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In 1983, the Surfers Paradise Hotel and neighbouring Sea Breeze Motel was demolished and the final stage of the project opened in 1985 and included a 406 room Ramada Hotel building, new Surfers Paradise Hotel, Surfers Paradise Beergarden, Birdwatchers Bar, Safeway supermarket (rebranded to Woolworths in the 1990s) and many specialty stores. [7]
Surfers Paradise (or Surfers colloquially) is a town and the suburban capital of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the suburb of Surfers Paradise had a population of 26,412 people. [1] Colloquially known as "Surfers", the suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach.
In 2006, Paradise Centre was sold to Centro for $88 million and it rebranded as Centro Surfers Paradise. After many previous failed sale attempts, Centro Surfers Paradise was finally sold to Challenger Group for $162.5 million in 2012 and the centre was rebranded back to Paradise Centre. [13] [14] [15]
Heron Island, 72 km (45 mi) off the coast off Gladstone in Queensland, has two time zones: the island resort follows DST all year round, whereas the Marine Research Centre and the Parks and Wildlife office on the island remain on Eastern Standard Time. Resort manager Alistair Cooray says no-one is sure how the time zone came about.
Surfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The 3.219 km (2.000 mi) long circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams , a motor racing enthusiast who also designed and built the Adelaide International Raceway (AIR) in South Australia in 1972.
The Surfers Paradise Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit in Surfers Paradise, in Queensland, Australia. The 2.960 km (1.839 mi) beach-side track has several fast sections and two chicanes , having been shortened from an original 4.470 km (2.778 mi) length in 2010.
The Gold Coast Highway services the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast, including Surfers Paradise, Southport, and Burleigh Heads. Starting at the Pacific Motorway at Tweed Heads, it runs parallel to the coast until it reaches Labrador, where it turns inland to meet the Pacific Motorway again at Helensvale .
Miami is located along the Gold Coast Highway, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of Surfers Paradise and 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of the Queensland / New South Wales border at Coolangatta/Tweed Heads. The town of North Burleigh is located within the suburb ( 28°03′55″S 153°26′34″E / 28.0652°S 153.4427°E / -28.0652; 153.4427 ...