Population - 420,000



http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/8004/1568004al1040001061.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/2309/1552309cl1021508514.jpg

http://users.bigpond.net.au/efleming/gccrop.jpg

http://users.bigpond.net.au/efleming/burleigh05.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/pfa05c5a23840939e0c5cbfffee9053d7/fa9b9e7a.jpg



New pics by defec8R:

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/IMG_6235_700.jpg

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/IMG_6241_1024.jpg

here's another photo that gives an idea of the canals and waterways that go through part of the gold coast with a render of q1 in it too!

http://www.nihonpac.com/images/goldcoast_impression.jpg

anyway i give the skyline a 7.5

remids me of Miami but less interesting

Not bad, 7

6

for a city of 4 1/2 hundred grand it does alright 8

6/10 There isn`t a cluster, only a line :(

wow, pretty nice. I always thought Gold Coast looked pretty good.

7/10

Kinda reminds me of Miami and Benidorm, but defnetly has it's own thing going on. Could use a bit more deapth, but already very beatiful.

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And about 5 times as big and twice as tall as Miami.

Awesome skyline. 9/10

my current home!
definately a 10!

Pro: Q1

Con: Without Q1 it kinda blows

Overall: 7.0/10

an impressing skyline;)

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And about 5 times as big and twice as tall as Miami.

Awesome skyline. 9/10</td></tr>
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How many 500 footers in Gold Coast?
I'd be willing to bet Miami's much larger than gold coast(including Miami Beach,which in itself is probably larger)

How close is Gold Coast to a larger city?

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And about 5 times as big and twice as tall as Miami.

Awesome skyline. 9/10</td></tr>
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I'd be willing to bet Miami's much larger than gold coast(including Miami Beach,which in itself is probably larger)</td></tr>
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GC is right next door to Brisbane, which has over 1.5 million people. It's quite a large area.

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And about 5 times as big and twice as tall as Miami.

Awesome skyline. 9/10</td></tr>
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The Gold Coast has no 500 footers as yet, although a couple are U/C. I think De Snor was talking about Miami beach (not Miami's CBD) which, believe me (been to both), is nowhere near the size of the Gold Coast in terms of high-rise.

A pretty nice city
9/10

are most of those buildings resorts or anything like that???
reminds alot of a resort city

yeah there are only a handfull of commercial highrises in the gold coast, they are mostly either resorts/hotels or apartments. the gold coast is a tourist city

This Skyline stretches across the horizon - and for that it's impressive - I will consider this a seasonal community (ex. Myrtle Beach) so therefore will be lenient on grading - I'm sure the hotels appreciate the little distance between each other so as to be seen! ;)

9/10

One of the best resort cities in the world.

The sun, the surf, the beach, the chicks...... goes on an on...

Holiday,
Holiday, Holiday....:angel1: :angel1: :angel1: :angel1: :angel1: :angel1: :angel1: :angel1: :angel1: :angel1: :angel1:




Damn the Jupiter Casino, blood suckers.........:bash:

8/10:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Nice city. I like the canals, waterways, the greenary and of course, the beach. It does remind me of Maimi, too.

As for the skyline, it is ok. 7/10. But when Q1 gets built, prolly be 8 or so...

a not so interesting skyline. Q1 looks great though. 7.5 for having Australia's future tallest

looks kinda like Miami, many highriese but the style is too plain. would look a whole lot better with Q1 completed.
with Q1: 7.5/10
without Q1: 7/10

Needs more depth. Not much variety. Not that bad though. 6.5/10.

Nothing to get too excited about... but pretty extensive for a city of its size.

6.5

Dense, doesn't look tall. 7

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with Q1: 7.5/10
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3, this is such a typical site you'd see in any beach resort. Does this even qualify as a skyline?

YES!!
it currently has more skyscrapers than Brisbane!;)

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Wow, you give pretty lenient ratings! What's New York City, an 18?

7.5/10

8/10


for a city of its size.

Originally posted by SluuugRadio

3, this is such a typical site you'd see in any beach resort. Does this even qualify as a skyline?

You are a joke, your comment has been duly assimilated and rejected.

Yes, for a city of only 450,000 people it kicks arse.

http://home.iprimus.com.au/allicit/Images/gctb05.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/budmartin/frank/Pics%5CGold%20Coast.jpg
http://www.bucka-lassen.dk/flacroz/pictures/0707_4_Surfers_Paradise.JPG
http://www.resocasi.com/reports/australia/images/Surfers-2.JPG

more
http://qldkiteflyerssociety.com.au/fests/surfers_2001/trilobyte2.jpg

http://www.micktravels.com/australia/surfers_paradise/029-surfers_paradise.jpg

http://www.burchillpartners.com.au/rc-para.jpg

http://www.nfn.com.au/Cityphotos/Surfers-7.jpg

http://www.spectrumcolourlibrary.com/australia/84a24260.jpg

Right now its not too good(6,5/10), but in the future ,with Q1 completed there in going to get 7,5-8/10.

