Dentist Gold Coast

Dentist Gold Coast: Krollner Dental is a family owned dental surgery in Miami on the Gold Coast and provides dental services for the whole family.

Dentist Gold Coast: The services we offer included

Preventative Care

Avoidance of dental appointments with your gold coast dentist can result in costly treatment. Prevention is much better than cure. As gold coast dentists, we offer routine dental care check-ups and cleans to help keep your smile in a healthy and balanced condition. These comprehensive cleans eliminate the build-up of calculus (tartar) from around your smile, which is extremely vital in maintaining your gum and keeping the tissue healthy.

If this calculus is not eliminated and permitted to develop further under your gums, it might provide you with bleeding gums, terrible breath and sooner or later a gum condition that could potentially cause teeth to become loose. When gum and bone tissue is lost, it is impossible to get it back. A comprehensive scale and clean from your dental practitioner and increased brushing and oral health will in many cases enhance the wellness of the gum tissue and avoid gum disease

Root Canal Treatment

Root canal, or endodontic treatment is started to enable you to keep teeth which are hurting and otherwise need to be removed. It’s needed in the event that the nerves inside the enamel are impacted from serious decay or a fracture that reveals the nerve to micro-organisms. When the nerve gets contaminated, the illness may spread and causes various other issues such as: facial puffiness, serious and throbbing pain, enhanced sensitiveness to heat, extreme pain on biting etc. If you experience any of these syndroms, please contact your dental specialist on the gold coast to have the situation assessed.

Root canal therapy is the elimination of the contaminated nerve and any micro-organisms that could be contained in the underlying canals. As soon as all of the underlying canals are cleaned, they’re filled and sealed with a rubber-like product known as gutta-percha that can help avoid bacteria from re-entering the underlying channel room.

Emergency Appointments

As a gold coast dental surgery, all our dentists are well skilled to aid diagnose and treat painful tooth and knocked teeth. All of our dentists will attempt and accommodate you and get you away from discomfort as quickly as feasible.

Wearing Mouthguards

If you or your kids are participating in contact recreations, our miami gold coast dental team suggests  that a mouthguard is made to protect the teeth from undesirable damage. A mouthguard is generally designed for the protection of teeth and is made from rubberized materials that can help avoiding harm to the teeth.

Splints for Teeth Grinding

If you observe that your jaws are sore in the early morning, or your partner complains that you are grinding your teeth at night, then chances are you could have a condition known as bruxism. Bruxism is whenever you clench or work your teeth collectively either in the day or at sleep. This leaves strains regarding the jaw muscle tissue and may put stress on your teeth. In the long run, this might trigger your teeth to wear off faster as they’ve been used away through a lot of days and nights of grinding. It may also trigger discomfort to radiate up towards the ear, the temple and also down the neck

An occlusal splint is made from a tough acrylic that can help avoid the teeth from grinding all the time. A splint made form a gold coast dentist will reduce the grinding routine and offers both you and your partner an excellent night’s sleep.

Krollner Dental is a dental surgery on the Gold Coast that is located in Miami QLD. We are offering dental services to patients in Miami, Varsity Lakes, Robina, Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Mermaid Beach, Mermaid Waters and surrounding suburbs.

We accept all health funds at Krollner Dental and have a HICAPS machine available for instant claiming with your health fund. We also have preferred provider agreements in place with the following health funds:

WATERWAYS

Waterfront canal living is a feature of the Gold Coast, and most canal frontage homes have pontoons. The Gold Coast Seaway, between The Spit and South Stradbroke Island, allows vessels direct access to the Pacific Ocean from The Broadwater and many of the city’s canal estates. Breakwaters on either side of the Seaway prevent longshore drift and the bar from silting up. A sand pumping operation on the Spit pipes sand under the Seaway to continue this natural process.

Residential canals were first built on the Gold Coast in 1950s and construction continues. Most canals are extensions to the Nerang River, but there are more to the south along Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek and to the north along the Gold Coast Broadwater, South Stradbroke Island, Coomera River and southern Moreton Bay. Early canals included Florida Gardens, Isle of Capri which were under construction at the time of the 1954 flood. Recently constructed canals include Harbour Quays and Riverlinks completed in 2007. There is over 890 km of constructed residential waterfront land within the city that is home to over 80,000 residents.

