A lovely walking trail wraps around Greenmount Hill connecting Greenmount Beach to Rainbow Bay from which you can head up the hill to the exotically named Point Danger and plant one foot in Queensland and another in New South Wales at this lookout which is also a great place for whale watching. Named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked here in , this suburb exudes an old-school beachside charm where you can still find a milkshake in a tin cup.
It combines this with world-class oceanfront hotels, restaurants and clubs, the most popular of which is Twin Towns Services Club, home to local and international acts. Flock to Coolangatta for retro festivals and, due to the summer time difference with Tweed Heads, celebrate New Years twice. Looking to live, invest or study on the Gold Coast? A handful of high-rise projects were built — the Greenmount Guesthouse was replaced by a multi-storey hotel in , and a number of apartment blocks were visible by — but by that year the Courier-Mail was able to observe that 'high rises have not yet spoiled the sleepy atmosphere of Coolangatta where family groups and retired people rule the waves and sand'.
Shortly after these comments, the local Chamber of Commerce was looking for ways to revitalise the town and have the airport upgraded for international flights. In the Courier-Mail reported that 'big money was pouring into Coolangatta with luxury resorts and trendy cafes springing up among the budget motels and fibro beach shacks along Marine Parade.
The last fibro remnants were demolished by The beach remained a broad strip of sloping white sand — no erosion or Noosa experience of 'looking for the beach among the boulders'. There were three surf life-saving clubs and a fourth at neighbouring Bilinga, just metres from the airport terminal. Traffic congestion on the Gold Coast highway, abutting the terminal, was eased in with the opening of the Tugan bypass, which skirts the western boundary of the airport.
An ambitious airport redevelopment in aimed to service the growth in low cost airline traffic, from Virgin, Jetstar and a new entrant, Tiger Airways, amounting to over four million passengers in The A ustralian Federal Police built a new headquarters at the airport. The Coolangatta campus of Southern Cross University, located near the airport, opened in The Coolangatta Gold is a multi-disciplinary endurance race with men's and women's events, with a long course of about 41 km and a short course of 27 km, including ocean swim, surf-ski, board paddle and running legs.
Originally run as a showcase event for the filming of the movie Coolangatta Gold , the annual event has continued. Between Snapper Rocks and Duranbah Beach, near the headland, is an metre memorial to Captain Cook which takes the form of a capstan moulded from cast-iron ballast jettisoned from the Endeavour and recovered in the s.
There are four supports that lie exactly on the compass points. This memorial is known as the Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse. Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse By any conventional measure the Captain Cook Memorial Lighthouse, which dates from , looks nothing like a lighthouse.
Constructed as four concrete columns - each of which points to the four main points on the compass - and a bronze sculpture, it looks more like a monument although it is operated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, is elevated 45 metres above sea level 20 metres above ground , and can be seen 18 nautical miles out to sea.
When it was first constructed it experimented with a laser beam but this proved unsatisfactory and by around it had returned to electric lamps, mirrors and magnifying glasses. There are picnic spots and a walk along the cliff-edge. Dolphins can sometimes be seen out to sea. There are views of the coastline from Surfers Paradise to Byron Bay.
North of the headland the beach is continuous to the small mouth of Flat Rock Creek. It is edged by Marine Parade and there is a narrow foreshore. Coolangatta Centaur Memorial and Walk of Remembrance It is a little known fact that the Japanese Navy, in the shape of submarines, was very active off the Queensland and the Australian coasts.
Located north of Coolangatta, it's a beachside town with many residential apartments, although there's no shortage of Kirra holiday apartments due to its proximity to the airport. The world-famous Super Bank, Snapper is the favourite amongst surfers on the Gold Coast, being regarded as the longest, most consistent and most hollow wave in the world - and has been known to be able to transport surfers from Snapper to Kirra!
Non-surfers can also enjoy great views of the Coast and out to sea, with whales often spotted migrating. Two relaxing but testing courses, gently undulating to flat with wide fairways, moderate bunkering and some water in play. Membership is also available. Featuring the major stores Target, Coles, Woolworths, McDonalds and Gloria Jeans, along with many speciality stores, seat food court, fashion stores, homewares, electronics and much more.
Located in the heart of the Coolangatta-Tweed commercial district.
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