Gold Coast City's unemployment rate (5.6 per cent) is below the national level (5.9 per cent). It is the filming site for major motion pictures including Muriel's Wedding (1994), Ghost Ship (2002), Scooby Doo (2002), House of Wax (2005), Superman Returns (2006), Unbroken (2014), The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), San Andreas (2015) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Aquaman (2018), Dora the Explorer (2019)[58] and Godzilla vs. Kong (2020). Gold Coast beaches have experienced periods of severe beach erosion. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs diente die Gold Coast als Erholungsort für hier stationierte US-amerikanische Soldaten. The southernmost town of Gold Coast City, Coolangatta, includes Point Danger and its lighthouse. The Government-owned electricity corporation Energex distributes and retails electricity, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and value-added products and services to residential, industrial and commercial customers in South-East Queensland. City of Gold Coast commenced implementation of the Palm Beach Protection Strategy[36] but ran into considerable opposition from the community participating in a NO REEF protest campaign. [25], The Gold Coast is approximately half covered by forests of various types. The venues such as Carrara Stadium,[66] Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre,[67] Carrara Indoor Sports Stadium, Gold Coast City Convention and Exhibition Centre. Businessman Tom Tate is the current Mayor of the Gold Coast, first elected in 2012. Besucher an der Gold Coast sollten in den örtlichen Wetterberichten auf den UV-Index achten, der die tägliche UV-Strahlungsintensität angibt. The Maids are still a part of the Surfers Paradise culture but the scheme is now run by private enterprise. Popular inland beaches include Southport, Budds Beach, Marine Stadium, Currumbin Alley, Tallebudgera Estuary, Jacobs Well, Jabiru Island, Paradise Point, Harley Park Labrador, Santa Barbara, Boykambil and Evandale Lake. The major river in the area is the Nerang River. The G:link was opened in 2014 between Broadbeach and Southport, with an extension to Helensvale completed in 2017 in preparation for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. It extends for some 25 miles (40 km) along the state’s southeastern coastline. Accommodation options available range from hostels to five star resorts and hotels. [2], Gold Coast unterhält mit folgenden acht Städten Partnerschaften:[4]. The median age was 39 years old, 1 year older than the nationwide median. Gold Coast City stretches from the Albert River, Logan River, and Southern Moreton Bay to the border with New South Wales (NSW) approximately 56 km (35 mi) south, and extends from the coast west to the foothills of the Great Dividing Range in World Heritage listed Lamington National Park. The male-to-female ratio was 48.6-to-51.4. The Arts Centre Gold Coast located in Evandale, features a fine art gallery featuring local and international works from painting to sculpture and new media. Around 10 million tourists visit the Gold Coast area every year: of 849,114 international visitors, 3,468,000 domestic overnight visitors and 5,366,000 daytrip visitors. 1770 sichtete James Cook als erster Europäer den Küstenabschnitt. Die Gold Coast in Australien befindet sich geographisch gesehen etwa 70 Kilometer südlich von Brisbane in Queensland. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 3. The Gold Coast is the ancestral home of a number of Indigenous clans of the Yugambeh people, including the Kombumerri, Bullongin, and Tulgi-gi-gin clans. The 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast between 4 and 15 April 2018 which was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth. Most canals are extensions to the Nerang River, but there are more to the south along Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek and to the north along the Gold Coast Broadwater, South Stradbroke Island, Coomera River and southern Moreton Bay. 