1/14Jim Cavill’s Surfers Paradise Hotel
Gold Coast landmarks: Then and Now
The Gold Coast has changed dramatically in the past century. Here are some of its most famous landmarks and locations from yesteryear to today.
2/14The old Surfers Paradise Hotel site in 2020, now the Paradise Centre. Picture Glenn Hampson
3/14The Cecil Hotel Southport 2020. Picture Glenn Hampson
4/14The Cecil Hotel, Southport
5/14Surfers Paradise from Kurrawa 2020.. Picture Glenn Hampson
6/14Sunrise at Broadbeach in 2000 looking towards the Surfers Paradise towers. Picture: Adam Ward.
7/14Sundale Shopping Centre, Southport in November 1996
8/14Sundale precinct Southport 2020.. Picture Glenn Hampson
9/14Pacific Fair 2020. Picture Glenn Hampson
10/14Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, June 1995
11/14McDonalds Surfers Paradise 2020. Picture Glenn Hampson
12/14Cavill Mall and the Grundy's slides, Surfers Paradise, early 1980s
13/14Cavill Mall Surfers Paradise 2020. Picture Glenn Hampson
14/14Cavill Mall, Surfers Paradise, 1975
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