The
gold coast, known for its continuous golden beach, is located in the middle of
the east coast of Australia, south of Brisbane. As Australia's sixth-largest
city, the gold coast has developed dramatically in recent years, attracting
more and more attention.
History
Gold
coast, known as the south coast (because it is located in the south of Brisbane),
was originally a coast just as a leisure vacation place for Australians.
Previous south coast (photographed
in 1939)
With the gradual development of tourism, the
local real estate and other goods and services industries have also been
developing rapidly, which has brought huge economic growth to the local area.
The name "gold coast" came into being in the 1950s. And then, the
local government upgraded the gold coast from town to city.
Climate
"Gold coast" has a subtropical marine climate with year-round
sunshine and humid air, making it suitable for travelling all year round. The
incomparable coastal city has pleasant climate, the average temperature for
winter is 12-21 ℃, and 20 to 28 ℃ in summer. The average of 245 days of fine
weather and comfortable temperatures attract numbers of outdoor sports fans each
year, and the famous surfer's paradise is a must for surfers. The unique
activities and sights of the four seasons here will certainly amaze you:
Flowers bloom along the gold coast in spring (September to November). There
are various interesting activities at sea along with comfortable breeze: kite
surfing, windsurfing, sailing, etc. If you want to go for a spring outing, the
annual mountain Spring Festival in Tambourine Mountain is a good time. If you
go deep into a national park, you can also see a glowworm hole that looks like
a dream world.
Summer
(December to February) is the most enchanting season in the gold coast. Major
theme parks attract thousands of visitors, magic horse racing carnival seize person
eyeball, the stars gather in many surfing competitions, and there are so many
expecting and exciting activities such as deep sea fishing, reef fishing, bird watching
in rainforest. If you want to experience the most colorful season on the gold
coast, summer is good choice.
Autumn
(march to may) has sunny days and warm nights. The gold coast triathlon and the
Australian surfing rescue championships will be held here in March and April.
It is a good choice to fish quietly or sail at the sea.
Winter (June to August) represents the beginning
of the whale season. Since the beginning of June, people have been going out to
sea by boats, looking for whales in the vast sea. A large number of migrating
whales gather here, where you can relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery of blue
sea and blue sky, and see the fantastic spectacle of huge and beautiful whales
playing. It will be an unforgettable experience to share the sunrise over the
sea with whales.
Flourishing tourism
Since the 1980s, the gold coast has undoubtedly
become Australia's most prominent tourist destination. Because of the wonderful
condition with 300 sunny days a year on average, the continuous skyline, 10
landmark theme parks and attractions, and more than 30 golf courses, gold coast
has attracted more than 10 million visitors a year. Tourism is an absolute
pillar industry of the gold coast, directly contributing to the economy with 4.4
billion Australian dollars a year and a quarter of employment opportunities.
Famous attractions:
Surfers Paradise
Q1 skyscraper
Movie World
Fire Worm Hole
Tambourine National Park
In addition,
other industries of the gold coast have contributed greatly to the development
of the local economy.
Shipping
industry
As
Australia's best place for construction, maintenance and modification of recreational
boats, the gold coast with nine luxury yacht yards, can not only carry the
super yacht, but also be the most advanced and most respected shipping industry
development area in the southern hemisphere. The annual ship displays and
export conferences for ship supplies show the local innovation and attract
international buyers and corporations.
Construction industry
The
gold coast has extraordinary professional experience in architecture and
design, including planning community, multi-storey residential and commercial
buildings, marina, infrastructure, and green buildings and technology.
Investment opportunities are everywhere in real estate, tourist infrastructure
and major projects.
popular city for studying abroad
Compared with similar
cities, the gold coast has the most educational options, attracting students
from more than 100 countries. Gold coast has three world-class universities (
Griffith university, bond university and southern cross university), various
technical and training institutions, and Australia's top public and private
schools, which provides a highly skilled workforce for companies. The city has
attracted 14,000 international students to study here, generating over 770m
Australian dollars for the local economy.
Griffith University
Bond University
Southern Cross University
The gold coast not only has the best
universities, but also has many famous high schools, attracting overseas
students from other countries. The famous ones are:
Somerset College ranks in the top three of Queensland's private colleges
and the first comprehensively in the gold coast.
St
Hilda's School has a long history and is a well-known and prestigious girls'
school in local area.
Varsity college, with
nearly 3,000 students, is one of the largest schools in Queensland.
High rate of population growth, convenient transportation
The gold coast is
Australia's fastest-growing metropolitan. The population grew at an annual rate
of 3.4 per cent over five years (compared with just 1.2 per cent in Australia).
In order to alleviate the pressure of population growth and the increasing number
of tourists year by year, the gold coast airport provides more flight routes,
including Qantas, Air New Zealand, Jetstar and Virgin Australia, and a number
of international airlines such as China southern airlines. There are direct
flights from China, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia.
High rate of employment
Queensland's
employment rate is now the fastest of any state or region, with 113,000 new
jobs added in the past year. Queensland also has the highest number of
immigrants of any state, surpassing Victoria for the first time since June
2013.
Higher
immigration rates mean more demand for housing, which will help capital gains
and property appreciation. The improvement of employment, immigration rates, as
well as the reasonable housing prices have laid the solid foundation on which
to create better housing market.
----- CoreLogic
senior real estate analyst
Tim Lawless
Host city for major international events
In November 2010, the gold coast won the right to host major
international events. With the success of the 2018 commonwealth games, the gold
coast has consolidated its reputation and status globally as a destination for
major sporting events. It is reported: there
will be many international competitions hosting in the gold coast through gold
coast tourism administration, and therefore there will also be a lot of
athletes and spectators from all over the world.
In addition, ITU world
triathlon finals, world gymnastics carnival and other activities will also be
held in the gold coast in the second half of this year. Gold coast stadiums
such as Carrar stadium will also be venues for national and international
events.
With the arrival of a
number of international events, housing prices of gold coast will have more
space to rise. At present, vacancy rates are now as low as 1.3 per cent on the
gold coast, and it has also been popular with investors in recent years despite
being a non-capital city.
In order to meet the needs of population growth, gold coast and surrounding areas will continue to undertake infrastructure projects worth $10.5 billion, and residential development projects worth $20 billion.
Projects
to be built include the third stage of light rail line from Broadbeach to
Burleigh Heads, second stage of master plan for the gold coast airport, and the
large-scale upgrade project for Bundall Rd.
Other major fields of
infrastructure spending are: retail ( $1.45 billion), retirement villages and
pension facilities ( $952 million) and health care facilities ( $737 million).
Major projects have not been fully settled including Coomera Town Centre worth
of $1 billion, gold coast cultural area worth of $385 million, and the second
phase of private hospital in the gold coast with the investment of $50 million.
The future of gold coast, full of opportunities
Strong
population growth, a diversified economy and investment in strategic
infrastructure have created new opportunities.
Gold
coast’s economic value has been more than $25 billion, and has developed
diversely on the basis of tourism and the construction industry. Gold coast has
built a series of knowledge-based industries, including health care, information
and communication technology, advanced manufacturing, education, and
professional services. The city is expected to hold nearly 300,000 jobs over
the next 10 years.
Australia
is a very popular place to invest and do business. As Australia's sixth-largest
city, the gold coast has more than 546,000 inhabitants and the active economy
markets have 3.6 million of population. The population in this region is
expected to grow at an annual rate of 2 per cent over the next 10 years, making
it one of the fastest growing regions in Australia.
As a
young city in transition, its future is limitless.