At the moment I would rate it at 7.5 ,but in a few years time probably 8.5

It seems that many people are being led to beleive that the Gold Coast is just some seasonal community, well most of the high rises are actually apartments, and behind the skyline is miles of homes. Many retirees live here but also many young families choose the Gold Coast to raise their families.
And yes it is also a very popular tourist destination, with 4 major theme parks like Sea World, Warner Bros Movie World and Dreamworld.

The skyline will change dramatically over the next 5-6 years with Q1, Circle on Cavill, and CULWULLA has mentioned there is another 230m-range building being planned, that is 3 buildings over 200m. Also like the rest of Oz, GC is going through a major boom and there's loads of high rises planned, U/C etc.

And in reply to Slugradio's comments -

And for a so called "tourist resort", these are just some stats from skyscrapers.com comparing GC to your city -

CALGARY - High rises
Completed - 182
U/C - 9
Approved - 5
Proposed - 5

GOLD COAST- High rises
Completed - 212
U/C - 24
Approved - 8
Proposed - 11

Well, it seems that this "tourist resort" is actually ahead of your city, by number of high rises.

http://www.onthegoldcoast.com/images/surfersparadise.jpg


This is an amazing shot taken by slinker that won the UPC
REMEMBER TO SCROLL ACROSS >>>>>
http://users.bigpond.net.au/defec8r/rainbowbay.jpg

I can never understand why some people knock beach resorts that highrise skyscrapers???

These are skyscrapers just like anywhere else. Sure, being apartments they look different, and I can understand people prefering commercial highrises as they are often more sleek, but still these places do have the same effect and are warrented for comparrison or discussion.

That said, I love the Gold Coast, as I do Benidorm in Spain and Miami Beach (as well as all the others in the world)

The Gold Coast is relatively new, which means it doesn't have the density of Benidorm by a long shot, but many of the scrapers are therefore more modern. It's higher than Miami Beach - although less dense, but I don't think the canals work (i.e. look) as well as the ones do in Miami.

Still, I put all three on the same level, and that's quite high.

I say 8/10 for Gold Coast. It's beautiful and an asset to Oz.

(Come to think of it, most of the people that don't like these beach resorts seem to come from cold climates - where such things could never exist even if they wanted them to)

DENSITY
http://users.bigpond.net.au/efleming/gccrop.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/pfa05c5a23840939e0c5cbfffee9053d7/fa9b9e7a.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p67f469a9d0c4af5cae50da6b10abb7ff/fa9b9d5b.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/efleming/burleigh05.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/efleming/burleigh06.jpg

thanks bullseye

Originally posted by De Snor

remids me of Miami but less interesting


Exactly:yes: :yes: :yes:

9/10

9.5/10
Denisty, Beach towers, Modern and Feature home of the Tallest in Aus. SHould give the City a central feature and icon
Cant wait
Stil now looks while clean deipte lots of apparment blocks still great looking !

Originally posted by JorgeR

Exactly:yes: :yes: :yes:

less interesting?

well for starters the GOLD COAST has better surf and beaches...

and secondly i dont know how interesting miami is exactly.. but the Gold Coast plays host to Oceania's 4 best theme parks.

for a city of 470'000 this city is awsome.. in holiday season the population swells to somethine like 900'000/ 1million people. and most of them are on the coastal strip. a very dense part of the coast.

Surfers Paradise
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb13.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb14.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb20.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb05.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb152.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb140.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb180.jpg

The Spit/Main Beach
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb15.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb25.jpg

Southport/Broadwater
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb09.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb03.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb04.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb26.jpg

Gold Coast Hinterland

http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb58.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb60.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb62.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb65.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb68.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb85.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb53.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb54.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb56.jpg

Gold Coast Shoppong :)
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb166.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb167.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb160.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb164.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb165.jpg

The area i love the most...Coolongatta
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb01.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb06.jpg
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb11.jpg


More Surfers Ariels

http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb08.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb10.jpg

More Coast Line Shots
http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb21.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb22.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb19.jpg http://www.goldcoasttourism.com/hotshots/medium/gctb18.jpg

That 1 tall building looks fake.

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Originally posted by Roch5220

That 1 tall building looks fake.

7
it is, it's under construction ;)
The skyline is great for that city size, the city looks really nice, and it's one of my favourites beach resorts in the world->9/10

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Great! I love scrapers by the sea :D

While the skyine is interesting in that it is a linear strip crowded against a beach - the quality of the buildings is not great. When Q1 and other UC towers come online perhaps my opinion of the quality will improve

The Gold Coast is a great city. The reason most of the towers look boring is that most of them were built in the 80's by a stack of Japanese businessmen who lost fortunes.
They also built over 40 international Golf Courses, some designed by greats such as Greg Norman. The Ecological side of the city is also breath taking. Those mountains are all reminants of what was once the Southern Hemisphere's largest volcano. Now it is the Southern Hemisphere's largest volcanic crater. Big enough to fit Los Angeles 3 times!!!!!

