Sunday, September 09, 2007

Gold Coast Indy 2007 - The race is already on!

The Gold Coast Indy is set to start on October the 18th but for some the race is already on!



Construction of grandstands, walk over bridges is well underway. Within Main Beach and Surfers Paradise roads are becoming a racetrack once again.

Pitlane and it's grandstands at Macintosh Island are being sectioned out and bolted up.



Construction workers and engineers are flat strap trying to get the new Macintosh Island Bridge completed before commencement of the event.


And this years Indy is tipped to be a big one with more off track entertainment including a music festival at Broadbeach and a drifting competition at the Southport Broadwater carpark adding to the off track entertainment. Last year the four day event attracted over 300,000 people making it the largest motorsport event on Australia's calender.

If your still trying to track down accommodation - good luck! There may be a something left through the accommodation aggregators listed see: Gold Coast Indy page.

On the track things look pretty hot with the expected shoot out between Australia Will Power and Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais and V8 Supercars will provide the homegrown door slamming action as usual!

Can't Wait!

Videos of last years Indy



More:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUs7OgUj-Eo&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWp4jyjzsgU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb0BZ6wKlkE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj64ogxm4Z
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN19KNDnJLA
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Gold Coasts No.1 Website fiasco

A couple of weeks ago the local newspaper - The Gold Coast Bulletin - released it's new website/news portal which at the time didn't interest me so much as the newspaper itself fails to interest me.

Although there has been a couple of blog posts which I found not only amusing but also revealing inspiring me to put my thoughts out there.


Now the first thing that just makes a joke out of the four page wrapper is that sub headline. "Gold Coast's No.1 Website..." umm..so that is Gold Coast is No.1 Website? This was throughout the non labeled promotional piece. Now you could expect such much mistakes from a blogger but not mainstream media, It's an absolute embarrassment for the residents of the region. No wonder that no other media touched the story.

They also boldly claim to be the regions No.1 website just days after launching the site? Can they back that up with anything other than puffery? No and perhaps that's the reason for the misspell.

They also make, what I would call defamatory, claims such as 'The Gold Coasts tourism operators finally have a single place to concentrate their marketing efforts after many years of needing to use multiple small ineffective websites', really. I'm sure the ACCC would find that somewhat interesting.

Should the owners of websites relating to the Gold Coast be a little upset. Absolutely and so should the Gold Coast Council and Tourism Queensland.

The posts that made me post:
We're Way Ahead
Murdoch Owns The Gold Coast: Is Everyone OK With That?

The other points expressed in those posts are the fact that how did Auda (the domain regulator) let city names slip to the corporate sector?

The other post is somewhat disturbing revealing monopoly domination of media, now seemingly both offline and online.

Great work by both of those bloggers.
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Friday, June 22, 2007

Shankar dada Zindabad - filming on the Gold Coast

Its always fun when you wander along the beach and run into a movie crew! This week the crew filming the movie Shankar dada Zindabad where completing some of their filming for the movie on the beaches of the Gold Coast.

Shankar dada Zindabad is being made by filmmakers from Teluga, India aka Tollywood. The movie stars Chiranjeevi and Karishma Kotak.

Photo: The film crew used Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast as one of their shoot locations.


Photo: Karishma Kotak and Chiranjeevi in action on the set of Shankar Dada Zindabad.


Photo: Karishma Kotak and Chiranjeevi taking a minute after shooting a scene.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Soldiers on the March

The Soldier Crab lives in sandy estuaries and mangroves, and occurs in massive groups that seem to emerge from nowhere all at the same time. A small army of Soldier Crabs inhabits the calm waters of the Spit (Doug Jennings Park) on the Gold Coast - pictured below.

Soldier crabs will comb the sandy intertidal zones scooping up this debris with their front claws and eating it. The crabs will then deposit the waste sand that is left over in compacted balls called pseudofaece. The photo above shows a small 'army' of Soldier Crabs moving across the beach, also seen is the pebbling effect of the beach being their compacted waste.


It is thought that their spontaneous arrival is triggered by the falling tide. If disturbed, they burrow into the sand with a corkscrew motion, disappearing as quickly as they arrived. In the photo below one little fella is just poking his head out for a look behind his mate.



