Gold Coast

Gold Coast

Gold Coast is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia, and a holiday resort along the eastern coast of Australia. There are bright sunshine, continuous white sand beach, clear blue water, romantic palm forest, Paradise farm, skydiving, surfing and many other outdoor projects. Surfers Paradise is the center of the gold coast.

On December 26, 2019, the Gold Coast ranked 92nd in the list of top 500 global cities in 2019.

brief introduction

Gold Coast (Australia) is located in the eastern coast of Australia. It is a 42 km long resort composed of dozens of beautiful beaches. It is the famous Queensland Gold Coast. The gold coast has a subtropical monsoon climate. It is sunny and humid all year round. It is suitable for tourism all year round, but the best time is from December to February of the next year. At that time, it is the summer in Australia, which is very suitable for diving. In 1925, Jim Cavill opened a hotel and named it surfer's paradise, which gradually attracted tourists from all over the world.

The gold coast is 78 kilometers south of Brisbane and can be reached by car in an hour and a half. There are buses and trains in Brisbane to get to the gold coast. Of course, you can drive there by yourself or even fly there. It starts from south port in the north and ends at kurrumbin in the south. Apart from the pleasant scenery, there are many interesting theme parks, such as Warner Brothers movie world, ocean world and dream world. Surfing on the gold coast is also an attractive water activity for tourists.

history

In 1770, British navigator cook passed by this place and saw that the water was shallow and the reef was dangerous. He named the mountain and the place protruding from the water as warning hill, dangerous cape and lighthouse respectively. In the 1840s, Europeans began to set up settlements here, open up wasteland for cultivation, build houses and build houses. At that time, the place where indigenous people lived had become a tourist center full of hotels and villas. The gold coast is close to the subtropical area of the tropical region. Although there are four seasons in a year, the summer is particularly long, and the sunshine is warm in winter. When people in southern Australia are huddling in the cold wind of about 0 ℃, swimming on the gold coast is like soaking in a hot spring. The Golden Coast is also an ideal place for surfing and water skiing. There is a bird reserve at kulumbin beach on the gold coast, covering an area of 20 hectares. There are hundreds of red billed Blue necked green feathered parakeets, with parrots singing and birds singing, which are crisp and pleasant. Here is the largest ocean park in China. There are all kinds of rare fish on display in the park. Among them, the dolphin performance is very wonderful and amazing. A replica of the sailing ship "endeavor" by Captain Cook, a British navigator, floats on the lake for tourists to watch. In the wild Gardens near the gold coast, there are many places for tourists to have fun, including children's playground for children's games, aerial cable car with bird's-eye view of scenic spots, broad lawn for throwing darts (a hunting tool used by Australian Aborigines), parks for displaying rare birds, animals, flowers and flowers, and helicopters for tourists to fly low on the sea and in the fields There was a dazzling water ballet performance. When the sun sets, the beach on the Gold Coast seems to be covered with gold powder. In the afterglow of the setting sun, groups of gulls can't wait to come and grab the food abandoned by people. The sea is still pushing waves to wash the beach. In the vast distance of the Pacific Ocean, the sea and sky are gray with dusk. Late at night, after the bustle, the beach is particularly quiet. Only the moonlight coming out of the crevice of the cloud, shining on the sea still warm, is still gently swaying, wave after wave foaming at the beach. In the sun, the Golden Coast is full of golden light. At night, only the sea breeze blows the light waves, sways the shadow of the trees, and is full of strong poetic charm.

climate

Gold Coast is a subtropical monsoon climate, sunny, humid air, all year round are suitable for tourism. Ocean world, surfer's paradise and other tourist attractions and recreational facilities are overwhelming, and its unique golden beach, long coastline and dangerous waves attract a large number of tourists to the gold coast for swimming and surfing.

scenic spot

1. WB movie world

Warner Brothers film world was built in March 1991, covering an area of 168 hectares. It has a production theater, which can be shown on the business card for tourists to watch. Here, visitors can learn about the various processes of film production, experience the plot of the film, and open your eyes.

"Gold medal police academy military film stunt show" is one of the most popular programs for tourists. The humorous performance combined with the stunt effect makes the audience refreshing, while the "lethal weapon" in the cloud and fog flying car is exciting and thrilling.

2. Dream world

Dreamworld is located 18 kilometers north of surfer's paradise and beside the Pacific Highway. The park is full of beautiful dreamy colors. It is a theme park suitable for families to travel together. There are various amusement facilities for adults and children to play in the dream world, such as "golden city", the world's largest "track pulley", "carousel", "snake water ski", thrilling "roller coaster" and interesting "wave rock" and so on. In addition, there are well-designed live performances, computer-controlled koala doll performances, and video theaters and cinemas.

3. Sea world

Founded in 1971, it has won the most popular tourist destination award in Australia for four times in a row. It is a playground suitable for all ages. It provides tourists with a fresh experience of watching marine animals and amazing performances of various exciting amusement projects.

4. Wet'n wild

The large water park in oxenford, close to ocean world and movie world, has accepted up to 1095000 tourists in 2009, including all kinds of thrilling and interesting water slide projects and water playing places. It is a place where children can enjoy themselves together.

5. Q1 building

Q1, which means the first in Queensland, is located in the center of gold coast. It has 78 floors and was built in 2008 with a height of 322.5 meters. There is a viewing platform on the top floor.

6. Surfers Paradise

Surfer's paradise is the most wonderful surfing resort in Australia and even in the world. It faces the Pacific Ocean. Because of the terrain and natural environment, there is no wind and waves all year round. Most of them are big wave bays with strong waves and high winds. Surfing World Championship tour, the world's top surfing event, is often chosen as the venue.

Sports Humanities

2017 Sudiman Cup Badminton Match

The "sudyman Cup" of the 2017 world badminton mixed team championship is held on the gold coast of Australia. This means that for the first time in 25 years, the competition has expanded to the third continent. Karala sports leisure center, the badminton venue of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, will be used as the venue for the sudyman cup in 2017.

2018 Commonwealth Games

The gold coast in Queensland won the right to host the 21st Commonwealth Games in 2018, which will be further enhanced

Enhance the reputation of gold coast as the best sports tourism destination city. The holding of the Commonwealth Games on the gold coast will increase the number of tourists from all over the world to visit the gold coast, and the economic development of Queensland will benefit a lot.

Queensland governor Anna Bligh confirmed that the Commonwealth Games will attract 500 million Australian dollars to invest in the sports facilities and infrastructure of the gold coast, and fulfill the promise shown by the gold coast to its competitors and supporters around the world.

It is reported that before the Commonwealth Games, gold coast will actively invest in the construction of its infrastructure and sports venues, including the expansion of metrikon stadium from 25000 seats to 40000 seats, and the construction of squash, badminton, mountain bike and other venues.

The official emblem of the Commonwealth Games has been officially released. The designer of the emblem is witekite. The design of the emblem is inspired by the city's landmark high-rise landscape and its geographical location along the coast of Oceania. It adopts very energetic graphics and colors. The emblem is mainly composed of two parts: the silhouette of some landmark buildings on the gold coast and the action silhouette of three athletes, namely gymnasts, hurdlers and swimmers. According to the organizing committee, the emblem symbolizes the long history of the Commonwealth Games

Chinese PinYin : Huang Jin Hai An