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To-do list for Gold Coast, Queensland: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2013-06-04 *Rewrite the Lead section to conform to the guidelines discussed in the Wikipedia:Lead section article. fix the red links for Parkwood and Point Danger (create stubs) find out whether Tainan, Taiwan is an actual sister city of the Gold Coast, in addition to the Taipei entry. find out whether Cooloongatta Village is an appropriate entry in the sister city section. expand upon the history section:- Sir Bruce Small (historical figure) Mayors of the Gold Coast Famous residents Big Kev Conrad Black (Alleged con man/Canadian business magnate) Rus Heinz Peter Foster (Alleged con man) Christopher Skaise 'Aussie' Joe Bugner (Former Heavy Weight Boxer) Stefan (The Barber/Hairdresser) Ugly Dave Grey (comedian) the amalgamation of the councils into today's Gold Coast City Council the arrival of Jupiters Casino(?) International flights coming to Cooloongatta airport add your relevant history here find out where Takasu-cho is and try to get a stub going. find a map of the Gold Coast in the public domain. complete the list of suburbs and compile in a table. Climate information: rainfall, temperature etc. Landmarks( that have been bulldozed or redeveloped ;( ) Surfers Paradise Hotel & Beer Garden Broadbeach Hotel (Lennon's Hotel) Southport Hotel -- (Cecil Hotel, The Del Plaza, Angler's Arms, Hotel Pacific) Surfers Paradise International Raceway Landmarks( that haven't been bulldozed or redeveloped ;) ) Cascade Gardens Jubilee Bridge (removed around 1967-1968 after construction of Gold Coast Bridge) The Pink Poodle Motel. redeveloped MacIntosh Island Park Hinze Dam Orignal Grand Hotel, Labrador Guesthouses (Southport, Coolangatta etc) Magic Mountain and Miami Chairlift Shopping centres (The Walk Arcade etc) add your own landmark here Enquire into the origin of the name 'Gold Coast' Lifestyle. Suggested content for Lifestyle heading, add here; Recreational aspects such as Club Entertainment Beach Culture Fitness Watersports/Activities Community involvement Create a Controversy header to include the recent CMC inquiry into the Gold Coast City Council and other like matters. Make the Contents list on the main page smaller // move some sections to their own page

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SUA Population Figures

Why are SUA figures used for the population count of the Gold Coast as opposed to the SA4 Gold Coast count ? Isn't the Substate region based on SA4 more accurate to account for the actual Gold COast region  ? Or why not the LGA since the City of Gold Coast was formed by combining all the LGAs under the Gold Coast Metropolitan area? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdinesh2222 (talk • contribs) 04:06, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

This article isn't about the City of Gold Coast (where the LGA population data is appropriate). This article exists as a not-well-defined place that is whatever the person writing it think constitutes "the Gold Coast" which seems to be "you know, where you go on holidays". Some people have wanted to include parts of northern NSW, e.g. Tweed Heads, Kingscliffe, on the grounds that tourist service providers there describe themselves "on the Gold Coast". Other people want to exclude places like Alberton on the grounds that there are no beaches there. Yet, when you read the Geography section, the boundaries for "Gold Coast City" are given. Similarly Gold Coast hinterland is another vaguely defined place which seems to mean "you know, where you go on holidays on the days you don't go to the beach". Looking at this article, it seems that it increasingly is talking about the City of Gold Coast (e.g. the list of suburbs are the suburbs of the City of Gold Coast), so perhaps the time has come to merge them as City of Gold Coast with Gold Coast, Queensland as a redirect. What do people think? Is there anything in this article which could not be included in City of Gold Coast that would make a clear point of distinction between the two topics? Kerry (talk) 15:17, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

It is a very popular tourist place

When did it start 175.34.83.91 (talk) 07:38, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Have a read of the History section of the article. HiLo48 (talk) 09:56, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

International Relations citations

I've added some citations to the International Relations section, but am unsure whether I've added enough to warrant the removal of the maintenance template. KHN45 (talk) 06:41, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Not exactly answering your question, but, as these relationships are established/maintained by the City of Gold Coast, I think they belong in that article rather this one. The distinction between Gold Coast, Queensland and City of Gold Coast is not made clear (despite it being raised as an issue over many years), leading to two articles talking about many of the same things. Kerry (talk) 03:12, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

After inspecting the City of Gold Coast article I agree with your assessment. I'm going to go ahead and move the International relations section to the City of Gold Coast article. KHN45 (talk) 04:44, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi .I bought a product 16 years ago from GoldQuest, but I didn't receive it, how can I track it? 5.52.108.207 (talk) 15:36, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Updating Population figure

I was thinking of editing the population based on last year's Significant Urban Area data release but noted we are using SA4 population figures. So wanted to be sure that I can use the SUA figure? Sdinesh2222 (talk) 21:06, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

At a glance I'd wager the SUA figures are more applicable to this page, with the SA4 data being more suited for the City of Gold Coast page. KHN45 (talk) 07:49, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

For an LGA, the census have LGA data, eg for City of Gold Coast it's https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/LGA33430 Kerry (talk) 10:20, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

As to SUA vs anything else, it's all meaningless because we don't have any real sense of the scope of this article. Just check though that you don't pick one that goes south of the border. Kerry (talk) 10:24, 5 February 2023 (UTC)