most amazing pic by Defec8r-
Surfers skyline Sept 2004
250 skyscrapers!!! along 7 kms of beautiful coast line
At this end (Broadbeach) between Jupiters & Air on BB, there will be another 6 or so towers 90-120m) high rected within 2-3 years. Also another dozen scrapers scattered throught the skyline all the way to Mainbeach.
219m Circle on cavill will be nice addition too!


Q1 has reached 200m, with anoyther 122m to go to spire!!
:eek2:
http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1n17.jpg


current Q1 status

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/q1septstatus.jpg

HOLY SHIT!!! The best Gold Coast pano ever!!!

Manhattan? :lol:

yoikes. Looks like Panama City crossed with Dubai.

Manhattan? :lol:
oh you know what i mean! lol
Manhattan? as in lots and lots and lots of skyscrapers stretching along as far as eye can see.
remember its one of longest skylines in the world. just this pic shows Surfers which is 7kms!
thats equivalent distance say from- Spencer st station (melb) to Moonee Ponds! or melb GPO to Camberwell! impressive!
or in Sydney, from GPO to Bondi Beach!

It certainly is impressive, and it is finally gaining some height to add to the sheer numbers. The Gold Coast is certainly one of the best skylines for its population size in the world.

stu

That is most definitely one of the best skylines in the world!!

That pic should become a banner! Let's show the world how amazing Australia is!

oh you know what i mean! lol
Manhattan? as in lots and lots and lots of skyscrapers stretching along as far as eye can see.
remember its one of longest skylines in the world. just this pic shows Surfers which is 7kms!
thats equivalent distance say from- Spencer st station (melb) to Moonee Ponds! or melb GPO to Camberwell! impressive!
or in Sydney, from GPO to Bondi Beach!

It is a very long skyline, longest in Australia but I wouldn't consider it one of the longest in the world. There would be many skylines in China and Brazil which are longer as well as Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Bangkok, Singapore, KL, Tokyo...

It's 6km from Verve 501 to St. Kilda Junction which is one skyline.

Still it's the best skyline on a beach anywhere in the world by far :-)

If you start from where the highrise towers start at Coolangatta and went all the way to Runaway Bay its -
31KM LONG!
that would have to be the longest continual skyline in the world!!!

Awsome Panorama!
Q1, Soul, Circle twins and Dolphin Twins will make a big difference in the next few years. Not a bad skyline for a city just under 500,000 people.

jt

Manhattan? :lol:

Victorian? :yes:

don't you have a HSC to study for?

or was it just a Fabian-like attempt to draw attention to yourself?

thinking it's the latter.

meanwhile: it's more a Miami Beach than Manhattan. gg defec8r :)

sweet....

So, is the 7km the photo, or does the photo capture more than 7km?

Thanks for thew wallpaper Defec8r.

Anyone here wanna have a go at photoshopping in a completeed Q1, as well as circle, dolphin towers and Soul into that pic?

sweet....

So, is the 7km the photo, or does the photo capture more than 7km?
thats about it. Jupiters to Seaworld is approx 7km.

I can chip in a Q1. You guys better be nice to my horrible unfinished model :)
http://www.melbournephotos.net/pics/Skyscraper%20Models/Q1%20Renders/q1n17%20-%20Q1.jpg

I should have made the spire darker :(

Great shot def by the way!

edit: made the spire darker.

Very nice, gives a good idea of things to come.

Looks like it was taken from Currumbin? Beautiful shot... Mind you from this angle you wont even be able to see a pretty decent size skyline growing above Southport over the next few years!

Looks like it was taken from Currumbin?No, it was from the walking track over Burleigh Head. BTW nice render - Q1 looks evil :okay:

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/IMG_0918_800.jpg

The angle is deceiving. Like Sydney, if you take a picture from Circular Quay, the city looks dense and quite massive. However, if you take a photo of the skyline from say, Chatswood, the skyline looks thin with big gaps in between many of the buildings (ie. especially around Sydney Tower).

