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2005: General pics of the Q1 building from behind the Gold Coast City Council headquarters at Bundall.
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2005: The Q1 site. Views south of the Gold Coast taken from the Observation Level.
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2006: Gold Coast Ambassador Chris Wheeldon at his favourite place, The Q1 Skytower.
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The Q1 building on the Gold Coast. Pictreu: Drew Fitzgibbon
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2005: Views of the Gold Coast from Pivotal Point in Southport. Surfers Paradise and Q1.
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2005: Views from the 79th floor of the Q1 building as it nears its completion. The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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2005 : Artist's impression of the 80-level Q1 apartment building at Surfers Paradise
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Qld's tallest building, Q1
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2005 site cadet worker Paul Attwood on the 77th level
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Gold Coast councillor Dawn Crichlow in front of Q1
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Gold Coast Titans co-captains Scott Prince and Luke Bailey .
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Two bedroom Display Apartment at Q1
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Sahba Abedian (L), joint MD of Sunland Group inspects his giant Q1 building
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Sahba Abedian (white helmet), joint managing director of Sunland Group and rigger Ross Macmillan
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2005: Three bedroom display apartment at Q1, Gold Coast.
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2004: Gold Coast development Surfers Hi Rises, with project manager Les Donaldson
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2004: Apprentice Blake Jolly at work on top of the Coast at the Q1 building
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2005 Q1
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Q1 just before spire raised from cylinder at left, to become world's tallest residentual building.
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Robina State School students Andrew Rowlands, Gabbi Patterson, Sarushka Reddy, Kaimyn Chapma
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2004: Gold Coast Q1
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2004: Gold Coast development.
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2005: Lightning strikes the conductor on the Q1. Picture: Seth Jameson
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2005: Gold Coast sunset.
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Gold Coast International Backpackers manager Michael Antonie with a sign he puts out to stop people's cars getting wrecked by objects thrown from Q1.
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2005: Three bedroom display apartment at Q1, Gold Coast.
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2005: Qld's tallest tower, Q1
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2005: Cranes on Gold Coast building sites
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2005: Gold Coast’s Q1
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2005: Artist's impression of the 80-level Q1 apartment building
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2005: Gold Coast’s Q1
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2005: Gold Coast’s Q1
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2005: Leah Porter looks at the Q1
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Interior of the Q1 Resort and Hotel on the Gold Coast.
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2006: Daniel de Vries looking over the Gold Coast from the Q1, Surfers Paradise.
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2002: Australian record for penthouse sale at Sunland's Q1 in Surfers Paradise Gold Coast. Buyer Akeo Kakemoto checks out his new $8.9 Million apartment's situation on the scale model.
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2004 John Tatler, Sunland Group Construction manager
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2003: Construction site
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Gold Coast’s Q1
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2003: Artist's impression of the Q1
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2002: Q1 scale.
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2004: Q1 under construction
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2002: Aerial photos of the Q1
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2004: Gold Coast development of Q1
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2004: Q1
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Buyer Akeo Kakemoto checks out his new $8.9 Million apartment's situation on the scale model.
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2002: Richard and Frances McDonald have bought an apartment on level 3
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2004: Q1 under construction
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Q1
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Q1
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Richard and Frances McDonald have bought an apartment on level 3
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Artist's impression of the Q1 tower
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2003 construction
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Construction site of the 80 storey Q1 project
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2002: All smiles over the Q1.
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2004: Q1
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Mr Soheil Abedian Joint MD of Sunland Group with Q1
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2004: Surfers Paradise candidate Jim Macanally
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2004: Q1
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2004: Q1 under construction
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2003: Q1
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Q1 takes shape on the Gold Coast
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2004: Q1 under construction
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2004: Apprentice Blake Jolly at work on top of the Coast at the Q1 building
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2004: Q1
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Q1 builiding under construction on the Gold Coast.
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2004: Crane driver Noel "Noddy" Ellison taking a break.
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2004: Gold Coast development Surfers Hi Rises, including Q1 building.
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2004: Q1 building.
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2004: Q1 building.
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2004: Gold Coast development at Q1
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2004: Gold Coast’s Q1.
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2005: The Observation Deck of Q1 in Surfers Paradise.
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Smoke casts a golden glow over the Gold Coast at sunset.
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Q1 and Surfers Paradise.
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Strong westerly winds have whipped up dust along the Gold Coast.
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The Q1 from Circle on Cavill
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Blaze press conference for Shane Heal signing at the Q1 Observation Deck
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Dust blown in from out west invades the Gold Coast.
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2005 : Q1
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Gold Coast United player Jason Culina on the Q-Deck of the Q1 building, Surfers Paradise.
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Gold Coast Surf Life Saving ambassador, Paige Cooper (right) and local performer, Natalie Boyd.
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Chris Corbee from Spectrum Fireworks.
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Santa Strohfeldt at the Q1 looking out over the Gold Coast.
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2005 New Year fireworks taken from the Q1.
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A tourist takes in the spectacular views 235 metres above the ground on the Q1 Observation Deck
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2005 : Q1 residential tower building on the Gold Coast
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A tourist marvels at the Q1.
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A tourist marvels.
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2005 The World's tallest residential tower Q1 on the Gold Coast
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General aerial pics of the Gold Coast, Q1, Marina Mirage, Southport Marina, Broadbeach, The seaway.
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Indy drivers Justin Wilson and Bruno Junqueira arrive on the Gold Coast and drop in to the Q1.
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