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2 unusual facts about Surfers Paradise


Bikini barista

In Surfers Paradise, Queensland, gold lamé bikini-clad meter maids stroll up and down the beach feeding coins into parking meters so that beach-goers won't get parking tickets.

Kym Jackson

At age seventeen, Jackson moved from Logan City, Queensland to Surfers Paradise, to pursue a film career, working as a tour guide at Warner Brothers Studios while training for film and TV, and auditioning for roles.


1999 Honda Indy 300

The 1999 Honda Indy 300 was the nineteenth and penultimate round of the 1999 CART season, held on 17 October 1999 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.

Holden Monaro

In January 1970, Bond and Roberts would win the Rothmans 12 Hour Series Production race at Surfers Paradise driving their HDT Holden Monaro.

Steven Ciobo

He said turning Surfers Paradise into a world-class entertainment precinct to rival Las Vegas and Macau was the solution to save the Gold Coast from rising unemployment and economic doom.


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2005 Champ Car season

The 14th race was scheduled to take place at a newly constructed permanent road circuit in the city of Ansan, South Korea on October 16, the week before the race at Surfers Paradise.

Cavill Avenue

It was named in honour of the founder of Surfers Paradise, James Cavill.

Chevron Renaissance Shopping Centre

The development also includes the Towers of Chevron Renaissance apartments and hotel, which is only a few minutes walk from the Surfers Paradise beach and the Cavill Avenue Mall and Circle on Cavill developed by the Sunland Group, who also developed Q1 apartment, the tallest residential apartment in Australia and the world.

Rothmans International Series

Future (1983) 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Vern Schuppan, driving for Theodore Racing, won the 1976 Rothmans International Series in a Lola T332-Chevrolet with the final round at Surfers Paradise being washed out.

Surfers Paradise Baseball Club

The first junior representative players to come from Surfers Paradise were Brandon Pollard, Trent Durrington, Shane Edwards and Adam Wardrop.