Carrara
District of Gold Coast
in Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
-28.000 and 153.431 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
S -28° 0' 1" and E 153° 25' 51"
Currency and Currency Code:
Dollar - AUD
Spoken languages:
English
Local electricity:
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
Local Time: 02:33 AM (Saturday)
Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
10:13 am and 9:12 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
27.750 and -18.100 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Sabinosa
References
This place on Geonames.org

Explore Carrara

The district Carrara of Gold Coast in Gold Coast (Queensland) is located in Australia about 560 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital.

If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

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Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 69 °F

Morning Temperature 19°C / 67 °F
Evening Temperature 20°C / 68 °F
Night Temperature 20°C / 67 °F
Chance of rainfall 2%
Air Humidity 63%
Air Pressure 1024 hPa
Wind Speed Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (8 mph) from North-West
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Saturday, 4th of May 2024

21°C (69 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.

Sunday, 5th of May 2024

20°C (68 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.

Monday, 6th of May 2024

21°C (70 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, clear sky.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Q1 RESORT & SPA

Address
5,2 mi
9 Hamilton Avenue
4217 Nerang
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Mercure Gold Coast Resort

Address
3,9 mi
Palm Meadows Drive
4211 CARRARA
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Royal Woods Resort

Address
2,9 mi
16 Mulyan Place
4214 Gold Coast
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Crowne Plaza SURFERS PARADISE

Address
1,2 mi
2807 Gold Coast Highway
4217 Surfers Paradise
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Pacific Views Resort

Address
1,4 mi
5 Woodroffe Avenue
4217 Pde Main Beach
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: - Checkin:
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Quality Hotel Mermaid Waters

Address
3,6 mi
Cnr Markeri Street & Sunshine Boulevard
4218 GOLD COAST
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Arc Resort

Address
1,8 mi
11 Eady Avenue
4218 Broadbeach Waters
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Paradise Island Resort

Address
0,6 mi
1 Paradise Island
4217 SURFERS PARADISE
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Mardi Gras Resort

Address
1,7 mi
2755 Gold Coast Highway
4218 Broadbeach
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Coolamon Apartments

Address
1,1 mi
10-16 Genoa Street
4217 Surfers Paradise
Australia

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


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Nerang Plumbers - Which Type To Use

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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Nerang River

The Nerang River is a river that begins in the McPherson Range in the Gold Coast hinterland and runs through Gold Coast City in South East Queensland, Australia. It starts in the Numinbah Valley on the New South Wales border and heads north, then east where it flows through Nerang and onto the Gold Coast Broadwater at Southport on the Gold Coast. The Nerang River catchment covers an area of 490 km², with it only covering 250 km.

Located at -28.0167, 153.417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Gold Coast, Queensland, Rivers of Queensland, History of Gold Coast, Queensland

Carrara Stadium

Carrara Stadium (known commercially as Metricon Stadium) is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara. It received substantial redevelopment work prior to the entry of the Brisbane Bears to the VFL/AFL in 1987, but since the Bears relocated to the Gabba in 1993, it has been used for other sports including rugby league, rugby union and even baseball. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Located at -28.0064, 153.367 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rugby league stadiums in Australia, Rugby union stadiums in Australia, Australian Football League grounds, Sports venues in Queensland, Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland, History of Gold Coast, Queensland, Baseball venues in Australia, Cricket grounds in Australia, Defunct cricket grounds in Australia, 2018 Commonwealth Games venues, Buildings and structures on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast Titans, Gold Coast Football Club

Robina, Queensland

Robina is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Robina had a population of 19,182. The Robina Town Centre shopping centre, Bond University, and Robina Branch Library are located in Robina.

Located at -28.0667, 153.383 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Division of Moncrieff

The Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Gladys Moncrieff, an Australian singer who resided in the area. Moncrieff is located in south east Queensland, and is based on the central portion of the Gold Coast, including Surfers Paradise. It has always been a very safe Liberal seat.

Located at -28.008, 153.385 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Electoral divisions of Australia, Constituencies established in 1984, 1984 establishments in Australia, Federal politics in Queensland, Gold Coast, Queensland

Nerang railway station

Nerang railway station is a railway station on the Gold Coast Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.