BEACHES

The city consists of 57 kilometres (35 mi) of coastline with some of the most popular surf breaks in Australia and the world including, South Stradbroke Island, The Spit, Main Beach, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach, Nobby Beach, Miami, Burleigh Beach, Burleigh Heads, Tallebudgera Beach, Palm Beach, Currumbin Beach, Tugun, Bilinga, Kirra, Coolangatta, Greenmount, Rainbow Bay, Snapper Rocks and Froggies Beach. Duranbah Beach is one of the world’s best known surfing beaches and is often thought of as being part of Gold Coast City, but is actually just across the New South Wales state border in Tweed Shire. The official name for the beach is Flagstaff Beach. Duranbah is a small town located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of the beach, but the name Duranbah Beach has become its accepted (if not official) identity.

There are also beaches along many of the Gold Coast’s 860 km (530 mi) of navigable tidal waterways. Popular inland beaches include Southport, Budds Beach, Marine Stadium, Currumbin Alley, Tallebudgera Estuary, Jacobs Well, Jabiru Island, Paradise Point, Harley Park Labrador, Santa Barbara, Boykambil and Evandale Lake.

BEACH SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT

Gold Coast has Australia’s largest^[8] professional surf lifesaving service to protect people on the beaches and to promote surf safety throughout the community. The Queensland Department of Primary Industries carries out the Queensland Shark Control Program (SCP) to protect swimmers from sharks.^[9] Sharks are caught by using nets and baited drumlines off the major swimming beaches. Even with the SCP, sharks do range within sight of the patrolled beaches. Lifeguards will clear swimmers from the water if it is considered that there is a safety risk.

Gold Coast beaches have experienced periods of severe beach erosion. In 1967, a series of 11 cyclones removed most of the sand from Gold Coast beaches. The Government of Queensland engaged engineers from Delft University in the Netherlands to advise what to do about the beach erosion. The Delft Report^[10] was published in 1971 and outlined a series of works for Gold Coast Beaches including Gold Coast Seaway,^[11] works at Narrowneck that resulted in the Northern Gold Coast Beach Protection Strategy^[12] and works at the Tweed River that became the Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Project.^[13]

By 2005 most of the recommendations of the 1971 Delft Report had been implemented. Gold Coast City commenced implementation of the Palm Beach, Protection Strategy^[14] but ran into considerable opposition from the community participating in a NO REEF protest campaign.^[15] The Gold Coast City Council then committed to completing a review of beach management practices to update the Delft Report. The Gold Coast Shoreline Management Plan^[16] will be delivered by organisations including the EPA, Gold Coast City and the Griffith Centre for Coastal Management. Gold Coast City is also investing into the quality and capacity of the Gold Coast Oceanway that provides sustainable transport along Gold Coast beaches.^{[citation needed]}

GOVERNANCE

The border between Queensland and New South Wales can be seen where the pine trees line the centre of the street.

The city is governed at the local level by the Gold Coast City Council, the second largest local government in the country behind Brisbane City. Its origins lie in two local governments established at the 10 June 1949 elections: Town of the South Coast, which merged the Town of Coolangatta, Town of Southport and part of the Shire of Nerang; and the Shire of Albert, which took in a large surrounding region. On 23 October 1959, South Coast was renamed Gold Coast and on 16 May 1959 it was proclaimed as a City. The modern Gold Coast City was created in 1995 when the existing City and the Shire of Albert merged. In 2008, the Gold Coast shrank slightly as part of Queensland government’s reorganisation of local government boundaries, losing the Beenleigh and Eagleby areas north of the Albert River to Logan City Council. Dentist Gold Coast. The Gold Coast City Council has 14 councillors, each representing a division of the City. Former Olympian Ron Clarke was elected Mayor of the Gold Coast in 2004. Former mayors include Gary Baildon, Lex Bell, Ray Stevens, Ern Harley and Sir Bruce Small, who was responsible for the development of many of the canal estates that are now home to thousands of Gold Coast residents.

The Gold Coast area is represented at the state level by ten members in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The seats they hold are: Albert, Broadwater, Burleigh, Coomera, Currumbin, Gaven, Mudgeeraba, Robina, Southport and Surfers Paradise. Federally, the Gold Coast area is represented by three members in the House of Representatives, whose seats are Fadden (northern), Moncrieff(central) and McPherson (southern). Some western areas are part of the Forde, which is centred in the Scenic Rim Region.

Historically, Gold Coast has tilted conservative. The three Gold Coast federal divisions have returned only Liberal Party representatives since 1986, and Labor has historically only done well around Labrador and Coolangatta. At the state level, Labor has been fairly competitive in the Gold Coast for most of the early part of the 21st century. However, as part of its massive landslide in the 2012 state election, the Liberal National Party now holds every seat there.