This panorama shot makes the Gold Coast look like Hong Kong, but if you took it from any other angle, it would look like a thin strip of widely spaced scrapers.

Point taken and understood BUT these are some fantastic shots. The water, the skyline. Mmmmm.

I love the view of Surfers you get when the seabreeze is really coming in and brings in a bit of seafog and the bottom of the buildings are slightly obscured. Really suggestive of a great skyline.

It looks even bigger due to the lack of talls (Q1 will look after that as well as the others) and the flatness of the beach and ocean.

Lovely.

I could holiday there! Tan in the morning.....

Cheers,

Adam

You can see that the skyline really needs taller buildings between Surfers and Braodbeach. There's a definite "bald patch" right there.

dan, excelent attempt, BUT i think it should be taller.
the core is at 200m atm, and the first step in at rear of Q1 is 230m. it doesnt look 30m in that pic. looks 15m? so maybe add another 15m and it will be close.
vitriol- i think everyone realises the angle densifies the skyline. so what? the pic is about the abruptness of the highrise along a bueat coastline.

This panorama shot makes the Gold Coast look like Hong Kong, but if you took it from any other angle, it would look like a thin strip of widely spaced scrapers.

But people outside Australia don't know about the secret, so that's good. :)

I changed it.
Its a bit taller now, its very hard to tell. I was measuring the core which is 20m above the floorplates. But there is only like 15 pixels to measure.
By my horrible maths it was 18m before now its 28m. But it depends where you measure the top of the core from :S

Wanna send me the source Defec8r? :D

meanwhile: it's more a Miami Beach than Manhattan. gg defec8r :)

I don't think it's supposed to be taken literally.

But people outside Australia don't know about the secret, so that's good. :)

Hence the reason why there's so many Japanese investors there. Reel 'em in and sell 'em empty promises.

Hence the reason why there's so many Japanese investors there. Reel 'em in and sell 'em empty promises.

Japanese investors are all over Australia, and besides the gc had a huge surge of them during the 80's and they almost destroyed any chance of a boom during the early 90's. Thankfully our real estate and construction industries have picked up again (incredibly). I don't understand what you mean about "Reel 'em in and sell 'em empty promises", as probably something mexican's like you constantly try to block out of your thoughts, is that our construction and real estate industries are very strong and prosperous. A building gets built much more quickly and efficiently here than in any other city in Australia, as well as the fact that there are many inventive, innovative, and reliable practises by our builders and workers.

A building gets built much more quickly and efficiently here than in any other city in Australia, as well as the fact that there are many inventive, innovative, and reliable practises by our builders and workers.

You'd get mown down by some of the people here for saying that. I'd have something to back that claim up first. :)

Although the GC can be great from one angle, the fact that the skyline is so linear means that there are also a lot of angles where the skyline is uninspiring at best.

Anyway, I'll be up in the GC in one week from now, I probably won't have time to take pictures but I'll bring my POS camera with me anyway.

You'd get mown down by some of the people here for saying that. I'd have something to back that claim up first. :)

Although the GC can be great from one angle, the fact that the skyline is so linear means that there are also a lot of angles where the skyline is uninspiring at best.

Anyway, I'll be up in the GC in one week from now, I probably won't have time to take pictures but I'll bring my POS camera with me anyway.

Well, you see, I just don't care what someone thinks if they are nerdy enough to attempt to "mow" me down on an internet forum, as well as demand evidence from me. Believe me, or bring it on. lol :)

The angle is deceiving. Like Sydney, if you take a picture from Circular Quay, the city looks dense and quite massive. However, if you take a photo of the skyline from say, Chatswood, the skyline looks thin with big gaps in between many of the buildings (ie. especially around Sydney Tower).