Located at -27.9941, 153.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Regional railway stations in Queensland, Public transport on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Railway stations opened in 1997

Robina Stadium

Robina Stadium, currently known as its sponsored name Skilled Park, is a rectangular football stadium in the Gold Coast suburb of Robina, Queensland. It is the home ground to the National Rugby League's Gold Coast Titans. Starting in 2011, it will also become the home of the Gold Coast Sevens, the country's leg of the IRB Sevens World Series.

Located at -28.0669, 153.379 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rugby league stadiums in Australia, Soccer venues in Australia, Rugby union stadiums in Australia, Sports venues in Queensland, Buildings and structures on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast Titans, Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast United FC, 2018 Commonwealth Games venues

Carrara, Queensland

Carrara is a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia on the southern bank of the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Carrara had a population of 10,687. It is most known as being the home of Carrara Stadium (also known as Metricon Stadium), the purpose built cricket and Australian rules football ground where the Gold Coast Suns began playing matches in 2011, as well as the Carrara Markets. The name Carrara comes from the Aboriginal word 'Karara' meaning 'long flat'. http://www.

Located at -28.021, 153.369 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australian Aboriginal placenames

Ashmore, Queensland

Ashmore is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Ashmore had a population of 11,514. The area's name derives from a locality or family property in England. Also a local thoroughfare with residents travelling from Benowa Road to Nerang Road, the suburb was officially perpetuated in 1976 when a housing estate was developed in the area called Ashmore Village.

Located at -27.9864, 153.382 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Benowa, Queensland

Benowa is an affluent Gold Coast suburb west of Surfers Paradise. At the 2006 Census, Benowa had a population of 7,269. The name was originally derived from the aboriginal "Boonow", meaning red bloodwood. This word was later corrupted by European settlers in search of sugar cane growing on the shores of the Nerang River. The name was perpetualised in 1870 when a pioneer named Robert Muir used the name for his sugar plantation on the northern bank of the river.

Located at -28.0167, 153.4 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Bundall, Queensland

Bundall is a suburb of the Gold Coast, west of Surfers Paradise and the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Bundall had a population of 4,102. Its name is from the Aboriginal word for a species of prickly vine. The locality was originally established by British landowner Edmund Henry Price in 1862. The northern boundary of the area runs from the southern Nerang Riverbank to the Gold Coasts Arts Centre. It then continues south, bordering the present day Village High Road, alongside Benowa.

Located at -28.012, 153.405 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australian Aboriginal placenames

Molendinar, Queensland

Molendinar also known as Silver Bridle is a small, mainly industrial suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Molendinar had a population of 5,606. On Monday 2 April 2012 an official dedication of the Lynne Richardson Community Centre was held by The Gold Coast City Council The area was a Queensland State Government project supported by the Gold Coast City, with initial development beginning circa 1969.

Located at -27.9736, 153.361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Trinity Lutheran College (Queensland)

Trinity Lutheran College is a primary, middle, and high school in Ashmore, Gold Coast, Australia. In January 1981, Trinity Lutheran Primary School was founded and The Ashmore Road Campus was founded in 1987.

Located at -27.9839, 153.372 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Private schools in Queensland, Educational institutions established in 1981, Lutheran schools in Australia, International Baccalaureate schools in Australia

Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens

The Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, formerly known as the Rosser Park Regional Botanic Gardens, and before that simply Rosser Park, are located on Ashmore Road, Benowa, Gold Coast, Australia. The development of the master plan for the botanic gardens involved more than 18 months' investigation, site analysis and community consultation. The plan was adopted by Gold Coast City in 2002 and the first plantings took place in 2003.

Located at -28.0083, 153.385 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Gold Coast, Queensland, Botanical gardens in Australia, Gardens in Queensland, 2003 establishments in Australia

Nerang State High School

Nerang State High School (NSHS) is a state high school located on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia.

Located at -28.0009, 153.327 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Schools on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Public schools in Queensland, High schools in Queensland, Educational institutions established in 1986

William Duncan State School

William Duncan State School (WDSS) is a state school located Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The school was opened in 1987 with just 186 students enrolled, which has now grown to approximately 800 in the present day.