There is also a World Heritage National Park in our hinterland and the annual whale migration makes for a great show.

The Gold Coast is a great place to live, work and play.

We currently make more movies than anywhere else in the Southern Hemisphere. Warner Brothers studios are here.

And as for tourist attractions, more have been planned then there ever has been here. We once had planned:

A Walt DisneyWorld Australia themepark
A 150 metre tall bronze statue of a lifesaver. Planned for an island that seperates the ocean access in the Boradwater (Our harbour).
A snow theme park that would have literally, covered a mountain in the Gold Coast hinterland with snow. We've never even seen snow fall on the Gold Coast.
4 other smaller themeparks.
A cruise ship terminal(Still being considered)
Two cableways up the hills behind the city.
The world's tallest building.

Plus several others that I can't think of because I'm too tired. But seriously, the Gold Coast is a great place. We do have some problems with traffic and water, but that's about it.

7/10

A cruise ship terminal(Still being considered)
Two cableways up the hills behind the city.
Cruise Ship Terminal sounds like a great idea

Sorry, but it DOES look like a not very interesting copy of Miami. And Miami has a great Latin influence to much of its architecture that I don't see here (re: the Villa Vizcaya and Addison Mizner's 1920s buildings, etc.).

No South Beach Deco, either.

6.5/10

im pretty sure the entire skyline if you include Runaway bay to north and Coolangattea in south measures 31km!! that would be worlds longest??
the central area of Surfers paradise (where all the talls are) stretches 7km!
it really is a highrise wonderland. With 322m Q1 uc and many more in pipeline over 200m it will definatley be one of the finest skylines in the world! thats what this poll is about right? skylines?
so 10/10 from me!

look at my signature and guess what i voted

Thats a place I would like to move to! :)

How close is Gold Coast to a larger city?

Its about 45 minutes from Brisbane, thats the center of Brisbane. Its Freeway all the way though.

Great skyline and getting better by the day - 9.5.

jt

AWESOME!!! 10/10!!!!
:eek2: :eek2:

Funny how Surfers Paradise looks like this huge metropolis by the sea (a bit like Miami) but then turns out to be nothing but big half-empty timeshares and hotels... Some sort of Australian Benidorm! Still, it looks impressive, even if it isn't a real city. And with the amazing Q1 tower going up it will look a LOT better a year from now! Which is why I scored it a 8,5... there has to be room for improvement!

Funny how Surfers Paradise looks like this huge metropolis by the sea (a bit like Miami) but then turns out to be nothing but big half-empty timeshares and hotels... Some sort of Australian Benidorm! Still, it looks impressive, even if it isn't a real city. And with the amazing Q1 tower going up it will look a LOT better a year from now! Which is why I scored it a 8,5... there has to be room for improvement!

Actually only a few of those towers are timeshares and hotels - the rest are owner occupier.
Surfers Paradise is the second most densly populated postal address in Australia after Elizabeth Bay in Sydney. Those towers are full of people who either work in GC or commute an hour to Brisbane CBD or its industrial areas.

jt

and here's another view of the Gold Coast, where world's tallest residential tower (322m to spire, Melbourne's Eureka, 297.5m to roof) is under construction-but currently rated 175th in the skyline poll. Crazy! Great for viewing, and informative, but as a skyline polling exercise it has gone awry.
Check out the rating of other main Australian skyline cities, Sydney, Melb, Brisbane, Pertth - and what's well ahead of them:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/gccrop1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/101533298ml10838982701.jpg

worlds tallest residential (to spire, u/c - abt 2/rd up here...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/101796331ml10926291221.jpg

8.5 I like the gold coast alot, in the future the skyline will become much denser, esp. as it is become increasingly popular for tech. companies .etc. and the population is skyrocketing more and more people moving to the gold coast.

GC easy 9 and getting better every day.

Just back i Bris after 4 yrs London and last 9 months Sydney.

Benidorm is a junk pile compared to the Gold Coast, but I suppose if u r from Europe and havn't travelled you might have little or no understanding of what is possible with modern luxury highrise resort style accomodation.

The Gold Coast its natural setting, cleanliness and life style rate 2nd to very few in this world, thats why it is growing so fast.

Nearly all you see has been built since the early 70s.

Gold Coast and Sister City Brisbane with combined population over 2.3 million will boast 3 out of Australia's tallest 5 in 2007.

Currently Aus rates 4th after USA, China and Japan for talls, not bad for 20 million.

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1n17.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/goldcoastz.jpg

I think it's one of those weird places that looks a hell of a lot bigger in pictures than it feels on the ground...walking around the coast takes forever and feels very spread out, yet it looks so dense in the pictures...

lol were posting pics from down the beach to make it look dense :P
thats why their posted, they make it look awesome.

