Delve into Parkwood
The district Parkwood of Gold Coast in Gold Coast (Queensland) is a district located in Australia about 564 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 69 °F
Morning Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Evening Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
Night Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 65% |
Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 9 km/h (5 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
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.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
22°C (71 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Q1 RESORT & SPA
Sea World Resort
Gold Coast Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort
Palazzo Versace
Oscar on Main Resort
Beaconlea Tower Apartments
Pacific Views Resort
Ramada Couran Cove Island Resort
Aqualine Apartments
Atrium Resort
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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.
Southport, Queensland
Southport is a suburb and a business district near the midpoint of the Gold Coast, Australia and has one of the city's largest communities. At the 2011 Census, Southport had a population of 28,315. Originally known as Nerang Creek Heads it was named Southport because it was the southernmost port of the colony of Queensland. Southport is recognised as the central business district of the Gold Coast City. It has the city's largest area of office space at 103,818 m².
Harbour Town
Harbour Town refers to the shopping centre concept to collocate factory outlets in one centre. There are presently four such centres operating in Australia. They are especially popular with tourists, although many locals also shop there. As at September 2009, there were four locations: Biggera Waters, on Queensland's Gold Coast; Water Front City, Docklands in Melbourne, Victoria; Adelaide Airport, in South Australia and at West Perth, in Western Australia.
St Hilda's School
St Hilda's School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Southport, a central suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1912, St Hilda's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,250 students from Pre-Preparatory to Year 12, including 160 full and weekly boarders from Years 6 to 12. St Hilda's is the only girls' school in the Gold Coast region.
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.
Helensvale railway station
Helensvale is a railway station on the Gold Coast Line of South East Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. The station was opened in 1996 when the railway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast re-opened.
Helensvale, Queensland
Helensvale is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and was named after Helena White. At the 2006 Census, Helensvale had a population of 14,767. In the next five years, Helensvale is expected to develop further as a transport hub, with the current linking of the Gold Coast Highway and Pacific Motorway, the two most important road routes on the Gold Coast with Helensvale Railway Station at Westfield Helensvale.
Southport Courthouse
Southport Courthouse is the Gold Coast's major courthouse. It houses courtrooms and chambers for part of the District Court of Queensland, which has jurisdiction to hear petty crimes and civil matters up to A$750,000. It is located in the Southport legal district. A subsidiary Magistrates' Court of Queensland is located at Coolangatta.
Gold Coast Hospital
Gold Coast Hospital, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland is a major teaching and referral hospital and the third largest in Queensland. The Gold Coast Hospital has one of the busiest emergency departments in the state. The Hospital admits over 60 000 patients annually. The hospital is located in Nerang Street in Southport's medical district. The Gold Coast Hospital has a Robina campus near Robina station. The main referral hospital is Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Southport Transit Centre
Southport Transit Centre is on Scarborough Street in Southport, Queensland, Australia. Opened on 29 November 2000 by the Hon. Steve Bredhauer MP, the $6 million Southport Transit Centre Project was a joint partnership between Queensland Transport and the Southport Workers’ Club. It provides services for private and charter coaches on interstate and intrastate routes.
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.
Biggera Waters, Queensland
Biggera Waters is a suburb located on the western side of The Broadwater and is north of the suburb of Labrador, on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Biggera Waters had a population of 5,391. Its namesake, Biggera Creek, flows through the suburb itself and past a point known locally as "Land's End". Subdivided in the late 19th century, the area was originally settled by several fishing and agricultural families.
Coombabah, Queensland
Coombabah is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Coombabah had a population of 9,303. The word 'Coombabah' is an English corruption of the Aboriginal word, and can have three alternate translations. The first, 'Koomboobah', means 'place of the cobra worms'. The second, 'Koombabah' means 'place of the turtles and the third, Coombabah is an aboriginal word meaning 'home of the turtles', or a pocket of land.
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.
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.
Gold Coast University Hospital
Gold Coast University Hospital is a major health facility for the Gold Coast, Australia, due for completion in 2013. It involves building a new tertiary hospital on a greenfields site adjacent to the Griffith University Gold Coast campus at a cost of $1.55 billion. Construction commenced on Tuesday, 16 December 2008 when Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh turned the first sod. Bovis Lend Lease are building the hospital.
Juice107.3
Juice107.3 is a Christian radio station on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It broadcasts at 107.3 MHz. The station's motto is Good Taste Radio. The station offers a ratio of 60% Christian Music to 40% Mainstream. As well as playing music, Juice107.3 offers news, sport and general talk programs.
Harbour Town bus station
The Harbour Town Bus Station, at Biggera Waters, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. It is part of the Harbour Town Shopping Centre. It is in Zone 12 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.
Queensland Academy for Health Sciences
The Queensland Academies - Health Sciences Campus (QAHS) is a State Government selective high school located in Queensland, Australia. QAHS offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program to students in years 11 and 12, and is also open to year 10 students, who study a shortened version of the IB Middle Years Programme.
Biggera Creek Dam
The Biggera Creek Flood Mitigation Dam is owned by Gold Coast City Council. The height of the dam wall is 15 m.
Coombabah Lake
Coombabah Lake is located 5 km from the coast and 8 km North West of Southport on the Gold Coast of southeast Queensland, Australia. The lake, which comprises the Coombabah Lake Nature Reserve and borders the Ivan Gibbs Wetland Reserve, is classified as a Fish Habitat Area within the Moreton Bay Marine Park and serves as an important wildlife corridor between the Nerang State Forest and the coast.
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.
Southport State High School
Southport State High School is a school situated on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia. It was the first public high school on the Gold Coast to be opened, originally established in 1916 and moved to its current position in 1954. It is known for raising exceptional students, including past students such as Clive Palmer (Australia's 5th richest man and Queensland's wealthiest), Vice Admiral Russ Crane (Chief of the Royal Australian Navy) and many others.
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.
Pacific Pines, Queensland
Pacific Pines is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is located between the Pacific Motorway (M1) and the NNE side of the Nerang State Forest. At the 2006 Census, Pacific Pines had a population of 5,967. Currently Pacific Pines is selling its last available land lots.
Aquinas College, Southport
Aquinas College is a Roman Catholic, coeducational, day school, located in Southport, Queensland, Australia.