Broadbeach is a suburb on the
Gold CoastThe Gold Coast is a city in the southeast corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is also the most populous non-capital city in the country...
, in
QueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
. At the 2006 Census, Broadbeach had a population of 3,791.
Development in the area today mostly incorporates low rise structures, consisting of single bedroom houses and apartment blocks. Much of the suburb consists of
canalCanals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canal: aqueduct canals are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterway canals are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.The word...
waterways, including Lake Intrepid that are linked to the
Nerang RiverThe Nerang River is a river that begins in the McPherson Range in the Gold Coast hinterland and runs through Gold Coast City in South East Queensland, Australia...
.
Broadbeach is home to one Queensland's largest shopping centres, Pacific Fair, which serves as the regional public transport hub, known as the
Pacific Fair Bus StationThe Pacific Fair Bus Station, at Broadbeach, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. It is part of the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and is close to Conrad Jupiters and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre....
.
Broadbeach is a suburb on the
Gold CoastThe Gold Coast is a city in the southeast corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is also the most populous non-capital city in the country...
, in
QueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
. At the 2006 Census, Broadbeach had a population of 3,791.
Development in the area today mostly incorporates low rise structures, consisting of single bedroom houses and apartment blocks. Much of the suburb consists of
canalCanals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canal: aqueduct canals are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterway canals are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans.The word...
waterways, including Lake Intrepid that are linked to the
Nerang RiverThe Nerang River is a river that begins in the McPherson Range in the Gold Coast hinterland and runs through Gold Coast City in South East Queensland, Australia...
.
Broadbeach is home to one Queensland's largest shopping centres, Pacific Fair, which serves as the regional public transport hub, known as the
Pacific Fair Bus StationThe Pacific Fair Bus Station, at Broadbeach, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. It is part of the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and is close to Conrad Jupiters and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre....
. The area is also home to the
Conrad JupitersConrad Jupiters is a casino and hotel complex in the suburb of Broadbeach on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The casino is situated next to the Nerang River and is operated by Tabcorp Holdings. It is connected to the Oasis Shopping Centre via a monorail.One per cent of the casino's gross...
Casino, the
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition CentreThe Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on the Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach, Gold Coast was opened on 29 June 2004 at a cost of $167 million and is linked by a covered walkway to Conrad Jupiters.-Features:...
and the
Oasis Shopping CentreThe Oasis Shopping Centre is located on the Broadbeach Mall in Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland.The Oasis Monorail connects the beach, shopping, Sofitel Gold Coast resort and Conrad Jupiters Casino. It has two stations on level 2 of The Oasis and a station at Conrad Jupiters Casino...
. Well known apartment blocks include
The WaveThe Wave is a residential skyscraper with an unusual appearance on the Gold Coast, Australia. It rises to a height of and has 34 floors. It is located at the corner of Surf Parade and Victoria Avenue, Broadbeach....
, Beach Haven, Niecon Plaza, the Hi-Ho Motel, Belle Maison, Bel Air and Air on Broadbeach. It wasn't until the construction of
Lennon's Broadbeach Hotel (now the site of the
Oasis Hotel and Shopping Centre) in 1955 that development in the area began to increase.
A
monorailA monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track. The term originates from the contraction of the words mono...
connects the
Oasis Shopping Centre with Conrad Jupiters Casino, however the system is strictly privatised. The
Gold Coast OceanwayThe Gold Coast Oceanway is a foreshoreway along beaches in Gold Coast, Queensland. The Gold Coast Oceanway is a shared use pedestrian and cyclist pathway on the Gold Coast connecting the Point Danger lighthouse on the New South Wales and Queensland border to the Gold Coast Seaway...
provides pedestrians and cyclists access along the beaches of Broadbeach. The suburb contains a major road intersection between
Nerang - Broadbeach RoadNerang-Broadbeach Road is a road on the Gold Coast. When the road reaches Broadbeach it is known as Hooker Boulevarde....
and the
Gold Coast HighwayThe Gold Coast Highway in Queensland, Australia links the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast. 33km in length, the highway passes through popular tourist resorts such as Southport, Surfers Paradise, Burleigh Heads and Currumbin...
.
The Broadbeach Surf Life Saving Club patrols the beach in the centre of the suburb. Representing the suburb in the AFL Queensland State League and having its home ground at
Merrimac OvalMerrimac Oval is the home ground of the Broadbeach Australian Football Club on the Gold Coast....
is the Broadbeach Australian Football Club. Other facilities include the Broadbeach Lawn Bowls Club the Broadbeach Surfschool which provides
surfingSurfing is most commonly known, the term is used for a surface water sport in which the person surfing moves along the face of a breaking ocean wave . However, surfing is not restricted to saltwater, but can sometimes take place on rivers, using a standing wave...
training.
The
Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival, began in 2002 and continues to draw significant crowds each year.
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