Southport Courthouse is the city’s major courthouse and has jurisdiction to hear petty criminal offences and civil matters up to A$250,000. Indictable offences, criminal sentencing and civil matters above A$250,000 are heard in the higher Supreme Court of Queensland which is located in Brisbane. There are subsidiary Magistrates Courts, also located at the northern and southern suburbs of Beenleigh and Coolangatta.

ECONOMY

In fifty years, Gold Coast City has grown from a small beachside holiday destination to Australia’s sixth largest city (and the country’s most populous non-capital city). Situated within South East Queensland’s growth corridor, the city is now considered Australia’s fastest growing large city, with a 5-year annual average population growth rate of 3.4%, compared to 1.2% for Australia.^[17] Gross Regional Product has risen from A$9.7 billion in 2001, to A$15.6 billion in 2008, a rise of 61 percent.^[18] Tourism remains fundamental to Gold Coast City’s economy, with almost 10 million visitors a year to the area.^[19] In the past the economy was driven by the population derived industries of construction, tourism and retail. Some diversification has taken place, with the city now having an industrial base formed of marine, education, information communication and technology, food, tourism, creative, environment and sports industries. These nine industries have been identified as the key industries by the Gold Coast City Council to deliver the city’s economic prosperity. Gold Coast City’s unemployment rate (5.6 per cent) is below the national level (5.9 per cent).^[20]

TOURISM

Around 10 million tourists visit the Gold Coast area every year: of 849,114 international visitors, 3,468,000 domestic overnight visitors and 5,366,000 daytrip visitors. Tourism is the region’s biggest industry,^[21] directly contributing more than $4.4 billion into the city economy every year and directly accounting for one in four jobs in the city^[22] There are approximately 65,000 bed spaces, 60 kilometres of beach, 600 kilometres of canal, 100,000 hectares of nature reserve, 500 restaurants, 40 golf courses and 5 major theme parks in the city. There have been various prospects and proposals raised for even more theme parks than the current five.

Gold Coast Airport provides connection across Australia with airlines including Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Tiger Airways. International services from Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia also land at Gold Coast Airport with airlines including Flyscoot, Jetstar, Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia and Airasia X. Brisbane Airport is less than one hour from the centre of Gold Coast, and direct trainsoperate.

FILM PRODUCTION

Gold Coast City is the major film production centre in Queensland and has accounted for 75%^[23] of all film production Queensland since the 1990s, with an expenditure of around $150 million per year. Gold Coast is the third largest film production centre in Australia behind Sydney and Melbourne. Warner Brothers have studios located just outside of the city, at Oxenford which have been the filming locations for films such as the Scooby Doo films and House of Wax (2005). Many Bollywood films also use GC as a filming location, such as Singh Is King.

Village Roadshow Studios are adjacent to the Warner Bros Movie World Theme Park at Oxenford. The Studios consists of eight sound stages, production offices, editing rooms, wardrobe, construction workshops, water tanks and commissary. These sound stages vary in size and have an overall floor area of 10,844 sq metres, making Warner Roadshow Studio one of the largest studio lots in the Southern Hemisphere. Recently shot^[when?] there is the latest film in the award-winning Narnia series, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the largest production ever to be made on the Gold Coast.^{[citation needed]} The Queensland Government actively supports the film and television production industry in Queensland and provides both non-financial and financial assistance through the Pacific Film and Television Commission.^[24]

Gold Coast is also the filming site for the TV series, H2O: Just Add Water. Australia crime series The Strip is set on the Gold Coast. Big Brother Australia was filmed at the Dreamworld Studios. In January 2002, the third season of The Mole was filmed and based mostly on the Gold Coast. Venues and destinations used included the Gold Coast shopping malls, Burleigh Heads, the Hinze Dam, Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, Warner Bros. Movie World and Binna Burra.

CULTURAL

MUSIC

Music groups in this region include the Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra and Operator Please. Musicians Casey Barnes, Cody Simpson and Ricki-Lee Coulter are from Gold Coast. Music events include Big Day Out, Good Vibrations Festival, Summafieldayze, and V Festival (2007–2009).

SPORT AND RECREATION

Gold Coast is represented in two national competitions by the following teams:

Recreational activities on the Gold Coast include surfing, fishing, cycling, boating and golf. The Gold Coast area has numerous golf links, including Hope Island, Sanctuary Cove and The Glades.

There are a number of libraries located on the Gold Coast. For a full list see Gold Coast libraries.