That main section is actually spread out along 7 KM (says Culwulla)

Gold Coast rocks nearly as much as Brisbane.Mindyou i'm a wee bit bias

Unbelievable for a city of its size. Such a beautiful city too.
8/10

It looks like Miami Beach

9.5 but when Q1, Soul, Circle and many more are complete its a big ass 10

7.5/10

It's not as big as it looks. It's just a straight line of buildings. Bunch 'em all together and it would look pretty bland.

7.5/10

Looks really great from some angles, but average from the other. 7,5/10

Random GC pics taken Easter Sunday

Q1

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/8781/q14gx.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q14gx.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/4604/q22gb.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q22gb.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/6743/q38ks.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q38ks.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/5370/q59db.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q59db.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/725/q68om.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q68om.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/9084/q79fq.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q79fq.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/407/q331xu.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q331xu.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/716/q98wc.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q98wc.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/4513/q585ul.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=q585ul.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/4761/b414sg.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=b414sg.jpg)

Soul Model
http://img213.exs.cx/img213/7708/s140ty.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=s140ty.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/8603/s157pk.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=s157pk.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/6727/s162xz.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=s162xz.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/1476/s178ov.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=s178ov.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/8317/s180of.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=s180of.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/1338/s215oy.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=s215oy.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/8903/s192xe.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=s192xe.jpg)

http://img213.exs.cx/img213/7149/s209uj.th.jpg (http://img213.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img213&image=s209uj.jpg)

Circle on Cavil - (Oh the smell!!)
http://i139.exs.cx/img139/7210/circle39wh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

The Fashion - LOL So GC
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/820/picture0228ko.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=picture0228ko.jpg) http://img209.exs.cx/img209/7417/picture0238ft.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=picture0238ft.jpg) http://img209.exs.cx/img209/5179/picture0259hb.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=picture0259hb.jpg) http://img209.exs.cx/img209/8682/picture0263on.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=picture0263on.jpg) http://img209.exs.cx/img209/3954/picture0319vl.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=picture0319vl.jpg)

Coolangatta Skyline from Broadbeach
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/3015/picture0479jz.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=picture0479jz.jpg)

New Tower - Broadbeach
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/3451/b396fn.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=b396fn.jpg)

Surfers from Broadbeach
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/1460/b466te.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=b466te.jpg)

Pink Poodle!~(Wings)
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/4539/picture0633bo.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=picture0633bo.jpg)

Q1 from Broadbeach
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/7674/q381ds.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=q381ds.jpg)

Q1 from the car
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/8260/q569li.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=q569li.jpg)

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/1289/q532ra.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=q532ra.jpg)<---100 story transit centre site in forground!!!

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/5347/q507lx.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=q507lx.jpg)

New development - Ormeau (the gap between Brisbane and GC)
Missed the first tower going up in Yatala but the lift core looks like its up to level 5.
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/6678/yatala27kx.th.jpg (http://img209.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img209&image=yatala27kx.jpg)

jt

Good, but could use some more talls. I give it an 8/10. :D

Impressive skyline with less than 500,000 population. 9.5 from me.

7/10

was expecting some new pics with the completed Q1..

anyway, i think Gold Coast have a very unique skyline - a whole row of them. Q1 definitely improved the skyline a lot. can't wait for Q2!!

8.5/10

better than Miami

I have been to the gold coast , and i can honestly say i was not impressed with the city itself

i remeber arriving an hour and ten minutes later from the aiport in brisbane. It was around 7:30 pm and the city was DEAD. Very dark , not enough lighting , not a soul walking the streets

The mountains and woods i loved , how could i not :) i really enjoyed myself

The theme parks are overrated and there isnt much to do in the city center, actually there is a lot to do , but you can do it all in one night (around 6 hours or so) and that about it. So i would only recommend people stay for a week max and travel all over the country instead

The skyline's amazing though

9/10

8/10

I have been to the gold coast , and i can honestly say i was not impressed with the city itself

i remeber arriving an hour and ten minutes later from the aiport in brisbane. It was around 7:30 pm and the city was DEAD. Very dark , not enough lighting , not a soul walking the streets

The mountains and woods i loved , how could i not :) i really enjoyed myself

The theme parks are overrated and there isnt much to do in the city center, actually there is a lot to do , but you can do it all in one night (around 6 hours or so) and that about it. So i would only recommend people stay for a week max and travel all over the country instead
Thats absolute crap & you know it.

Pics by defec8R:

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/IMG_6235_700.jpg

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/gc/IMG_6241_1024.jpg

the skyline has really changed a lot since this thread started.
At first i'd give it a 7/10,but now 9/10

Just came back from the gold coast, very very nice skyline! so many new buildings under construction.

8.5/10

here's a photo I took:
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/1918/dsc032853pn.jpg

Gold Coast is simply stunning for such a low population.


My vote is a 10. :)

8.5/10.

8.5/10 - One of the best resort-style skylines in the world. That line of high-rises looks so good. However, the architecture isn't so great.

