23-694: The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) is located on the Gold Coast Highway in Broadbeach, Queensland , Australia. The venue was opened on the 29th of June 2004 at a cost of A$ 167 million. It is linked by a covered walkway to The Star Gold Coast . Managed by the Star Entertainment Group , the Centre caters for 10 to 6,000 people. The centre was expanded at a cost of $ 40 million in early 2009. The makeover
46-670: A commercial centre at Southport , residential areas, shopping centres and the Gold Coast (Coolangatta) Airport . It is characterised by a variety of urban landscapes, ranging from: The highest point of the highway is 42 metres at Currumbin Hill. Gold Coast Highway has existed since at least 1966, based on a page from a 1966 street directory . The section between Currumbin in Queensland and Tweed Heads in New South Wales
69-487: A few exceptions such as Currumbin and Burleigh Heads. Median fencing to prevent pedestrians crossing has also been introduced in areas such as Mermaid Beach. The highway at Surfers Paradise is subject to congestion during events, notably during the Gold Coast 500 held each October when part of the highway becomes part of the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit at Paradise Waters. The highway width
92-410: A narrow median and narrow road reserve due to limited space and to minimise property resumptions. One of the two lanes in each direction was initially designated a transit lane (buses and vehicles with 2 or more occupants), but this designation was removed in 2013. 2. Broadbeach to Miami : Bus lanes were added along the route as well as changes to bus stops, u-turns, traffic lights, signs, lighting and
115-700: A reputation for having close games with three of the games during the 2010–11 NBL season going into overtime . Along with the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and the Queensland Firebirds , a Brisbane-based netball team in the Suncorp Super Netball played occasional home games at the venue until 2018. In 2007, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) hosted its first-ever World Cup event at
138-551: Is home to numerous conventions, from the association, corporate and franchise sectors to consumer shows and entertainment events. From the 2007–08 NBL season until the end of the 2011–12 season , the venue was home to the Gold Coast Blaze of the National Basketball League with the capacity to seat 5,269 spectators. During Blaze home games, the Centre was referred to as "The Furnace" and gained
161-408: Is located near the northern end of the highway. It is on the Gold Coast railway line with services operating frequently along the electrified line between Brisbane and Varsity Lakes . Gold Coast Airport is located at the southern end of the highway. It has frequent flights to Sydney and Melbourne as well as international services to New Zealand, Japan and South-East Asia. Suburbs of
184-501: Is reduced to two lanes (one carriageway) and the speed limit reduced to 40 km/h. 1. Labrador : Between Government Road and North Street, along a section mostly called Frank Street. The Highway was upgraded from a single carriageway to a divided 4 lane highway. A new bridge with a 4 lane crossing was completed across Loders Creek in 2007. The road upgrade resulted in a thoroughfare similar to that in Surfers Paradise, with
207-543: The 2032 Summer Paralympics . The GCCEC has won more than 20 awards over the past decade, including winner of the 2012 Meetings and Events Industry Awards – National Meeting Venue 500 Delegates or More and 2010 Meetings and Business Tourism Category at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards. [REDACTED] Media related to Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre at Wikimedia Commons Gold Coast Highway Gold Coast Highway links
230-630: The Gold Coast University Hospital . It is the only 24-hour bus route in Australia. It is complemented by limited stops route 777 from Broadbeach South to Gold Coast Airport . Bus Lanes are in place along some sections of the highway, particularly Broadbeach to Mermaid Beach and Miami. The G:link light rail line opened in July 2014 between Gold Coast University Hospital and Broadbeach South . It has its own reservation to
253-590: The Eurovision 2019 Australia Decides contest, the first venue for the contest. The centre once again hosted the contest a year later in 2020. In December 2019, the Gold Coast Convention Centre was meant to host the first Eurovision Asia Song Contest, however due to production issues the contest had been cancelled. The venue will host Volleyball for the 2032 Summer Olympics and will also be used for Powerlifting and Sitting Volleyball for
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#1732779522389276-568: The GCCEC, pitting 5 nations of bull riders against each other in a team format; the event was won by team Brazil . The convention center was also home to the 12th Congress of APSR in 2007 held between 30 November – 4 December 2007. In 2012, GCCEC played host to the Gold Coast judges' audition in the third series of Seven Network 's The X Factor and the UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson bout –
299-1016: The Gold Coast There are eighty-one suburbs in the City of Gold Coast , a local government area in Queensland , Australia. The local government area has been amended several times since its creation in 1948, most dramatically by its amalgamation in 1994 with the Shire of Albert , and losing a section centred on Beenleigh north of the Albert River to Logan City in March 2008. Fifty-two are gazetted as suburbs and twenty-nine as localities . Many suburbs have been established on reclaimed land including saltmarshes, mangroves and tidal flats. Some of these suburbs have developed extensive canal waterways. There are many shopping centres on
322-533: The coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast in south eastern Queensland such as Miami , Mermaid Beach , Tugun , Bilinga and across the border of New South Wales to the Tweed Heads suburb of Tweed Heads West . At 39.6 kilometres (24.6 mi) in length, the highway runs just west of Pacific Motorway at Pacific Pines to Pacific Motorway at Tweed Heads West . It passes through the numerous popular tourist areas including Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach ,
345-762: The completion of the bypass to deal with the changed traffic flow. A project to upgrade the Hope Island Road intersection, at a cost of $ 10.68 million, was completed in mid-2021. A project to upgrade the Toolona Street intersection in Tugun, at a cost of $ 1.5 million, started in September 2021. Bus services throughout the area are operated by Kinetic Group . Route 700 operates along the highway between Broadbeach South and Tweed Heads. On Sunday to Thursday nights it continues north of Broadbeach South to
368-484: The first of its kind to be held in Queensland . In October 2017, EB Games Expo was held there, with Regurgitator playing a concert playing their album Unit in full at the expo, the day before the event. The Centre hosted the Netball competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games which are being held on the Gold Coast, as well as host the accredited media centre for the event. On 8 and 9 February 2019, it hosted
391-415: The interchange with Pacific Motorway at Tweed Heads West (subsuming the former alignment of Highway 10, Pacific Highway, which was re-declared to use the Tugun bypass). The highway today, as Highway 31, still retains this declaration. The highway is divided along the entire length, mostly with four lanes. There are some six lane segments (often as bus lanes). It is also predominantly well lit at night, with
414-756: The median strip. The first phase (Alexandra Avenue to Hilda Street) was finished in mid September 2008. The second phase (Hilda Street to Chairlift Avenue) was largely completed in July 2009. 3. Tugun : The most notorious bottle-neck was at Tugun , where the Gold Coast Highway joins the Pacific Highway 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Coolangatta was eliminated with the opening of the Tugun Bypass in June 2008. Some minor changes and improvements near Stewart Road in Tugun have coincided with
437-501: The west of the Gold Coast Highway from Southport to Surfers Paradise, from where it diverges onto Surfers Paradise Boulevard . It then rejoins the Gold Coast Highway at the south end of Surfers Paradise proceeding via a reservation in the median strip to Broadbeach North before crossing again to the western side to terminate at Broadbeach South. The northern extension to Helensvale opened in December 2017. Helensvale railway station
460-540: Was completed on 15 November 1992, at a total cost of $ 46 mi, and Pacific Highway redefined to use this new alignment. The Tugun Bypass , connecting Pacific Motorway at Tugun Hill in Queensland to Pacific Highway about 1 kilometre north of the interchange with Kennedy Drive at Tweed Heads West in New South Wales, opened in June 2008, extending the motorway around (and under) the Gold Coast Airport . The former alignment of Pacific Highway within Queensland
483-484: Was formerly part of Pacific Highway . The first stage of the Tweed Heads bypass, a two-lane road connecting Pacific Highway (today Coolangatta Road) at Bilinga across the border to Kennedy Drive at Tweed Heads West, was opened in 1985 at a total cost of $ 3.6mil, with the second carriageway completed in December 1986; the second stage, bypassing Tweed Heads South connecting Kennedy Drive over Terrenora Creek to Pacific Highway (today Minjungbal Drive, renamed 19 February 1997 )
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#1732779522389506-736: Was funded by the Queensland Government , adding two extra exhibition halls, a registration office, three meeting rooms, three new kitchens and an extra 3,000 square metres of floor space in total. The Queensland Government commenced construction proceedings as a result of the increasing demand on the Gold Coast for larger space and concurrent sessions during national and international conventions and incentives. The final product required over 124,000 man hours, 1,550 m (2,030 cu yd) of concrete poured, 375 t (413 tons) of structural steel erected and 7,000 L (1,500 imp gal; 1,800 US gal) of paint. The GCCEC
529-527: Was quickly re-declared as part of Gold Coast Highway; the New South Wales government eventually followed a year later. The passing of the Roads Act of 1993 through the Parliament of New South Wales updated road classifications and the way they could be declared within New South Wales. Under this act, Gold Coast Highway was declared as Highway 31 on 1 May 2009, from the state border with Queensland to
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