Coolangatta
Coolangatta is a memorial in City of Gold Coast, Queensland. Coolangatta is situated nearby to Gilltrap Park, as well as near the nature reserve North Kirra.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Duranbah Beach and Captain Cook Memorial Light.
Duranbah Beach
Beach
Duranbah Beach, officially known as Flagstaff Beach, but also known as Dbah is the northernmost beach in New South Wales. Located in the Tweed Shire, Duranbah Beach is situated between the mouth of the Tweed River and the rocky headland Point Danger which also marks the Queensland-New South Wales border. Duranbah Beach is situated 3 km east of Coolangatta.
Captain Cook Memorial Light
Lighthouse
Point Danger Light, also known as the Captain Cook Memorial Light, is an active lighthouse located on Point Danger, a headland between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, marking the border between Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Captain Cook Memorial Light is situated 2½ km east of Coolangatta.
John Flynn Private Hospital
Hospital
John Flynn Private Hospital is an acute care facility in the southern Gold Coast suburb of Tugun. The 345 bed hospital provides services to people of southern Gold Coast and parts of the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. John Flynn Private Hospital is situated 3½ km west of Coolangatta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coolangatta and Point Danger.
Coolangatta
Suburb
Photo: Vality7, Public domain.
Coolangatta is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is the Gold Coast's southernmost suburb and it borders New South Wales. In the 2021 census, Coolangatta had a population of 6,491 people.
Point Danger
Locality
Photo: Ché Lydia Xyang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Point Danger is a headland, located at Coolangatta on the southern end of the Gold Coast on the east coast of Australia. Separated by Snapper Rocks and Rainbow Bay to the west, with Duranbah Beach and the Tweed River mouth to the south, present-day Point Danger has also indicated the border between New South Wales and Queensland, Australia, since 1863. Point Danger is situated 2½ km east of Coolangatta.
Tweed Heads
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tweed Heads and Coolangatta are twin towns on the border between north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland. Coolangatta is in Queensland and part of the Gold Coast City.
Coolangatta
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-28.16636° or 28° 9′ 59″ southLongitude
153.5233° or 153° 31′ 24″ eastOpen location code
5R3MRGMF+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 8282672868OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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