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The City of Gold Coast includes suburbs, localities, towns and rural districts. The city is also home to the Gold Coast City Art Gallery. Interactive weather map allows you to pan and zoom to get unmatched weather details in your local neighborhood or half a world away from The Weather Channel and Weather.com Gold Coast City ist mit einer halben Million Einwohnern die zweitgrößte Stadt Queenslands und eine der … Water shortage and water restrictions have been current local issues, and a few new Gold Coast residential areas have recently included dual reticulation in their planning and development to supply water from a new water recycling plant being built concurrently. Mercure Gold Coast Resort offers 2 outdoor swimming pools, a fitness center, sauna and 2 tennis courts. [clarification needed] A redeveloped Gold Coast cultural precinct opened before the city hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[63]. & 9Life. The Gold Coast is a major tourist destination with a sunny, subtropical climate and has become widely known for its world-class surfing beaches, high-rise dominated skyline, theme parks, nightlife, and rainforest hinterland. This will make available highly treated recycled water for use around the home in addition to potable water. Guests can also enjoy 24-hour in-room dining, poolside bar and snacks, an Die Gold Coast erwartet Sie mit malerischen und anspruchsvollen Golfplätzen. At the state level, Labor was fairly competitive in the Gold Coast for most of the early part of the 21st century. Europeans arrived in 1823 when explorer John Oxley landed at Mermaid Beach. Gold Coast ist eine Stadt an der Südostküste von Queensland in Australien, ca. Die "Gold Cost" zieht jedes Jahr über 10 Millionen Besucher an, aus diesem Grund sind riesige Hotel- und Appartement-Türme entstanden, die eine beeindruckende Skyline entstehen ließen. [16][17][18][19][20] The Town of South Coast was formed through the amalgamation of Town of Coolangatta and Town of Southport along with the coastal areas (such as Burleigh Heads) from the Shire of Nerang on 17 June 1949 with the effect of having the present-day Gold Coast coastal strip as a single local government area. [7][8], The Gold Coast was originally known as the South Coast (because it was south of Brisbane). Most canal frontage homes have pontoons. The suburbs of Southport and Surfers Paradise form the Gold Coast's commercial centre. The Gold Coast is located in south-east Queensland, just one hour south of Brisbane, and stretches from Oxenford in the north to Coolangatta in the south, South Stradbroke Island in the east and incorporates Surfers Paradise on the coast. Reforms of the way in which the water industry is structured have been announced by the State Government, with transfer of ownership and management of water services from local government to the state occurring in 2008–09. With an estimated population of 679,127, at June 2019 (including 79,001 in the adjacent Tweed Valley of New South Wales), the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, making it the largest non-capital city, and Queensland's second-largest city. There are over 890 kilometres (550 mi) of constructed residential waterfront land within the city that is home to over 80,000 residents. There are a number of libraries located on the Gold Coast. [citation needed], The Gold Coast experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa), with mild to warm winters and hot, humid summers. Administratively, the Gold Coast is a local government area called the City of Gold Coast. Weitere freundschaftliche Beziehungen bestehen zu: Private Website: Luftbilder von der Gold Coast und Surfers Paradise. Der „South Coast Town Council“ benannte sich 1958 in „Gold Coast Town Council“ um, und am 16. 91.7 ABC Gold Coast is the local ABC station on the Gold Coast, which is complemented by the ABC's national radio services including April 2018 wurden in Gold Coast die Commonwealth Games ausgetragen. Situated within South East Queensland's growth corridor, the Gold Coast is one of Australia's fastest growing large cities, with a 5-year annual average population growth rate to 2015 of 1.8%, compared to 1.5% nationally. The LNP repeated its sweep of the Gold Coast seats at the 2015 election, and retained all but one Gold Coast seat at the 2017 state election. The city consists of 70 kilometres (43 mi) of coastline, with some of the most popular surf breaks in Australia and the world including, South Stradbroke Island, The Spit, Main Beach, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach, Nobby's Beach, Miami, North Burleigh Beach, Burleigh Beach, Burleigh Heads, Tallebudgera Beach, Palm Beach, South Palm Beach, Currumbin Beach, Tugun, Bilinga, North Kirra Beach Kirra, Coolangatta, Greenmount, Rainbow Bay, Snapper Rocks and Froggies Beach. However, over-inflated prices for real estate and other goods and services led to the nickname of "Gold Coast" from 1950. Breakwaters on either side of the Seaway prevent longshore drift and the bar from silting up.