Biggest moments in Gold Coast history

It’s been 60 years since the South Coast was renamed the Gold Coast. Here’s some of the biggest triumphs and tragedies since then.

1/36Mount Tamborine’s Henri Roberts Drive bus crash from September 1990

2/36Front page Gold Coast Bulletin September 26, 1990 of the Tamborine Mountain Bus Crash

3/36At the scene of the horror smash. PicGCB/Photo Picture: Photo File

4/36At the scene of the horror smash. PicGCB/Photo Picture: Photo File

This view looks across Cavill Avenue, Hanlan Street and Trickett Street. On the left can be seen Iluka under construction. Construction was completed in 1971. On the right is Paradise Towers with Kinkabool in front. Kinkabool was the first high rise to be built in Surfers Paradise. It was ten storeys high. Paradise Towers was constructed in 1965-66 Picture: Supplied

5/36This view looks across Cavill Avenue, Hanlan Street and Trickett Street. On the left can be seen Iluka under construction. Construction was completed in 1971. On the right is Paradise Towers with Kinkabool in front. Kinkabool was the first high rise to be built in Surfers Paradise. It was ten storeys high. Paradise Towers was constructed in 1965-66 Picture: Supplied

6/36Kinkabool Picture: Supplied

The new look at Surfers Paradise beach. High tide 7/6/60 left a steep cliff 10 feet high approximately 20 feet from the Esplanade after eroding thousands of tons of sand. In the centre of the picture is the new multistorey Kinkabool apartment building. Pic Eric Donnelly.

7/36The new look at Surfers Paradise beach. High tide 7/6/60 left a steep cliff 10 feet high approximately 20 feet from the Esplanade after eroding thousands of tons of sand. In the centre of the picture is the new multistorey Kinkabool apartment building. Pic Eric Donnelly.

8/36Front page Gold Coast Bulletin Tuesday November 26, 1985 Jupiters Casino

9/36Front page Bulletin Jupiters Casino November 22 1985

10/361974 flood in Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise. Note the ferry on the Nerang River in the background.

11/36Waist high 1974 flood on the corner of Cavill and Ferny Avenues.

12/36Remembering old Magic Mountain in Queensland. Picture: Supplied

13/36Magic Mountain in Queensland. Picture: Supplied

14/36Magic Mountain in Queensland. Picture: Supplied

15/36Opening of Movie World in 1991. Picture: supplied

16/36Crowds of visitors during opening of Movie World. Picture: Supplied

Premier Wayne Goss cuts the film at the opening of Movie World — actor Clint Eastwood (C) actress Goldie Hawn hidden by scissors. Picture: Supplied

17/36Premier Wayne Goss cuts the film at the opening of Movie World — actor Clint Eastwood (C) actress Goldie Hawn hidden by scissors. Picture: Supplied

18/36Nick Carrafa, Fiona Corke & George & Peta Kapiniaris at Movie World’s opening. Picture: supplied

19/36Actress Goldie Hawn at Movie World’s opening. Picture: Supplied

20/36Sundale Shopping Centre, Southport, Gold Coast from its opening in 1969. Picture: Gold Coast Libraries Local Studies Collection

21/36Sundale Shopping Centre, Southport. Picture: Gold Coast Libraries Local Studies Collection

22/36Sundale Shopping Centre, Southport. Picture: Gold Coast Libraries Local Studies Collection

23/36Sundale Shopping Centre, Southport. Picture: Gold Coast Libraries Local Studies Collection

24/36Sundale Shopping Centre, Southport. Picture: Gold Coast Libraries Local Studies Collection

25/36Aerial of Council Chambers, Evandale. Picture: Supplied

26/36Sea World helicopter crash on Stradbroke Island which killed seven people. March 3, 1991. Scan of original photograph by Cavan Flynn.

27/36Created as the centrepiece of the 1984 movie, the 'real' Coolangatta Gold race was won by Guy Leech.

28/36Gold Coast Tweed Giants vs Broncos in 1988. Chris Close is tackled by Greg Conescu as Keith Gee goes over the top at Seagulls Stadium.

Mark Knowles, flag bearer of Australia arrives with the Australia team during the Opening Ceremony for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on April 4, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

29/36Mark Knowles, flag bearer of Australia arrives with the Australia team during the Opening Ceremony for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on April 4, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

The Cameroon team marches into Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Cameroon officials said Wednesday, April 11, 2018, that eight of their athletes at the Commonwealth Games have gone missing from the athletes village, with two failing to turn up for competitions. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

30/36The Cameroon team marches into Carrara Stadium for the opening ceremony for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Cameroon officials said Wednesday, April 11, 2018, that eight of their athletes at the Commonwealth Games have gone missing from the athletes village, with two failing to turn up for competitions. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

31/36Pictured during final journey of the Broadbeach Monorail from Oasis to Jupiters Hotel and Casino. Picture Mike Batterham

32/36Photographers Peter Scholer and Gary Casey. Aerial of Southport Spit taken in 1984.

Construction of the rock walls for the new Seaway at Southport bar July, 1984. (L-R) Doug Jennings, Russ Hinze, Bill Lavor, Denis O'Connell and Rob Borbidge. Supplied photo.

33/36Construction of the rock walls for the new Seaway at Southport bar July, 1984. (L-R) Doug Jennings, Russ Hinze, Bill Lavor, Denis O'Connell and Rob Borbidge. Supplied photo.

34/36Grundy's Entertainment Centre and Cavill Ave Mall, Surfers Paradise, 1980s

35/36Historic image of Surfers Paradise in the 1980s, featuring the Paradise Centre, Grundy's and Cavill Mall.

36/36Gold Coast History: Grundy's waterslide at Surfers Paradise. Supplied photo.

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