WSurfers Paradise is a coastal town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 23,689 people.
WSurrounded by parklands and a lake, HOTA, Home of the Arts is a vibrant cultural precinct situated in the heart of the Gold Coast. Year round, indoors and out, HOTA presents live music, theatre, dance, comedy, opera, kids shows, art, cinema from local, national and international artists and companies.
WCavill Avenue is a street and a pedestrian mall in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is in the heart of the Surfers Paradise shopping and entertainment district. It was named in honour of the man credited as the founder of Surfers Paradise, James Cavill, known as Jim Cavill.
WCavill Avenue light rail station is located in the heart of Gold Coast in the suburb of Surfers Paradise. The station is part of the Gold Coast's G:link light rail system and is located on the corner of Surfers Paradise Boulevard and Cavill Avenue.
WJames Freeman Cavill a Brisbane hotelier, was one of the pioneers of the Gold Coast, Australia.
WThe Chevron Island is an urban island that lies in the Nerang River and is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Surfers Paradise in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
WCircle on Cavill is a $551 million commercial development with two residential towers built by the Sunland Group and positioned in a key city block in the heart of the Surfers Paradise CBD, neighbouring with Towers of Chevron Renaissance shopping mall and resort apartment complex. Circle on Cavill is bounded by the main Surfers Paradise Boulevard at the western end of Cavill Mall and river end of Cavill Avenue, between the Gold Coast Highway and Ferny Avenue, in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
WCypress Avenue light rail station is an important public transport interchange in the Gold Coast suburb of Surfers Paradise. The station is part of the Gold Coast's G:link light rail system situated on the corner of Cypress Avenue and Surfers Paradise Boulevard. The G:link connects Broadbeach South with Helensvale railway station via the key activity centres of Surfers Paradise and Southport. Cypress Avenue also provides a bus connection to Nerang via the Nerang railway station.
WFuntime is a small amusement park in the centre of Surfers Paradise, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, operated by the Funtime amusement ride manufacturing company. The park features installations of their Sling Shot and Vomatron rides. The park was previously known as Adrenalin Park and featured several other rides and attractions including an Intamin Parachute Drop tower, a mini golf course and a bungy tower.
WKinkabool is a heritage-listed apartment block at 32-34 Hanlan Street, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John M. Morton of Lund Hutton Newell Black & Paulsen and built from 1959 to 1960 by J D Booker Constructions Pty Ltd. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 5 February 2009.
WThe Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.
WNorthcliffe light rail station is located on the southern end of Surfers Paradise Blvd on the corner of Thorton St in the suburb of Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, Gold Coast's key tourist destination. The station is serviced by the Gold Coast G:link light rail system that connects Broadbeach South with Helensvale via Surfers Paradise and Southport.
WOcean is a residential skyscraper under construction located at 84 The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia.
WQ1 Tower is a 322.5-metre (1,058 ft) skyscraper in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. The residential tower on the Gold Coast was the world's tallest residential building from 2005 to 2011. As of 2020 it is the ninth-tallest residential tower in the world and is the tallest building in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, and the second-tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, behind the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. The Q1 officially opened in November 2005.
WSchoolies or schoolies week refers to the Australian tradition of high-school graduates having week-long holidays following the end of their final exams in late November and early December.
WSoul is a 243 m (797 ft) tall residential tower local along the Esplanade, close to Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It has overtaken Circle on Cavill as the second tallest building on the Gold Coast, behind Q1. The building was approved by the Gold Coast City Council in October 2004 and finished construction in 2012 along with the next stage of the Gold Coast renovation project.
WSurfers Paradise Apollo Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The club was founded in 1978. Their home ground is the Lex Bell Oval in the suburb of Surfers Paradise, Queensland. The club competes in the Gold Coast Premier League after winning promotion as champions of Coast League One in 2013.
WSurfers Paradise Australian Football Club is a Gold Coast based club competing in the AFL Queensland QAFL Australian rules football competition.
WSurfers Paradise light rail station is located on the corner of Clifford St and Surfers Paradise Boulevard. The station is situated centrally of suburb of Surfers Paradise, the key tourist destination in the city of the Gold Coast. Surfers Paradise light rail station is serviced by the city's G:link light rail system that connects Broadbeach South to Helensvale. The station provides direct access to the Q1 residential tower,the tallest residential high rise in the southern hemisphere. The station also provides excellent exposure to numerous hotels and holiday apartments.
WSurfers Paradise Meter Maids are bikini-clad women who operate in Surfers Paradise — a surfing, entertainment and tourism centre on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Unlike other meter maids, who issue parking tickets to motorists when they overstay, Gold Coast meter maids put money into parking meters which might otherwise expire, preventing vehicle owners from incurring a fine. After the introduction of pay-and-display parking meters they took on the task of explaining to motorists how the machines work.
WSurfers Paradise North light rail station is situated on the corner of Ocean Avenue and Surfers Paradise Boulevard in the Gold Coast suburb of Surfers Paradise. The station is part of the Gold Coast's G:link light rail system and serves the northern part of Surfers Paradise. Surfers Paradise North light rail station opened in July 2014 with the commencement of stage 1 of the G:link system.
WThe Surfers Paradise Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit on the Surfers Paradise, in Queensland, Australia. The 2.98-kilometre (1.85 mi) beach-side track has several fast sections and two chicanes, having been shortened from an original 4.47-kilometre (2.78 mi) length in 2010. It is the third of three motor racing circuits that have existed in the Gold Coast region, after the Southport Street Circuit (1954) and Surfers Paradise International Raceway (1966–1987).
WThe Pink Poodle was an iconic motel in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. It was located on the corner of Fern Street and the Gold Coast Highway. Although no longer extant, its signage remains and is listed on the Gold Coast Local Heritage Register.
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