The Nerang River is a river within Gold Coast City in south-eastern Queensland. It starts in the Lamington Plateau on the New South Wales border and heads north, then east where it flows into the Gold Coast Broadwater at Southport on the Gold Coast. Gold Coast is a city and local government area in the southeast corner of Queensland, Australia. ... The South East Queensland region. ... Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Lamington is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 75 km south of Brisbane. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... The Gold Coast Broadwater is a large estuary of water as large as Sydney Harbour in the central Gold Coast. ... Southport is a coastal town near the mid-point of the Gold Coast, Australia and has one of the citys largest communities. ... Gold Coast is a city and local government area in the southeast corner of Queensland, Australia. ...

Name

The river was initially named the River Barrow by government surveyor Robert Dixon when he charted the Gold Coast in 1840, after Sir John Barrow, Secretary of the Admiralty.^[1] The surveyor general Thomas Mitchell later changed many places to Aboriginal names, and this included giving the Nerang River its present name. Neerang is a Yugambeh word meaning "little shark" or "shovel-nosed shark". But the local aboriginal people in fact called the river Mogumbin or Been-goor-abee. And the peoples of the Tweed called it Talgai. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS , FRGS , LL.D (June 19, 1764 – November 23, 1848) was an English statesman. ... Major Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell (June 16, 1792-1855), surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia, was born at Grangemouth in Stirlingshire, Scotland. ... Yugambeh (many other names; see below) is an Australian aboriginal language spoken by the Yugambeh people living on the South-East Queensland coast between the Logan River and the Tweed River (including South Stradbroke Island). ... The Tweed River is a short river on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Dams

On the Nerang river is the Hinze Dam, creating Advancetown Lake, the Gold Coast's main water supply. An older dam, higher up in the catchment and now called the Little Nerang Dam was an ealier water supply for the Gold Coast, Queensland. The dams are managed by Gold Coast Water The Hinze Dam supplies most of the water provided to Gold Coast City in Queensland, Australia. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... The Little Nerang Dam a secondary source of water supply to Gold Coast City in Queensland, Australia. ... Gold Coast is a city and local government area in the southeast corner of Queensland, Australia. ... Gold Coast Water logo Gold Coast Water is responsible for the provision of potable and recycled water products and wastewater services throughout the Gold Coast with a vision to create a sustainable waterfuture for the City. ...

Surfers Riverwalk

The Gold Coast City Council is considering investing into the quality and capacity of the Sufers Riverwalk. The route would connect the Gold Coast Highway Bridge crossing of the Nerang River at Main Beach to Pacific Fair Shopping Centre at Broadbeach, Queensland. The route includes Gold Coast City Council logo The Gold Coast City Council is the second largest local government in Australia based on the City’s resident population. ... Surfers Paradise by day during Schoolies week, in Cavill Mall. ... Milwaukee Riverwalk The Milwaukee Riverwalk is a continuous pedestrian walkway along the Milwaukee River in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... The Gold Coast Highway in Queensland, Australia link the suburbs that comprise the Gold Coast. ... Main Beach is a suburb of the Gold Coast. ... Pacific Fair - the largest shopping centre in Queensland is located in Broadbeach Waters on the Gold Coast. ... Broadbeach is a suburb of the Gold Coast. ...

• The western facing beaches of Main Beach
• The anabranch foreshores of McIntosh Island.
• Jaraparilla Cove
• The Marriott Hotel boardwalk
• Budds Beach
• Surfers Central Riverwalk ^[2] from Budds Beach to Lionel Perry Park
• The Paradise Island anabranch
• Cannes Avenue Reach of the Nerang River
• Cascade Gardens foreshores of Little Tallebudgera Creek
• Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre boardwalk
• Jupiters Casino Island foreshores
• Pacific Fair Shopping Centre

Main Beach is a suburb of the Gold Coast. ... Marriott International, Inc. ... The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Broadbeach, Gold Coast was opened on 29 June 2004 at a cost of $127 million and is linked by a covered walkway to Conrad Jupiters. ... Conrad Jupiters is a casino and hotel complex in the suburb of Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. ... Pacific Fair - the largest shopping centre in Queensland is located in Broadbeach Waters on the Gold Coast. ...

References

• Nerang page at the Gold Coast City Council

• The History of the Gold Coast at reflections.com.au

1. ^ Place Names of South-East Queensland by Piula Publications
2. ^ Surfers Central Riverwalk