Sporting facilities include the Carrara Stadium, Carrara Indoor Sport Centre, Nerang Velodrome and the Sports Super Centre. Some of these facilities are being superseded by newer and larger capacity facilities. Two examples of these are the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre to play host to a Gold Coast Basketball team and Skilled Park to host NRL games.

Former World Wrestling Entertainment performer Nathan Jones comes from Gold Coast, as do Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Grant Hackett, 2011 US Open tennis champion Samantha Stosur and Sally Pearson (who recently received the keys to the city).

FORMER TEAMS IN NATIONAL COMPETITIONS

EVENTS

The Gold Coast 600 (formerly known as Lexmark Indy 300) is a car racing event held annually, usually in October. The course runs through the streets of Surfers Paradise and Main Beach. The GC 600 comprises many other events such as the Indy Undie Ball and the Miss Indy Competition. Formerly an Indy car event, V8 Supercars are now the headline attraction, using a similar track route, as the circuit was cut in half by a hairpin. The Magic Millions carnival is the brainchild of entrepreneurs Gerry Harvey (of Harvey Normans) and John Singleton. There are plans to relocate and build a state-of-the-art new racetrack at Palm Meadows which will incorporate the Magic Million sale with facilities for up to 4000 horses.^{[citation needed]}

Each June, Coolangatta hosts the Wintersun Festival renamed as Cooly Rocks On for 2011, a two-week 1950s and 1960s nostalgia festival with free entertainment and attractions, including hot rods, restored cars and revival bands playing music of the era. Every July, more than 25,000 congregate on the Gold Coast from around the world to participate in the Gold Coast Marathon. It is also the largest annual community sporting event held on the Gold Coast. In 2012, it will be held on 30 June – 1 July and the 34th Gold Coast Airport Marathon is set to motivate and challenge more than 25,000 people of all ages and abilities. The Gold Coast Airport Marathon will feature an event for all ages and abilities, including the full Gold Coast Airport Marathon, ASICS Half Marathon, Southern Cross University 10 km Run, Queensland Health 5.7 km Challenge, and Junior Dash over 4 km and the 2 km.

Late November to early December sees thousands of school leavers across the country descend on the Gold Coast for Schoolies, a two-week period of celebration and parties throughout Surfers Paradise, hosted by the Gold Coast City . The event is often criticised nationally and locally for its portrayal of drinking and acts of violence, however every effort by the Queensland Police and State Government to ensure all school leavers have a good time are put into place, including locals volunteering by walking the streets and keeping an eye out for those in need of assistance. Early each year the Gold Coast hosts one leg of the ASP World Tour of surfing, where some of the worlds best surfers compete in the Quiksilver Pro at Coolangatta.

The Arts Centre Gold Coast located in Evandale, features a fine art gallery featuring local and international works from painting to sculpture and new media. In addition, there is a theatre for live productions including musicals as well two arts cinemas showing foreign and independent films from Australia and abroad.

MEDIA

The daily, local newspaper is The Gold Coast Bulletin which is published by News Corporation. Newspapers from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Northern NSW towns such as Tweed Heads and Lismore are also available. National surfing magazine Australia’s Surfing Life is published in the Gold Coast suburb of Burleigh Heads, by Morrison Media.

The Gold Coast is in the television broadcast licence areas of both Brisbane (metro) and Northern New South Wales (regional). The Brisbane primary channels are Seven, Nine and Ten. The regional affiliates are Prime7 (aligned with Seven), NBN Television (aligned with Nine) and Southern Cross Ten. Both sets of commercial stations are available throughout the Gold Coast, as well as the ABC (ABC1) and SBS (SBS ONE) television services. Digital-only channels available in addition to the ones listed above include One HD, Eleven, ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24, SBS Two, 7Two, 7mate, GEM and GO!. SBS ONE simulcasts its programming in high definition on SBS HD. Subscription television services Foxtel (via cable) and Austar (via satellite) are also available.