This panorama shot makes the Gold Coast look like Hong Kong, but if you took it from any other angle, it would look like a thin strip of widely spaced scrapers.

this one is also quite a long skyline... and without any space between the buildings!
Balneário Camboriú, southern Brasil
pop: 70.000

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/boomtfc/DSC01295.jpg
http://www.foto.epson.com/es/crea_foto.asp?idAlbum=32498&idFoto=180872&tamanio=5
http://www.hantuanne.com.br/fotos/Balneario%20Camboriu%2002-09-2003/slides/DSC01531.JPG
http://www.hantuanne.com.br/fotos/Balneario%20Camboriu%2002-09-2003/slides/DSC01533.JPG
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37122.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37123.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37124.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37125.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37127.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37154.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37157.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37158.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37160.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37165.jpg
http://www.brazilskyscrapers.hpg.ig.com.br/cities/balneario/03.jpg
http://www.boom1.hpg.com.br/bc2/DSC01111.JPG

It is a very long skyline, longest in Australia but I wouldn't consider it one of the longest in the world. There would be many skylines in China and Brazil which are longer as well as Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Bangkok, Singapore, KL, Tokyo...

It's 6km from Verve 501 to St. Kilda Junction which is one skyline.

like Santos?
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=5571708&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1
http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v89/santostransfer/Santos/P6270047X.jpg
http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v89/santostransfer/Baixada%20Santista/SA3.jpg


and how long does Recife skyline seems to you? :)
http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v40/Ap_Recife/Skyline_Recife.jpg

well the gold coast just got put the shame lol!

wait so post 21 has the orginal photo
thats some zoom

well the gold coast just got put the shame lol!

This has been one of the great threads, though, hasn't it? 35 replies in a couple of days, good discussion, and some tremendous pics from Brazil and Miami! GC still looks pretty good to me, particularly in the 'talls' dept., for now and what's coming - particularly when you consider it was just a village 40 years ago.

whats up with this one !!!
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/v177/voxpus/DCP_37160.jpg

@bronteboy

definitly has lol.

Im just saying we were all impressed by the way GC spans a long way with many scrapers...

Then these pics came on that were like 5 times better than the GC

This has been one of the great threads, though, hasn't it? 35 replies in a couple of days, good discussion, and some tremendous pics from Brazil and Miami! GC still looks pretty good to me, particularly in the 'talls' dept., for now and what's coming - particularly when you consider it was just a village 40 years ago.

look, I dont think GC was put to shame by Santos or Recife. Santos is one of the first cities in Brasil (1510??) and a major port and only 100km from São Paulo, a 18 million people megalopolis.

Recife is capital of its state. Also a city of at least 450 yrs of history.

Now... the whole question here is Balneário Camboriú... this city was also a fishing village 40 yrs ago... its located far from the big capitals like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador or Porto Alegre... also has a small population, etc

If Camboriú is better than GC? It seems to have more buildings... but there is no 200 meters building there. And I doubt there will be in the next 15 yrs.

This is an old dispute: Camboriú vs Benidorm vs Gold Coast.

btw, the only claim I REALLY disagree is about Gold Coast being the longest skyline in the world...

there are MANY examples of longer skylines... and today´s banner is only one of it... how long do you think is this skyline?
http://skyscrapercity.com/images/forumheaders/2.jpg

Those shots of Brazil are stunning! They really do put the GC to shame!

i think you are exagerating. I dont think they put GC to SHAME! Even more because GC has taller buildings. Also, the brazilian population is much bigger than Australia´s. Its obvious our beach cities would be much more crowded and full of highrises.

More Gold Coast from www.realestate.com.au

Nerang River below.
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/9653/101909653ml1096515235.jpg


Nerang River again - the distant skyline is Southport.
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/5390/101915390ml1096678718.jpg

The Broadwater - several mini skylines are starting to develop up there.
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/2557/101912557ml1096603190.jpg

Surfers Paradise - city under construction.
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/2151/101912151ml1096595085.jpg

Cranes
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/2326/101862326ml1094870443.jpg

Most of those houses over the water would be worth over 5 million Australian dollars or about 3 million US.
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/2326/101862326cl1094870442.jpg

GC at night from Burleigh hill. Have we ever seen Q1 at night?
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/2153/101842153ml1094190109.jpg


jt

And we don't have Q1 :cry:

Illusion yes, the gold coast has nowhere near the density of these Brasillian cities or Benidorm.