^^
Alot of the newer projects will help alot. :)

Fantastic for a city its size. 8.5.

NICE REMIND ME PANAMA CITY 8.5/10

OZ Skylines are surprisingly impressive! :okay: 7.5/10

10/10!

Best Skyline on EARTH! I was there a few weeks ago and It didnt fail to impress!!

Great city. Must be Australia's equivalent to America's South Florida.

Great skyline for city of small size
i give 8/10
Hopefully, it gets even better in the future. I really like the aerial shots of the city...beautiful beach :)

The bubble burst long ago for Gold Coast. Does anyone still go there on holidays?

Too tacky for mine.

9/10- nice skyline, but i'd be much better it they were closer to each other.

Some Highrise Density from Q1's observation deck - looking North.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/5231/picture0167ij.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3724/picture0176th.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

@ BobDaBuilder - Your an idiot as always, can't you see that your own city of Melbourne is trying to emulate GC tackyness in so many ways. I mean take Crown Casino, GC all the way if you ask me, and what about Docklands – that’s just like GC, except without the people and the beach.

It seems Melbourne has just discovered "Tacky" while GC is rapidly changing and losing its cheap and tacky image for a more urban sophistication - especially at ground level.

As for the "Bubble Bursting" you put it there are more big projects going on in GC than in the entire state of Victoria!!!

The bubble burst long ago for Gold Coast. Does anyone still go there on holidays?

Too tacky for mine.
Typical........
So whats so tacky about the Gold Coast from your point of view?

Obviously people are still holidaying on the Gold Coast because pax numbers going through the airport there are increasing at a far greater % than even the mighty Melbourne can't match.

the gold coast has one of best beach side skylines in the world

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/2093/102922093ml1137390630.jpg

good photo looks good from burgliegh

:)

I am not impressed all buildings are boxy and concrete made. 5/10 sorry

It's interesting that Surfers Paradise on the GC is the suburb in Australia with the highest population density and growing quickly by the month. I think this is where we'll start to see the skyline have a peak with a dense core...can't wait!!!

from north burleigh
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7116/water9ql18vd.jpg

9/10 nice

I admit that the Q1 building is amazing, but the rest just look like concrete boxes with endless balconies. They all look the same. Shame they didn't try to develop a proper CBD behind Surfers, instead of the endless 'business parks' along the motorway.

impressive city, 8/10.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8843/airviews0418pc.jpg
surfers paradise from broadbeach

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9105/circquel19ve.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4232/img0066large1nj.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2482/img0084large0fo.jpg
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/432/img0090large7je.jpg

Very dense. So Q1 is completed now?
And one more question: What is the real official name of the city; Gold Coast or Surfers Paradise? Cause on many maps it is called Surfers Paradise.

The city as a whole is the Gold Coast, Surfer's Paradise is a 'suburb' if you will (but probably the closest thing to a CBD that the Gold Coast has).

Stu

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6996/framed1large4cn.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1040/framed2large8sr.jpg

9.5/10

it has a magnificent skyline

9, It reminds me of Miami for some reason.

One of the most impressive resort cities on earth.9/10.

One of the most impressive Southern Hemisphere skylines, and if a few of the proposed 200m+ towers go ahead then it will be the most impresive ... I'm not biased of course ;) 10/10

A view looking south towards Broadbeach
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/6412/img0360large4wo.jpg

Nothing really stands out much- it looks like a lot of beach towns. I gave it a 7.

^^ imo Q1 stands out alot, lol

Nice 8.5

Looks very impressive, I miss surfers paradise!

Impressive pic , DeejayT ! more please !

The pics on the first page really needs to be updated now we Q1 is finished.

From the spit (Southport) the GC looks very dense.

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/39/img0956large2ij.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5118/img0973large4gk.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/1390/img0932large5uq.jpg

In these pictures it masks all the hundreds of thousands of jelly-fish in the waters.

I love Gold Coast's skyline. I think it deserves a 9 :)

good old gold goast, always stunning!!! 10/10 :okay:

from the net looks very dense from this angle
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3360/p101054428av.jpg

6.5. looks like lots of beach towns. architecture is not distinguished.

I gave it 5.5 and that's mainly for Q1..whithout it maybe a 2.5....Circle on Cavill will help.....

7/10

Looks pretty good. It wouldn't be the same without Q1. Anyway I'll give it 7,5/10

7/10 for me

Awesome... Amazing... Impressive...!!! 10 points..!

:cheers:

Nice place.....but not impressive....enough.

7/10

Impressive pic originally posted by Mannix 10 in the Aus forums

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/768/sv60001556il.jpg

^^ :drool: stunning

Night time shot of Broadbeach - Surfers Paradise - Main Beach

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2699/img16402large1sv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Surfers Paradise
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8281/img1638large5wr.jpg

9!

One of the most underrated in SSC!

Attractive place ... !!!