Major FM radio stations include 92.5 Gold FM (part of the Macquarie Regional RadioWorks network – a mix of 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and current hits), 90.9 SEA FM (callsign 4SEA – Top 40, pop), FM 102.9 Hot Tomato (a mix of 80s 90s and Top 40), 99.4 Rebel FM (Rock), 100.6 Breeze FM (Classic Hits/Easy), 89.3 4CRB-FM (Christian), 91.7 ABC Coast FM (contemporary, ABC local news and information), 93.5 SBS (Brisbane), 94.1 Jazz Radio (jazz, blues and swing music), 97.7 JJJ Triple J (alternative and chart music), 104 4MBS Classic, 105.7 Radio Metro (dance, pop, R&B, and left field), 106 ABC Classic FM, and 107.3 Juice (Christian). Several Brisbane AM and FM radio stations can also be received. Aiysha Saagar^[25][26] first Indian to became brand Ambassador of Gold Coast

TOURISM AND LANDMARKS

Tourism is Gold Coast City’s main industry, generating a total of $2.5 billion in revenue per annum.^{[citation needed]} Gold Coast is the most popular tourist destination in Queensland.^[27] It is Australia’s 5th most visited destination in Australia by international tourists.^[28] It has over 13,000 available guest rooms contributing over $335 million to the local economy each year. Accommodation options available range from backpacker hostels to five star resorts and hotels. The most common style of accommodation is three and four star self-contained apartments.^{[citation needed]} Tourist attractions include surf beaches, and theme parks including, Dreamworld, Sea World, Wet’n’Wild Water World, Warner Bros. Movie World, WhiteWater World, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, David Fleay Wildlife Park, Australian Outback Spectacular and Paradise Country. For all the available experiences on the Gold Coast visit https://www.visitgoldcoast.com

Since the opening of what was then the world’s highest residential tower in 2005 (it is now the fifth highest), the Q1 building has been a destination for tourists and locals alike. It is the second highest public vantage point in the southern hemisphere after the Eureka Tower in Melbourne. The observation deck at level 77 is the highest of its kind in Queensland and offers views in all directions, from Brisbane to Byron Bay. It towers over the Surfers Paradise skyline, with the observation deck 230 metres (755 feet) high, and the spire extending nearly another hundred metres up. In total, the Q1 is 322.5 metres (1058 feet) high.

Another famous tourist attraction are the Surfers Paradise Meter Maids, instituted in 1965 to put a positive spin on new parking regulations. To avoid tickets being issued for expired parking, the Meter Maids dispense coins into the meter and leave a calling card under the windscreen wiper of the vehicle. The Maids are still a part of the Surfers Paradise culture but the scheme is now run by private enterprise.

EDUCATION

The Gold Coast’s education infrastructure includes:

• Universities – Three major university campuses (The Southern Cross University Beachside Campus, which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, convention and event management, international tourism management and law and paralegal studies; Bond University at Robina and Griffith University, incorporating the Griffith Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and Oral Health at the Gold Coast Hospital and the main campus at Southport) and the smaller campus of Central Queensland University at Southport
• TAFE – Five campuses at Southport, Ridgeway (Ashmore), Benowa, Coomera and Coolangatta
• Schools – Over 100 primary and secondary schools, both public and private and of a variety of denominations, including the selective state high school Queensland Academy for Health Sciences and single-sex private schools The Southport School and St Hilda’s School. The longest established public school on the Gold Coast is Southport State High School, having originally opened in 1916.

INFRASTRUCTURE

HEALTH

The Gold Coast Hospital at Southport is the city’s major teaching and referral hospital and the third largest in Queensland, attending to over 58,000 cases a year,^[29] and overseeing other services of the Gold Coast Health Service District as its head office. There is a second public hospital situated in Robina currently undergoing expansion to become a 364-bed hospital.^[30] Its current services include rehabilitation, psychiatric and palliative wards and Emergency and Intensive Care Departments.

Private hospitals in the city include Allamanda Private Hospital located at Southport, Pindara Hospital at Benowa and John Flynn Gold Coast Private Hospital at Tugun in the city’s south.

Gold Coast University Hospital Project

Work began on the new Gold Coast University Hospital in late 2008. The $1.76 billion, 750-bed facility will be more than three times the size of the existing Gold Coast Hospital. It is being constructed on a green field site at Parklands Drive Southport and will replace the existing facility. Practical completion is due to occur on 12 December 2012. Dentist Gold Coast.

TRANSPORT

Transport modes in the Gold Coast include cars, taxis, buses, ferries, rail and monorail, for commuting to work, visiting attractions, and travelling to other destinations, both domestically and internationally.