But then who wants so many medium height crapp buildings, the Gold Coasts saving grace is an illusion of density when pics are taken from 20km away.

In reality the Gold Coast has bigger buildings spaced over a much bigger area, and it contains probably one of the highest quality lifestyle precincts in the world.

Distance pictures may look like Benidorm, but close ups will show that the Gold Coast is far superior in all respects.

I am sorry I can't host pics but some on the GC site with close ups of the extensive waterways will give you some idea.

GC is creating a lifestyle wealthy people want into the future.

Those brasilian cities all look like a huge environmental mess! Although I have never been to those places so I wouldn't really know, they still might be nice places to live in.

I don't think it's supposed to be taken literally.

No shit,

but even placing the two names in the same sentence let alone making a comparison is somewhat.... laughable (http://www.joesnyc.streetnine.com/archives/brooklyn_and_manhattan_from_one_hanson_place_29th_floor-july_22_2004_29.html)

;)

i think you are exagerating. I dont think they put GC to SHAME! Even more because GC has taller buildings. Also, the brazilian population is much bigger than Australia´s. Its obvious our beach cities would be much more crowded and full of highrises.

I agree, who wants all those rundown concrete hovels like in the brazillian cities. The Gold Coast is much more asian in its approach with room to spare and space within which to move. Sometimes illusion is better than the concrete reality like in the brazillian cities mentioned.

look, I dont think GC was put to shame by Santos or Recife. Santos is one of the first cities in Brasil (1510??) and a major port and only 100km from São Paulo, a 18 million people megalopolis.

Recife is capital of its state. Also a city of at least 450 yrs of history.

Now... the whole question here is Balneário Camboriú... this city was also a fishing village 40 yrs ago... its located far from the big capitals like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador or Porto Alegre... also has a small population, etc

If Camboriú is better than GC? It seems to have more buildings... but there is no 200 meters building there. And I doubt there will be in the next 15 yrs.

This is an old dispute: Camboriú vs Benidorm vs Gold Coast.

btw, the only claim I REALLY disagree is about Gold Coast being the longest skyline in the world...

there are MANY examples of longer skylines... and today´s banner is only one of it... how long do you think is this skyline?
http://skyscrapercity.com/images/forumheaders/2.jpg
that section of NYC is probably 3km?
you have to remember Surfers Paradise skyline is approx 31km in total, but the most dense part is 7km long.
those brazillian cities have such short skyscrapers~! and very sad looking aswell. (just being honest) .hopefully the designes will get better over time.

the tallest in Recife (Terra Brasillia) is only 125m/400ft which is UC. It only has one building currently over 40storeys! but an amazing 148uc.
and as for santos, there tallest is only 108m which is also uc. the current tallest is 87m.
I reckon skylines should have height! Gold Coast has an amazing 70 scrapers over 90m/300ft in height! and there first to reach 30storeys/90m was only in 1975.

I agree, who wants all those rundown concrete hovels

HOTELS?? I dont see any hotels in those cities. Those are all apartment buildings, not hotels.

now, calling those buildings rundown, ugly and such is stupid. With exception of a few buildings, most buildings shown in the above close-ups of of GC are in the same level as the brazilian ones.


to whoever said GC had 31 km of skyline... I dont consider that 1 km dense skyline then 1 building every 500 meters or more to be a skyline at all.

