Soul is a 243 m tall residential tower and hotel on the Esplanade, close to Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. it is the 3rd tallest building on the Gold Coast behind Ocean which topped out in late 2021 but above Circle at Cavil.
9.4 km · residential tower on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Versace Palace
Imperial Hotel Gold Coast is a luxury hotel located by the Southport Broadwater in Main Beach, and Marina Mirage shopping centre at Southport Spit on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The hotel was constructed by the Sunland Group on the site of the former Fisherman's Wharf complex.
9.7 km · Luxury hotel located on the Southport Spit at Main Beach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. · Wikipedia - 06Nerang National Park
Nerang National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia situated on the Gold Coast. The protected area is located 12 kilometres from Surfers Paradise on Nerang’s north-west outskirts.
4.2 km · national park in Australia · Wikipedia - 07Gold Coast Hockey Centre
Gold Coast Hockey Centre is a hockey stadium in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The venue was renovated to host the men's and women's hockey event of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
7.6 km · hockey stadium in Gold Coast, Queensland · Wikipedia - 08Biggera Creek Dam
The Biggera Creek Dam, or formally the Biggera Creek Flood Mitigation Dam, is an earth-filled embankment dam across the Biggera Creek, located approximately 3 kilometres northwest of Southport in the suburb of Arundel, in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The dam was established for flood mitigation purposes.
7.3 km · dam in Australia · Wikipedia - 09Hinze Dam
The Hinze Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam across the Nerang River, in the Gold Coast hinterland of South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Gold Coast region.
7.6 km · dam in Australia · Wikipedia - 10Aquinas College
Aquinas College is an independent Catholic secondary school, located in the Gold Coast suburb of Southport in Queensland, Australia. Aquinas College has a current enrolment of 1,200 students from Year 7 to 12.
5.4 km · Coeducational Catholic College, Gold Coast Queensland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gold Coast
- Airports
- Gold Coast (OOL), 25 km · Brisbane (BNE), 72 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 158 km
- Stations
- Southport Airport, 9.3 km · Helensvale railway station, 8.1 km · Nerang railway station, 1.6 km
- Brisbane → Gold Coast71 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · A$9–12
- Maroochydore → Gold Coast153 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · A$22–29
- Toowoomba → Gold Coast153 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · A$21–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gold Coast
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gold Coast. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTranslink is responsible for all trains, buses, ferries and trams in South East Queensland and regional urban buses.
- Get aroundBuses and ferries have validators to touch as you board and alight.
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Next door to Gold Coast
Gold Coast is 46 km from Logan City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Surfers Paradisesuburb of Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia8.1 km
- Southportsuburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia7.3 km
- City of Gold Coastlocal government area of Queensland, Australia9.2 km
- Main Beachsuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia9.3 km
- Nerangsuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia1.3 km
- Clear Island Waterssuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia7.9 km