Talk:Gold Coast, Queensland

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...shops selling cheap tourist paraphenalia

Yeah, cheap to make, but not to buy ;) -- Tim

I think it's ironic that they're made in china, and then all the tourists, including chinese tourists, come to buy them. But I guess that doesn't just apply to the Gold Coast...I mean, where's the mass-production sweat shop in Uluru?

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OK, I've added some piccies. Now to actually write something. Maybe tomorrow... - Gaz 12:33, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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I've moved the following section from the article to here so the article didn't look too much like a work in progress:

To be covered:

• A City Council that is making genuine progress with community consultation on projects that affect the community - great on-line surveys - yes but do they actually do anything with the surveys?
• History of the region (first surfers in the 1950s, development through the Joh era, the arrival of Japanese tourists and developers in the 1980s).
• Description of the city (mention the hinterland development, for instance, the theme parks, the casino, golf courses etc).
• Environmental issues (they have to pump the sand onto the beaches)
• Reputation in Australia (cultural desert, retirement home, wonderful world class surf beaches)
• visitors guide (best time to visit, major events, etc).

--Roisterer 04:18, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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The section on Lamington National Park is just begging for someone to do a page on the history of O'Reilly's, the wreck of the Stinson would provide some good material.

I've sent an email off to through the official OReillys website to ask if we could reproduce the articles they have on their website concerning the history of the family etc, here on Wikipedia.

The website is at http://www.oreillys.com.au/content/home.asp?name=Home

--Randolph 18:22, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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I've noticed the categorising for the suburbs of the Gold Coast has for the most part followed the convention of <suburb name>, Queensland|<suburb name>, with the exception of the Surfers Paradise. Since Surfers Paradise is in an early stage should a new stub be created for Surfers Paradise which follows the same convention as the other suburbs? --Randolph 04:39, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Anon user

Hi everyone I am your anon user who added to the lead section and added the law and politics section. Sorry to be so cloak and dagger, I only signed up to wikipedia this morning (30/12/05.)

In regards to Lifestyle, I agree with Randolph that it appears to be some kind of softcore pornographic glamourisation and is removed from the subject matter. I recommend deletion. DB 10:32, 30 December 2005 AEST

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Hi all, I am updating the current "Visit Gold Coast – Official Tourism website" external link (which currently points to http://www.visitgoldcoast.com... which then redirects you to https://www.destinationgoldcoast.com) to instead read "Destination Gold Coast - Official Tourism website" (and to have it point to the new URL https://www.destinationgoldcoast.com). This is in line with Gold Coast Tourism's recent rebrand from Visit Gold Coast to Destination Gold Coast.