The car is the dominant mode of transport in the Gold Coast, with over 70% of people using the car as their sole mode of travelling to work.^[31] A number of major roads connect the Gold Coast with Brisbane, New South Wales, and the surrounding areas. The Pacific Motorway (M1) is the main motorway in the area. Beginning at the Logan Motorway (M6) in Brisbane, it travels through the inland Gold Coast region and links with the Pacific Highway at the New South Wales/Queensland border near Tweed Heads. Before the Tugun Bypasswas completed in 2008, the motorway ended at Tugun. The Gold Coast Highway services the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast, including Surfers Paradise, Southport, and Burleigh Heads. Starting at the Pacific Motorway at Tweed Heads, it runs parallel to the coast until it reaches Labrador, where it turns inland to meet the Pacific Motorway again at Helensvale. Other arterial roads include the Smith St Motorway, Reedy Creek Road, Nerang-Broadbeach Road and Bermuda St.

The Gold Coast’s main provider of public bus services is Surfside Buslines.^[32] It is a part of the TransLink initiative by the Queensland Government, designed to coordinate the public transport providers in Brisbane and the surrounding areas. The majority of the bus routes that Surfside operates run along the Gold Coast Highway. Services are frequent during the day, with intervals being as little as 5 minutes between Southport and Burleigh Heads. Queensland Rail operates rail services from Brisbane to the Gold Coast along the Gold Coast railway line. The line follows the same route as the Beenleigh railway line, continuing on after reaching Beenleigh. It then follows a route similar to that of the Pacific Motorway, passing stations at Coomera, Helensvale, Nerang and Robina before terminating at Varsity Lakes. An extension to Coolangatta and the Gold Coast Airport is proposed.

Gold Coast Airport is located at Coolangatta, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) south of Surfers Paradise. Services are provided to interstate capitals and major cities as well as to major New Zealand cities, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore.

The increasing population has resulted in an increase in traffic congestion.^[33] This has led to the Queensland State Government and Gold Coast City placing more effort into investing into sustainable transport. Examples include public transport including a new ferry service, community bike hire^[34] and a rapid transit system and infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists such as the Gold Coast Oceanway.^[35]

UTILITIES

Electricity

Electricity for the Gold Coast is sourced from Powerlink Queensland at bulk supply substations which is provided via the National Electricity Market from an interconnected multi-State power system. The Government-owned electricity corporation Energex distributes and retails electricity, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and value-added products and services to residential, industrial and commercial customers in South-East Queensland.

Water supply The Hinze Dam 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Nerang is the population’s main water supply. The Little Nerang Dam which feeds into Hinze Dam can supplement part of the city area’s water needs, and both are managed by the city council directorate Gold Coast Water. Reforms of the way in which the water industry is structured have been announced by the State Government, with transfer of ownership and management of water services from local government to the state occurring in 2008–09. Gold Coast City also sources water from Wivenhoe Dam, west of Brisbane for northern suburbs when the Hinze Dam, at one-tenth of Wivenhoe’s capacity, becomes low.

Water shortage and water restrictions have been current local issues, and a few new Gold Coast residential areas have recently included dual reticulation in their planning and development to supply water from a new water recycling plant being built concurrently. This will make available highly treated recycled water for use around the home in addition to potable water. The Gold Coast has received world recognition for this scheme in its Pimpama-Coomera suburbs.^[36]

Gold Coast Water has also been recognised for its world leading HACCP water quality management system by the World Health Organisation which published Gold Coast Water’s system as a good model for managing water quality and safety from catchment to tap.^[37] The Gold Coast desalination plant, which opened in February 2009,^[38] has the capacity to supply up to 133 megalitres of desalinated water per day.^[39]

PROJECTS

• Gold Coast University Hospital – a $1.76 billion project to be completed 12/12/12^[40]
• The Gold Coast has been also debating a controversial cruise ship terminal.^[41]
• Gold Coast Rapid Transit System a light rail rapid transit system running from the currently under construction Gold Coast University Hospital to Southport via Smith, Wardoo, Queen and Nerang Streets and then to Broadbeach along the Gold Coast Highway where the first stage of the project terminates.^[42] It is likely that a second stage from the Gold Coast University Hospital to Helensvale station^[43] will now be constructed due to the cities successful bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
• The existing heavy rail Gold Coast line will be extended to Coolangatta.^[44]

SISTER CITIES

According to the BusinessGC Council Website, Gold Coast is twinned with:

•  Beihai, Guangxi, China
•  Acapulco, Mexico
•  Corfu, Greece
•  Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
•  Dubai, United Arab Emirates
•  Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
•  Horowhenua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
•  Kanagawa, Japan
•  Takasu, Hokkaido, Japan
•  Netanya, Israel^[45]
•  Nouméa, New Caledonia (France)
•  Tainan, Taiwan
•  Taipei, Taiwan
•  Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

SEE ALSO

Queensland portal

• Gold Coast hinterland

REFERENCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland