Gold Coast Australia

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Gold CoastAustralia

• By Rachel Hayes and Wendi Hibdon

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Location
The relative location of the Gold Coast is in
Queensland. The absolute location is 30 degrees
south latitude and 153 degrees east
longitude. The relative boundary is New South
Wales, South Australia, and Northern
Territory. The absolute boundary is south of
Brisbane. It stretched 36 km/22 miles between
Surfers Paradise and the New South Wales border.
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Decsription of Gold Coast

• Meteorological
• Physical Characteristics
• Culture
• Environment

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Weather

• Subtropical climate all year
• 245 days of sunny weather
• Average of 1,400 mm of rain
• Summer Dec.-Feb.
• 68-82 degrees F
• Highest rainfall
• Autumn March May
• 59-77 degrees F.
• Winter June-Aug.
• 52-70 degrees F.
• Spring Sept.-Nov.
• 59-77 degrees F.

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Physical Characteristics

• Beautiful gold coast has pasturelands which make
  way for mountains such as Tamborine Mt. and the
  Mcpherson range
• Springbrook National Park and Lamington National
  Park have spectacular rainforests and waterfalls.

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Culture

• Complex culture and extraordinarily diverse
• Longest surviving cultures going back from
  150,000-50,000 years
• 500 different nations
• Hundreds of languages which a lot have now become
  extinct
• Extinction of styles of paintings, forms of
  foods, and hunting habits

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Environment

• Gold Coast is most well known for its long
  stretches of golden beaches along its 40 km
  length.

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Our Map of the Gold Coast
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This is a picture of a waterfall in a rainforest
found in Lamington National Park.
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Natural Arch (aka Natural Bridge) is in
Springbrook National Park. It is an hour drive
from the Gold Coast. It receives 1500mm of rain
during the hot and humid summers.
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_Oceania/Australia/State_of_Queensland/Gold_Coast-
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Pictures of Gold Coast
Gold Coast during sunset
The city on the Gold Coast
These are the aboriginal artifacts
The major sport on the Gold Coast is golf
A port off the coast
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Citations

• Map http//www.auinfo.com/SE-Queensland-MAP.html
• Rainfall http//www.reflections.com.au/GoldCoast/
  Hinterland/index.html
• Shores http//www.auinfo.com/Gold-Coast.htm
• Culture Tools http//www.cultureandrecreation.gov
  .au/articles/aboriginalheritage/
• Golf and port http//www.reflections.com.au/GoldC
  oast/Weather/index.html