I agree, apart from the building U/C most of the buildings on the Gold Coast don't look any better than the ones in the Brazillian cities.

the Gold coast coast line stretches 31km! yes there are some breaks, but thats what makes a skyline. give it a decade or two and it will be quite dense!
Surfers highrise since 1980's have improved somewhat! now have outstanding designs!
the current crop about to come on line over next few years will truly tranform the cityscape!

heres some amazing designs either just completed or uc, planned!

the wave
http://www.thewave.com.au/images/home_bldg_p1.jpg
Axis
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/axis.jpg
Pivotal Point
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid52/p52894448cf60657e6e4c12f7d9255426/fc978c70.jpg
SOUL Tower-planned 245m/73storeys!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p64d39d9c70d69827a5b9d8bec4fdc2ff/f84346f6.jpg

Crystal towers -uc
http://www.dbidesign.com.au/assets/proj_images/24_1.jpg
Skyline 2-new tallest 2004
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid141/p756a75259319db52b57cfa67cf392dea/f6c1b8d0.jpg
Circle on cavill -UC
219m/70storeys & 158m/50storeys
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid141/pe66422f983e4d20de1dc58e6e94d8240/f6c1b8d1.jpg

Shores- uc
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid141/pb4fafa2fd359b51482389bbaf9ec80de/f6c1b8d3.jpg

Q1- 322m Worlds tallest resi tower-uc
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid141/p9962e0a70da065794736cdbf0fca814d/f6c1b8d7.jpg

Dolphin towers-planned
170m & 130m
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid141/p3a214fa6e985c371de967339a95b7404/f6c1b8d9.jpg

what are the brazil coastal cities getting? please post

Your missing a few cul heres some more planned and UC for the GC, whilst some arent very high they are cool designs :)

Solaire 70 Ferney Ave
http://www.meriton.com.au/solaire/solairVBIG.jpg

Avalon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/avalonsolo.jpg

Vie
http://www.dbidesign.com.au/assets/proj_images/157_1.jpg

Essence @ Coolangatta
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/essencenew.jpg

Reflections by the sea @ Coolangatta
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126reflectiononthesea-med.jpg

ArtiQue
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/7187/101637187ml1087278065.jpg

Air on Broadbeach
http://www.aironbroadbeach.com.au/air/images/lifestyle_pic.jpg

Nexus Towers
http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/nexusa.jpg

Yeah the new crop on the GC are great, but I agree some of the older ones are no better than the brazilian ones you're bashing...

stu

Yeah the new crop on the GC are great, but I agree some of the older ones are no better than the brazilian ones you're bashing...

stu
yes, but thats the arguement. Gold Coast is cleaning up its act. maybe Brazil should too.
but its not gonna happen.which is a shame

I much prefer Brazilians...umm...am I on the right thread? :runaway:

lol

So the Melbourne guy once again invites us to ignore the Great GC buildings of the last decade and those planned or UC, to instead focus on the constuction follies of the 70s and earliy eighties.

Funny how a fear of the implications of where we are today and what the future holds is so fearful to some they would prefer it if everybody would ignor it.

Sorry Sakor1, the percentage and overall impact of modern and better quality buildings is significantly higher on the GC and will only improve in comparison to our Brazilian and Spainish friends.

I think it really is a little too hard to compare the the Gold Coast with any of the Brazillian cities. They are totally different concepts in town planning. The Brazillian places clearly dont have entire blocks spare to build massive structures in the hope of taking the attention of the smaller crappy buildings, which is pretty much the style of current GC developments. I love the Gold Coast and love the city that its growing into. On the other hand, I think the mix of smaller and somewhat more interesting buildings in the Brazillian cities have so much more character and from a distance remind me of Westlake in Hanoi, Vietnam.

I cant honestly say that I prefer one over the other, but will say that they are both fantastic examples of each style.

I know Im a fence sitter.....just call me Marcia!!

So the Melbourne guy once again invites us to ignore the Great GC buildings of the last decade and those planned or UC, to instead focus on the constuction follies of the 70s and earliy eighties.

