The Gold Coast is a sunny, subtropical coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland that is internationally renowned for its 57 kilometers of white sand beaches for swimming and surfing. Apart from the beaches, the Gold Coast is also known for its world-class theme parks. Water lovers will be delighted to visit local water parks with extreme slides, Warner Bros. Movie World is perfect for families with children, thanks to the abundance of attractions and the opportunity to meet characters from your favorite cartoons. Dreamworld Park is suitable for adventure seekers.It is a popular holiday destination, inextricably linked with fun, sun, surf, sand with an abundance of subtropical green mountain areas.You can get to the city from the Gold Coast Airport, located on the southern part of the Gold Coast in Coolangatta, about 40 minutes drive from the Surfers - Paradise beaches. Brisbane Airport is a major international airport that connects Queensland and Australia to many other parts of the world. From Brisbane Airport, you can reach the Gold Coast in about an hour by car or 90 minutes by train.The natives called the Gold Coast area Kurrungul, due to the abundance of hardwood trees suitable for making boomerangs. James Cook became the first European to spot the region while sailing along the coast in 1770. Captain Matthew Flinders, who was exploring the continent north of New South Wales, sailed by in 1802. The region remained uninhabited by Europeans until 1823, when the explorer John Oxley landed on its shores. Red cedar growing in the hinterland attracted Europeans to these areas in the mid 19th century. The timber was tied to rafts and floated down the rivers to sea sailing ships. These ships moored at the Neranga and Oxenford rivers. The west bank of the Neranga became an industrial region, and by 1875 Southport had been surveyed and quickly gained a reputation as a secluded holiday destination for wealthy Brisbane residents. Over time, the areas of the Gold Coast were overgrown with farms and filled with fields of sugar cane. Rum was a by-product of the sugar industry. Oyster farming and fishing developed in the Broadwater area.Another settler set up a ferry service to bring visitors to the area. He also built a beach hotel on the south side of the Nerang River in 1888 to accommodate people brought by his ferry. In 1923, James Cavill built the Surfers Paradise Hotel in the area known as Alston. The land was purchased for only 80 dollars, and shortly before his death, the site was already worth 377 thousand. In 1933, the area was named after the hotel. But it wasnt until the mid-20th century that Surfers Paradise became a popular recreation center for servicemen and their families returning from the fronts of World War II. Since then, the Gold Coast has maintained its position as an excellent tourist destination. Now the Gold Coast area is considered the fastest growing region of the country.
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