GC has come a long way over past 5 years. It has had 3 new tallest in as many years . The typical bland flats from 1970;s and 80;s are now being hidden by new distingushed colourful and vibrantly designed towers! Its amzing what Chevron towers and Q1 did for the city. New super towers are now being built/ planned and approved.

currently uc-
the 70st/220m & 160m/50st CIRCLE ON CAVILL
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/gcc71.JPG

WaVE
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/wave.jpg

projects that are about to start up are-
72st/240m SOUL, 70st/208m ANA, 160m/50st ORACLE, plus many more.


soul
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/gcc68.JPG

ANA
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/citiboy/Mail0008.jpg

Oracle towers
http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/7315/102937315el1137993963.jpg


even small boutique projects like JADE are improving the cityscape and adding some flare!
recently set a record for an aussie unit at $20mil
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9986/surferswalk0072kf.jpg

5/10

it's dull to me, the most of the talls are very similars and no specially handsome buildings, although the next Wave and Oracle are a quite interesting structures.

Q1 looks sweet.. 10/10 just for that.

If I hadnt read it I would have thought it is a small asian city. Not very attractive and I don't like Q1 much either. 5/10

Very nice! 9/10

7/10

Off realestate.com.au ...looking towards Surfers Paradise
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/9678/103171847dl11468800647vv.jpg

Q1 makes the skyline look very cool.. 9/10

Lovely skyline, 9/10

9/10

Looks fantastic.

paradise with a city in the backround
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4345/109151028b28f02a829rk1.jpg

Perfect place to life

10/10

and 9/10 for all australian cities

Good skyline.8.5/10

http://static.flickr.com/72/197124140_738416ed0b_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/64/197124139_7d67c6762d_o.jpg

Very nice skyline for the city its size, i think 8.5 is not so shaby! :)

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3698/img2125largeyo0.jpg

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3797/img2101largesw4.jpg

8.5

9/10

mmmmmmmmmm thw weather in those photos looks so warm whycant it be like that today stupid southerly winds lol

9.5/10

Its too, something, I can't find the word. 6/10

Amazing. I visited earlier this year, and absolutely loved it.

The Broadwater and Southport are just beautiful places - and the weather is so great.

Q1 was amazing - beautiful building. Once Circle on Cavill and Soul are finished, the skyline will look wonderful.

8.5/10 because of the badly aged 70's/80's built white boxes on the beach -
Pull em' down!! (If only the residents would see the future and move out...)

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/135/stradslikekingislandgl3.jpg

8.5/10

Nice shot, that last one! 9/10

view from Currumbin
the 220m Circle tower is hidden behind Q1 from this angle
http://static.flickr.com/112/301830911_2c69cb5998_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/105/300807162_6afcd37b10_o.jpg

So dense!! :eek:

Never heard of this place before, but impressive skyline. Looks like a long line with skyscrapers -> 2 perfect picture-perspectives and 2 boring ones. 7.5/10

I love this city.

For anyone overseas that doesn't know, the Gold Coast is basically full of young drunk kids, alcohol, gambling, and overall tackiness. It's infamous in Australia for being a cheap place for a holiday. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone. The skyline is nice, but the city is crap.

4/10

As if the Gold Coast isn't cool

Cool skyline 9/10 !

For anyone overseas that doesn't know, the Gold Coast is basically full of young drunk kids, alcohol, gambling, and overall tackiness. It's infamous in Australia for being a cheap place for a holiday. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone. The skyline is nice, but the city is crap.

4/10

For somebody who has never been to the Gold Coast, I don't think you can judge it. Every city has negative sides, and that's what you're picking at.


As somebody who has been to the Gold Coast for a holiday, I can say I really liked it. The city was really good, and multicultural too, it had Japanese signs as well as English signs. The people there are great, they have that admirable lifestyle. Also the variety of buildings is really good.

9.259867 / 10

Its actually not as dense as it may look from a distance. Its pretty sparse actually.

7/10
Beautiful city! ;)

pretty dense. 7.5

For anyone overseas that doesn't know, the Gold Coast is basically full of young drunk kids, alcohol, gambling, and overall tackiness. It's infamous in Australia for being a cheap place for a holiday. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone. The skyline is nice, but the city is crap.

4/10

Get a life lad! The kids are also on drugs!

You really don't know what you're talking about and for the record most Australians dont see it as a cheap destination. Tell that to the many who choose to stay at the Versace Resort!

The young, drunk and rowdy young people is a function of the end of year school parties and it's become and institution.

LOL at gambling, you can gamble anywhere in Australia, even the local pub, casinos and gaming houses are not confined to the Gold Coast.

The beaches are beautiful and there is plenty to do for anyone and everyone. Many beaches, large themeparks, the waterways and natural gold coast hinterland are just a few highlights.

Vew from the south
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3198/dsc001165rloi4.jpg

a bit old
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9805/8807543801adc00501orr2.jpg

Very good photographs, thankyou Broadie. :)

Yuk this place is PLASTIC! Ruined such a nice beach...

