It is connected to the mainland by the Gold Coast Highway, which passes through the eastern part of the island from north ( Main Beach) to south (Surfers Paradise). It was named after Hugh Macintosh, a draftsman in the Queensland Lands Department, who was heavily involved in the surveying of Gold Coast area. The course of the river has been modified extensively in the latter part of the 20th century to create permanent islands for residential development, some of which were natural features while others were on reclaimed land created by a system of canals. The Gold Coast Highway passes through the suburb from north to south. The south-west of the suburb is land on the western bank of the river and is bounded by Bundall Road.
It is bounded to the north-west by the Nerang River which then flows through the suburb to exit at the suburb's most northerly boundary almost at the mouth of the river where it flows into the southern end of Moreton Bay. The Esplanade is a road that runs along the coast in the north-east of the suburb.
The entire coastline of Surfers Paradise is called Surfers Paradise Beach ( 28☀0′08″S 153☂5′53″E / 28.0022°S 153.4314☎ / -28.0022 153.4314 ( Surfers Paradise Beach)) and is a continuous sandy surf beach. Surfers Point is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea of the Pacific Ocean. Geography Īerial perspective of the coast along Surfers Paradise. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Surfers Paradise was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "location". Surfers Paradise is the Gold Coast's entertainment and tourism centre and the suburb's high-rise buildings are the best known feature of the city's skyline. One of the features of the area is the Surfers Paradise Meter Maids designed to build goodwill with tourists. Cavill Avenue, named after Jim Cavill, an early hotel owner, is one of the busiest shopping strips in Queensland, and the centre of activity for night life. The feature of the heart of the suburb is Cavill Mall, which runs through the shopping and entertainment precinct. Ĭolloquially known as "Surfers", the suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach. In the 2016 census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 23,689 people. Surfers Paradise is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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