Fisherman’s Wharf Gold Coast: Balustrades from iconic venue up for sale
A generation of Gold Coasters have fond memories of iconic venue Fisherman’s Wharf. Now part of the famous venue can be yours. Here’s how.
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A LONG-lost piece of Gold Coast history has reappeared and could be yours.
Balustrades from the original Fisherman’s Wharf have gone on the market after more than 21 years as part of a central Gold Coast house.
Around 32m of the railing, which bears the symbol of an anchor, survived the 1998 demolition of the popular but financially unsuccessful venue.
But the new owners of the Broadbeach Waters property are now planning to replace them.
“Unfortunately, with great hesitation we are about the replace it with glass balustrade but thought someone interested in GC history might love to own them,” wrote homeowner Michelle Noordink on social media.
The balustrades will be available after September 20.
Fisherman’s Wharf, a retail and hotel complex, was the brainchild of Brisbane-based developer and dentist Dr Nick Girdis.
It was built and opened in 1983 when it became an immediate hit with audiences.
Among those who performed there over the years were INXS, Midnight Oil, the Violent Femmes, Nirvana, Joe Cocker and Jimmy Barnes.
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Nirvana and the Violent Femmes both played on the same night in 1991, with a crowd of 13,000 people enjoying the concert.
Despite being a great place to go, Fisherman’s Wharf itself was not a success for its owners or investors.
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Dr Girdis sold the complex in the mid-1980s and it changed hands multiple times.
By the late 1990s things were going badly for the Wharf and it was finally sold to developer Sunland Group which shuttered the venue after a series of concerts in early 1998.
Today the former Fisherman’s Wharf site is home to the Palazzo Versace hotel.
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