Located at -28.0136, 153.331 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Public schools in Queensland, High schools in Queensland, Schools on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Educational institutions established in 1987

Clear Island Waters, Queensland

Clear Island Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Clear Island Waters had a population of 4,091. The suburb is a mid-to-high socioeconomic residential area surrounding the artificial canals of Clear Island Lake and Boobegan Creek.

Located at -28.042, 153.398 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of the Gold Coast, Queensland

Shire of Albert

The Shire of Albert was a local government area in Queensland, located south of the capital, Brisbane, and taking in areas to the north and west of the Gold Coast. It was named after the Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, and husband of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert. When created in 1948, it was primarily a rural area, but its growth started in earnest in the late 1960s with the development of Logan on Brisbane's southern frontier.

Located at -27.999, 153.339 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Former Local Government Areas of Queensland

Surfers Paradise International Raceway

Surfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams, a motor racing enthusiast. It was located opposite the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens at Carrara. The complex included a dragstrip along the main straight, with a very fast right-hander under a Dunlop Bridge leading to a tight corner that turned the track back to a medium-length straight.

Located at -28.0164, 153.376 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Motorsport venues in Australia, Former V8 Supercar circuits, Motorsport at Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sports venues in Queensland, Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Defunct motorsport venues, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australian Grand Prix

Queensland Independent College

Queensland Independent College is a private, primary school in Merrimac, Gold Coast, Australia. It was founded in 2008 as the Queensland Montessori College, with a view to creating a sustainable school to replace a previous Montessori school that had closed down. The first intake of students occurred at the start of 2009. The school is coeducational, non-denominational and emphasises specialised educational attention in a relaxed, supportive environment.

Located at -28.0496, 153.368 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Private schools in Queensland, Educational institutions established in 2009, Montessori schools in Australia

Carrara Indoor Stadium

Carrara Indoor Stadium is a multi-purpose arena located at Carrara on Queenslands Gold Coast and can accommodate 1,600 fans, with additional seating provided if required which can push total capacity for events such as basketball up to 2,962. The stadium stands next door to the 25,000 seat Metricon Stadium and forms part of the Carrara Sports Complex.

Located at -28.0056, 153.365 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Basketball venues in Australia, Sports venues in Queensland, Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Indoor arenas in Australia, Mixed martial arts venues

Palm Meadows

Palm Meadows International Baseball Facility is an Australian baseball field located on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It is owned by Hungtat Worldwide Pty Ltd (Trading as Palm Meadows Golf course) and is leased through Gold Coast city council. It is currently home to the Major League Baseball Australian Academy Program (MLBAAP).

Located at -28.0285, 153.373 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Sports venues in Queensland, Baseball venues in Australia, Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland

Sir Bruce Small Park

Sir Bruce Small Park is a sporting facility located in Benowa, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia. Its baseball facilities are home to the Surfers Paradise Baseball Club, current premiers of the Greater Brisbane League. It has hosted many high profile Australian baseball events such as the Masters Games and University Games. The adjacent oval is home to the Surfers Paradise-Benowa Cricket Club and Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club, which plays in the QAFL.

Located at -28.0058, 153.396 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Sports venues in Queensland, Baseball venues in Australia, Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland

Robina Hospital

Robina Hospital, located in Robina, Queensland is a teaching hospital for Bond University and Griffith University.

Located at -28.071, 153.376 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Teaching hospitals in Australia, Hospitals in Queensland, Buildings and structures on the Gold Coast, Queensland

Emmanuel College (Queensland)

Emmanuel College is an independent, co-educational, multi-denominational Christian school located in the suburb of Carrara on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The College caters for students from Preparatory through to Year 12. Emmanuel College is a privately owned and operated educational institute run by the Emmanuel Ministry of Education (Pty) Ltd.

Located at -28.014, 153.369 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Private schools in Queensland, High schools in Queensland, Schools on the Gold Coast, Queensland

Aquinas College, Southport

Aquinas College is a Roman Catholic, coeducational, day school, located in Southport, Queensland, Australia.

Located at -27.9757, 153.383 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Educational institutions established in 1964, Private schools in Queensland, Christian Brother (Irish) schools, Christian Brother (Irish) secondary schools

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