The Soldier Crabs are also the only crabs that can walk forwards rather than sideways.

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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

The Gold Coast for Shopping

I'm not much of a shop-aholic although many people enjoy a little retail therapy particularly when there is a bargain to be had.

During June the Gold Coast goes bizarre! No not really it just has a bazaar. It's just Surfers Paradise at nightclub closing time that gets a little bizarre! Anyway, for the whole month the entire city and it's businesses really turn it up with mini events, fashion shows and retailer discounts.


I think it was intended to give tourism a bit of a boost during the slow month of June, but it's a bonus for a local as June is kinda boring without any big ticket items except for State of Origin footy.

The coast has a huge array of places to go window shopping and bargain hunting, check out Gold Coast Shopping Centres for a list of the major retail shopping complexes on the Gold Coast. Apart from the major centres there are a number of areas that contain boutique shopping experiences and bargains just the same check out Tedder ave on Main Beach and Marina Mirage for designer clothes, art and lovely cafes. Also at Broadbeach you can also find apart from the impressive range of restuarants some very interesting little shops with things you just won't find at the major centres.

For more info on the Bazaar check out Gold Coast Bazaar.
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Sunday, May 06, 2007

Shot of the Broadwater



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Monday, April 23, 2007

Asia Pacific Screen Awards on the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is set to reach for the stars on November the 13th by playing host to the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The Asia Pacific Screen Awards will feature films from 70 countries competing for awards in 11 categories. It's interesting to note that the Asia-Pacific region produces almost half of the films made in the world.

The awards will be held in conjunction with the Screen Producers Association of Australia conference at the end of which will be the Inside Film Awards. The SPAA Conference attracts up to 650 industry representatives and key decision makers from the film and television industry. The SPAA conference takes place from 13-16 November 2007 at the Sheraton Mirage Resort.

The Inside Film Awards will take place on the 16 of November at the Crowne Plaza Royal Pines resort.

Events coverage will also betting coverage on CNN International and locally on SBS.
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World Cup Rugby League on the Gold Coast

Premier Beattie announced earlier this week that Queensland will play host to the 2008 Rugby League World Cup which will be another boost to Queensland tourism and another great spectacle for locals.

Australia dominates the World Cup having won 9 of the twelve tournaments played and next year the tournament also celebrates 100 years of Rugby League. The 2008 competition will feature 10 teams with Australia, New Zealand, England, Papua New Guinea and France entered automatically. Five more teams will be selected from the Qualifiers which started in April 2006.

The new Skilled Stadium on the Gold Coast will play host to one game on the first of November, 2008. Skilled Park is currently under construction at Robina and will have a seating capacity for 25,000.



Skilled Park - Gold Coast at 04/07
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Hooters on the Gold Coast!

The hugely successful Hooters chain of stores has come to the Gold Coast Australia. Hooters is a themed restaurant which employ a casual sports-theme, attractive waitresses, sports on TV...yep a blokes heaven! In layman terms hot chicks, hearty food, sport on the big screen and beer!

The first Hooters store opened in Clearwater Florida US and now there is over 435 Hooters located across the world.

In the US there is even a Hooters Casino located near the famous Las Vegas Strip. Hooters Inc also operated a low fare Airline in the US with 3 737 and 1 757 Boeing aircraft servicing 17 cities although unfortunately ceasing operations in 2006 reportedly in the wake of rising fuel costs.

The Mermaid Beach Hooters will be the second store to open in Australia with plans for a Hooters Brisbane in the future. Hooters at Mermaid Beach opens on Monday 23rd of April. Visit the Hooters website to find out more.

PS: If you though visiting Hooters during the Gold Coast Indy, I would probably book a seat now!
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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Gold Coast Photos




Searching for some photos of the Gold Coast just recently I came across a site called slide where you can create cool slide shows from your photos and send them to freinds or post it to your favorite website. The team over at GoldCoastInfo.net have created there own set of slides that anyone can use from there collection of photos.

Heaps of photos can be found at the Goldcoastinfo site and are free to use under a creative commons licence (attribution required).

Photos of the Gold Coast supplied by :Gold Coast Info - Photos
From Slide.com Gold Coast at Slide.com
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