Funny how a fear of the implications of where we are today and what the future holds is so fearful to some they would prefer it if everybody would ignor it.

Sorry Sakor1, the percentage and overall impact of modern and better quality buildings is significantly higher on the GC and will only improve in comparison to our Brazilian and Spainish friends.

What? I never said to ignore the new and recent ones.... in fact I went out of my way to point out that the new ones are great (read my post!). All I was saying is that I agreed with Grollo that some of the older ones are no better than our Brazillian friends. I also never said that the percentage of modern and better quality towers were any lower, in fact I agree that they are fantastic and will easily pull the GC ahead in terms of style and class if not in density.

Please do not take me out of context, and read my post. I have no hate for the GC (I lived there for nearly 10 years, and love the place!), and don't assume just because I am from Melbourne that I am instantly bashing it, remember what they say about people who assume...

Stu

been nearly a year sice last post. time for new pic>

pic by defec8r
http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/q1n75.jpg

The GC is so awesome from a distance

Wowzers.

I'd love to make it down to Australia sometime in my life. That pic is amazing, it reminds me of Chicago.

Great picture. What's that big blocky high rise between the two dark smudges on the water?

that would be the 131m/37st Air on Broadbeach.

Q1 looks great in that, its a bloody monster...

Here is Defect8r's pic i modified with soul and cirle, quick 5 min job and it shows what this view will look like in 5 years... :)
http://home.iprimus.com.au/brett_stainlay/surfersnightchop.jpg

Here is Defect8r's pic i modified with soul and cirle, quick 5 min job and it shows what this view will look like in 5 years... :)

Bloody fabulous mate, thats all I can say! :cheers:

From that distance it gives the illusion of a skyline with 3 supertalls flanked by numerous supporting cast. ;)

Wow!! Thats awesome LA53R!! :) All the new supertalls will give the Gold Coast a nice focal point.

Thanx.
I am pretty sure the positioning is accurate, from a direct east view circle would be to the right of Q1 but from this angle i placed coc right over the cranes so should be right!

This is a few months old but you can make out Q1 in he middle...Photo is a little bit smudged - i wish they'd clean airplane windoes more often!

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/8773/goldcoast24ax.jpg

sick picture! Q1 looks so lonely out there, definitley the view I guess...

7kms long , 250 skyscrapers

recent pic by flyfiremairi

http://www.cmrdesign.net/towers/skyline-pano-coolangatta.jpg

Simply stunning, maybe LA53R should clone it again and photoshop Circle and Soul again.

From the Plane it does not look dense ay!

Gold coast is clearly a great skyline!
It is definately up there with Sydney
I wouldnt be surprised if GC skyline looks bigger- even though its all apartments

There's something very eerie about that last shot. It's nice to see that GC is finally getting the sort of quality towers it deserves. While I'm not a big fan of Soul from some angles I love how it sits in the skyline with it's fin sloping in one direction and Q1's in the other almost connecting the two. While COC is all class, I love the 50 storey tower.

Here is Defect8r's pic i modified with soul and cirle, quick 5 min job and it shows what this view will look like in 5 years... :)
http://home.iprimus.com.au/brett_stainlay/surfersnightchop.jpg

amazing

just imagine the 300m Transit tower and 170m Dolphin tower also in the cluster!

http://www.melbournephotos.net/pics/Skyscraper%20Models/Q1%20Renders/q1n17%20-%20Q1.jpg



Is that Miami, Florida by the sea ? or Waikiki by the sea ?
They all look the same to me. Balcony city ...

Some interesting angles of the skyline, with the Circle and Soul Surfers will start to develop a nice peak in the skyline:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1707/pan13mk.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4199/pan47te.jpg

water always looks inviting @ surfers!! so blue.
just did a search for heights on g00gle earth and those montains in background of Q1 are apprx 300-400m high. even further back to mount merino some are over 1100m high.

Springbrook is over 1,000 metres its about 30 mins from mudgereeba :)

been a year since last post.lol
slowly becoming reality.
just insert 240m Soul and 208m ANA + 200m dolphin tower
pic by defec.
http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/IMG_0135.jpg

i lovew the gold coast il try go out and get a few photos today of
stuff

love this pic

http://static.flickr.com/89/265939170_546cb02627_b.jpg

I am trying to picture where the Goodsell building in and if the "new" 211m tower would be seen in this pic, would it rise between Deutshe and MLC?

Man alive that city Balneário Camboriú, has only 70,000 residents - and they can support that kind of a skyline!!! Sign me up - that's the sort of rampant development Australia's smaller cities need!

I am trying to picture where the Goodsell building in and if the "new" 211m tower would be seen in this pic, would it rise between Deutshe and MLC?

Goodsell is one block west of Deutsche Bank (both are on Phillip and Hunter Streets), so in that picture you might see the new tower just to the right of DB.

Can Melbourne play this game too?

Although I think its an odd title as the actual Manhatten is an island...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/auboy/musbe5.jpg

wow!
awesome panno pics. the gold coast skyline looks great!
*sets desktop wallpaper :D

most amazing pic
http://static.flickr.com/110/268980731_92a681a688_o.jpg

the chicago of australia

accept theres no lake

most amazing pic
http://static.flickr.com/110/268980731_92a681a688_o.jpg

The buildings to the far North looking funny all on their own!! :)

Spectacular apartment skyline. Tayser was right SydneyDude - Manhattan is classic mix of mainly office towers. Also, interesting comments comparing GC to Brazilian beach cities - anyone actually been to Brazil? Even in Rio the beaches and surrounding neighbourhoods are clean with quality residences and facilities - very classy. I've always found GC to be nice but somewhat sterile in comparison.

Would you rather have entrenched slums at the back of the Gold Coast, like in Rio? If so, I'll have "nice, but somewhat sterile" any day!

I'd say with the way they are lighting up new towers like Q1 and Circle on the GC it might be going more Hong Kong than NYC, but that's a good thing nightlights wise.

Recent nightlighting on Cirlce on cavill (left tower blue will go higher) plus both towers likely to get nice fin lighting:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/9192/lightsys5.jpg

the CoC towers are a nice addition to the GC skyline. atleast Q1 isn't lonely no more.

That pic up the top with the beach

im soory if im being stupid but i think thast taken from an RSL club near the 19th avenue hotel out on a small peninsular.

or its just a clever alteration which i think thast what it is.

lol taking another quick glance again i think im wrong

classic by defecr
http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/IMG_0320-IMG_0328.jpg

great pic by MollaAliod from flickr

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/350352211_5fed4e0a95_o.jpg

jan6
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/354257931_1bb375b51c_o.jpg

Q1 looks quite cool in this pic
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/349660801_82fe87b3b0_b.jpg

That pic taken from a plane is awesome!!!!!

I think im moving there ....one day....

By the end of this decade Gold Coast will rival any city in the world in terms of skyline (ok maybe not New York or Dubai) but most cities. Certainly the view from south of Surfers looking back is spectacular! World Class!

Also the view from the broadwater looking towards Surfers. Thats noice as well. Has anyone been out on the Sand pumping jetty off the spit past Seaworld. Now thats a view!

is that you cull???

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/481243022_9072e4358f_o.jpg

^^ Looks like the tall's are sticking up out of the water. Fantastic view.

'Yoah!!! Would you have a look at the size of this whopper!!! Here it is in it's natural habitat, the sunny white sanded beaches of Northern Australia. Now the thing with Gold Coasts is that they're really vicious when full with parasites called 'Schoolies'. They're likely to have a go at 'ya, grab a hold and tell you they love you before puking on your new shoes. So I'm going to creep up real slowly like and grab 'im from behind. Crikey!

holy moly that last shot is a bloody ripper :D