It was named after Alan Foster Budd who built a house there in the 1940s. Д«udds Beach is a beach on the Nerang River on the mainland part of the suburb facing Macintosh Island, Chrevron Island and Cronin Island ( 27в…9вЂІ35вЂіS 153в‚5вЂІ27вЂіE п»ї / п»ї 27.9930В°S 153.4241вЋ п»ї / -27.9930 153.4241 п»ї ( Budds Beach)). Cronin Island is named after Jack Cronin, the first engineer employed by the Southport Town Council (now the Gold Coast City Council). It has another bridge to the north to Cronin Island ( 27в…9вЂІ34вЂіS 153в‚5вЂІ07вЂіE п»ї / п»ї 27.9927В°S 153.4186вЋ п»ї / -27.9927 153.4186 п»ї ( Cronin Island)), a smaller reclaimed island and residential neighbourhood which is only accessible by road via Chevron Island. Thomas Drive is the main road on an east-west axis and which connects the island by two bridges to mainland Surfers Paradise to the east and to the suburb or Southport to the west. It is connected to the mainland by the Gold Coast Highway, which passes through the eastern part of the island from north ( Main Beach) to south (Surfers Paradise). It was named after Hugh Macintosh, a draftsman in the Queensland Lands Department, who was heavily involved in the surveying of Gold Coast area. The course of the river has been modified extensively in the latter part of the 20th century to create permanent islands for residential development, some of which were natural features while others were on reclaimed land created by a system of canals. The Gold Coast Highway passes through the suburb from north to south. The south-west of the suburb is land on the western bank of the river and is bounded by Bundall Road. It is bounded to the north-west by the Nerang River which then flows through the suburb to exit at the suburb's most northerly boundary almost at the mouth of the river where it flows into the southern end of Moreton Bay.

The Esplanade is a road that runs along the coast in the north-east of the suburb. The entire coastline of Surfers Paradise is called Surfers Paradise Beach ( 28вЂ0вЂІ08вЂіS 153в‚5вЂІ53вЂіE п»ї / п»ї 28.0022В°S 153.4314вЋ п»ї / -28.0022 153.4314 п»ї ( Surfers Paradise Beach)) and is a continuous sandy surf beach. Surfers Point is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea of the Pacific Ocean. ДЄerial perspective of the coast along Surfer's Paradise. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Surfers Paradise was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a 'location'. Surfers Paradise is the Gold Coast's entertainment and tourism centre and the suburb's high-rise buildings are the best known feature of the city's skyline. One of the features of the area is the Surfers Paradise Meter Maids designed to build goodwill with tourists. Cavill Avenue, named after Jim Cavill, an early hotel owner, is one of the busiest shopping strips in Queensland, and the centre of activity for night life. The feature of the heart of the suburb is Cavill Mall, which runs through the shopping and entertainment precinct. Д¬olloquially known as 'Surfers', the suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach.

In the 2016 census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 23,689 people. Surfers Paradise is a coastal town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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