Main Beach
Main Beach is a coastal town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Main Beach is a coastal town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Main Beach had a population of 3,998 people.
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Worth seeing in and around Main Beach
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.
3.1 km · skyscraper in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Sea World
Sea World is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and theme park located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It offers attractions such as rides and animal exhibits and promotes conservation through education and the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned wildlife.
2.5 km · marine mammal park, oceanarium, and theme park located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Soul
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.
2.5 km · residential tower on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 04The Wave
The Wave is a residential skyscraper with an unusual appearance on the Gold Coast, Australia. It rises to a height of 111 m and has 34 floors.
5.6 km · residential skyscraper on the Gold Coast, 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.
1.2 km · Luxury hotel located on the Southport Spit at Main Beach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. · Wikipedia - 06The Oracle
The Oracle is a $850 million two-tower luxury apartment development at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. When completed it held the record for tallest building and highest apartment sale in Broadbeach.
5.8 km · two-tower luxury apartment development 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.
4.1 km · hockey stadium in Gold Coast, Queensland · Wikipedia - 08Grand Mariner Apartments
The Grand Mariner Apartments is a residential skyscraper on the Gold Coast, Australia. Designed by Hulbert Group, the tower stands at a height of 139 metres.
900 m · building in Gold Coast, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Sundale Apartments
Sundale Apartments is a 55-storey tower in Southport, Australia, occupied by Meriton Suites and privately owned apartments. The building is one of the tallest on the Gold Coast and is the tallest in the Southport area.
700 m · 55-storey tower in Southport, 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.
4.1 km · Coeducational Catholic College, Gold Coast Queensland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Main Beach
- Airports
- Gold Coast (OOL), 22 km · Brisbane (BNE), 73 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 158 km
- Brisbane → Main Beach69 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · A$9–12
- Maroochydore → Main Beach151 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · A$21–29
- Toowoomba → Main Beach152 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · A$21–28
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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 Main Beach
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 Main Beach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHopo Gold Coast provides ferry services from G:link stations in Surfers Paradise and Southport to and .
From Wikivoyage: Gold Coast/Main Beach, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Main Beach
Main Beach is 2 km from Gold Coast, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gold Coastcity in Queensland, Australia4.9 km
- Surfers Paradisesuburb of Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia2.5 km
- Southportsuburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia2.8 km
- City of Gold Coastlocal government area of Queensland, Australia2.5 km
- Broadbeachsuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia5.8 km
- Isle of Capri, Queenslandsuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia3.7 km