Yuk this place is PLASTIC! Ruined such a nice beach...

The only reason the beach is so nice is because of tourist oriented development. This time last century the Nerang River mouth was nowhere near The Spit, the water was brackish and swampy and beaches were prone to heavy constant erosion. Building towers = more impetus to keep the sand from buggering off due to the tide and weather a la 1967-style.

...stuff...

Gosh, because that doesn't reek of pretentiousness....

There is a serious disregard for the respect of ideas in many forums here. It never ceases to amaze me.

With regards to the skyline, I can't help but comment on the fact that it is nothing more than a new Dubai, sans the choking sand - or even a denser version of Miami, with designer condos and concrete paradises constituting a new "destination" skyline. While it might look nice from a distance (that tall is actually a wonderful ornament on the skyline), I can't help but wonder about the actual culture these lavishly appointed hoteliminiums constitute.

^^
Ummm, Gold Coast has had high rises a bit longer than Dubai has mate.

7.5

The Q1 is beautiful! However, there's no centre point to focus your eyes on. Understandably for what it is, all the buildings follow the beachfront but on a rating for a skyline, it doesn't look very good. Kinda chaotic and just looks like a row of condos and apartments. The Q1 is the saving grace.

I absolutely despise that superficial paradise appearance. Miami ... Las Vegas ... Gold Coast ... Dubai. All of these cities just look so superficial to me. I really am looking for urban substance. An easy alternative to Miami is Tampa ... for example.

Call me a Midwestern bumpkin, but that's just my opinion. I prefer grit and urban substance over superficial looks.

I absolutely despise that superficial paradise appearance. Miami ... Las Vegas ... Gold Coast ... Dubai. All of these cities just look so superficial to me. I really am looking for urban substance. An easy alternative to Miami is Tampa ... for example.

Call me a Midwestern bumpkin, but that's just my opinion. I prefer grit and urban substance over superficial looks.

Actually, you are not wrong. Nor is it a bumpkin opinion. Each of the cities you have mentioned lack the essential depth, diversity and substance of true cities. Dubai is becoming a skyscraper Disneyland, and culturally, the Gold Coast is about as one dimensional and barren.

10!

10 - visually perfect.

the Q1 sticks out like a sore thumb! im not saying it as a bad thing. 8/10 =D

8/10

I vote 8/10 for its size

Just WoW
9/10
Hope Benidorm will soon have its own landmark
C Y'all

10, one of the most beautiful skyline of Australia

A few more pics cant hurt flickr
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6166/10548931642123235eaoqc8.jpg
http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/1574/2486353379c0e50bcb7oxe6.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6716/463855surfersparadise0qu8.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8163/287200483d6d7a1d90abfj3.jpg

My friend was here for the new years celebrations, he said he saw a building with the Versace logo on it, he wants to know if it was a hotel or resort or one massive Versace shop?

^^
It's a Versace Hotel. The first in the world.

A couple of pics of Surfers and Q1

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1221/img3266pslargeph7.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1893/img3267pslargezz6.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8870/img3271pslargepc9.jpg

Wonderful by the beach skyline! 10!!! :)

reminds me of Miami, but its got its own vibe going

8.5:)

I love Aussie skylines :D 8.5/10 needs a few more bigguns!

Hmmm... pastel pink apartments. A 7 purely for Q1, other then that it is rather grotesque. The surrounding natural environment is very stunning though, and worth a visit.

i love the gold coast i wish i lived there, i bet i will some day i tell ya

10/10

9 of 10 for being a nice mixture of vancouver and miami, pretty nice stuff dea.

i love the gold coast i wish i lived there, i bet i will some day i tell ya

10/10

Migod, what's wrong with you ? You live in Melbourne, which really deserves to rank among the world's fine cities, and you pine for a wasteland like the Gold Coast ! The skyline's impressive for what it is - a retirement resort - but there's nothing there, son, except blocks of flats, gated communities, and a vast, long, rather pitiless beach.

Next, someone's going to start calling Dubai the greatest city on earth. :ohno:

no

from across the border
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8262/img9545img9547si9.jpg

Migod, what's wrong with you ? You live in Melbourne, which really deserves to rank among the world's fine cities, and you pine for a wasteland like the Gold Coast

haha yep i do.

can't wait.

Migod, what's wrong with you ? You live in Melbourne, which really deserves to rank among the world's fine cities, and you pine for a wasteland like the Gold Coast ! The skyline's impressive for what it is - a retirement resort - but there's nothing there, son, except blocks of flats, gated communities, and a vast, long, rather pitiless beach.

Next, someone's going to start calling Dubai the greatest city on earth. :ohno:

uhh different strokes different folks, man!!

GC isn't really my cuppa tea either, however i'm sure Melbourne isnt everyones either. It's better that way, no use living somewhere you dont appreciate.

Migod, what's wrong with you ? You live in Melbourne, which really deserves to rank among the world's fine cities, and you pine for a wasteland like the Gold Coast ! The skyline's impressive for what it is - a retirement resort - but there's nothing there, son, except blocks of flats, gated communities, and a vast, long, rather pitiless beach.

Next, someone's going to start calling Dubai the greatest city on earth. :ohno:

Awwww poor diddums......You gonna be okay?

Migod, what's wrong with you ? You live in Melbourne, which really deserves to rank among the world's fine cities, and you pine for a wasteland like the Gold Coast ! The skyline's impressive for what it is - a retirement resort - but there's nothing there, son, except blocks of flats, gated communities, and a vast, long, rather pitiless beach.

Next, someone's going to start calling Dubai the greatest city on earth. :ohno:

Ever heard of the word "opinion"?

gold coast beach is the best beach i have ever been too.....and i've been to alot of beaches.

Awwww poor diddums......You gonna be okay?

diddums eh? Okay, that's it. Put your head between your legs and take a deep breath, because I'm fighting back. It's still a crap beach, and there's nothing there.

Nice sky, though: this may may be old - Richard Giles, National Library of Australia.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/Bronteboy/SurferParadise1.jpg

While COC and the latest proposals are very nice indeed, lets be honest here, most of the other highrises on the Gold Coast are hideous......
And yes it is a nice beach, but the beaches in Western Australia are SOOOO much better.

^^
Ummm, Gold Coast has had high rises a bit longer than Dubai has mate.

Exactly, the Gold Coast is certainly not the New Dubai, if anything it's the other way around. Which came first the chicken or the egg, in this case the GC certainly had modern skyscrapers and canals first. It funny how people allude to them being similar ... i guess they are in many ways but people need to remember the modern resort city of Surfers Paradise was here first, not to be excluded would be other resort cities too, like Miami, Benidorm etc.

9/10

beautiful, 8.5/10

Love the Q1!! Better than Sydney! = )
9.5/10

I love the gold coast. It such a lively and fantastic city. The skyline is superb. Although i might be just Q1 lol.

10/10

Q1
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/q105.JPG

^^ wow that little villa in front of Q1 makes it look so frekain big.
the view from up there is supurb..one of ebst in world where u have such a good view of the ocean. where else can u experience that?

pretty good...!!!!!

Boring without Q1.
7/10

Dubai stay alive hours past midnight , that was not the case in the GC ...... Dubai is modern city , and quite new , 35 odd years , but its more of city i assure you , been to GC for a month .

BUT i loved the cuwalas :P and hinterlands and crazy finish gardeners

reminds me of my city miami!!!!! 9/10

Dubai stay alive hours past midnight , that was not the case in the GC ...... Dubai is modern city , and quite new , 35 odd years , but its more of city i assure you , been to GC for a month .

BUT i loved the cuwalas :P and hinterlands and crazy finish gardeners

that's why dubai is ur only real city, while the gold coast is our 6th :D

8/10

Surfers skyline from a diffrent angle

off the net

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6803/4041521794c50b531c7bie8.jpg

I look at it as the "Miami of Australia," but it is referred to as the "Las Vegas of Australia." You actually have to be there to see it. The city streets are very similar to Miami's, esp in Surfers Paradise. 8/10

Dubai stay alive hours past midnight , that was not the case in the GC ...... Dubai is modern city , and quite new , 35 odd years , but its more of city i assure you , been to GC for a month .

BUT i loved the cuwalas :P and hinterlands and crazy finish gardeners


Come back in schoolies then. You'll soon see what partying and 24/7 fun is all about.

that's why dubai is ur only real city, while the gold coast is our 6th :D

Are you saying the UAE has only One city ? :nuts:

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I might do that avatar !

not a small skyline compair 0.4 million population

Are you saying the UAE has only One city ? :nuts:

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I might do that avatar !

Trust me you won't be 'doing' me, you're a gronk.

No.

10/10 :applause:

8/10

look really nice

No.

Yep Dubai's the only good city for looking but livng there its just not right.And you cant say australia has 1 city it has 5 sydney,melbourne,brisbane,perth and adelaide and let me tell you so Dubai_boy there all booming cities which arent fake and compared to Dubai in living standards just swamp Dubai.Like people have siad Dubai isnt taking itself seriously.To be honest i see Dubau more of a showroom for skyscrapers then an actual city.

Gold Coast has some STUNNER'S to be built and proposed.

Hilton Surfers Hotel

http://www.emporis.com/images/6/2007/03/522820.jpg

Iluka

http://www.emporis.com/images/5/2008/01/586581.jpg

The Oracle

http://www.emporis.com/images/6/2005/11/417004.jpg

you missed Soul, that will be great once construction finishes.

10/10

you missed Soul, that will be great once construction finishes.

10/10

Really nice skyline for a city this size. 8/10

I hope to retire in Australia, this looks like paradise to me.