The Gold Coast,also known by its initials,GC,is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland,Australia,located approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the centre of the state capital,Brisbane. It is Queensland's second-largest city after Brisbane,as well as Australia's sixth-largest city and the most populous non-capital city. The city's central business district is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of Southport. The urban area of the Gold Coast is concentrated along the coast,sprawling almost 60 kilometres,joining up with the Greater Brisbane metropolitan region to the north and to the state border with New South Wales to the south. Nicknames of the city include the ‘Glitter Strip’and the ‘Goldy’. The demonym of a Gold Coast resident is Gold Coaster.
Bromley is a large town in Greater London,England,within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 9+1⁄2 miles southeast of Charing Cross,and had an estimated population of 88,000 as of 2023.
Port Macquarie is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales,Australia,390 km (242 mi) north of Sydney,and 570 km (354 mi) south of Brisbane,on the Tasman Sea coast at the mouth of the Hastings River,and the eastern end of the Oxley Highway (B56). It had a population of 47,974 in 2018,and an estimated population of 50,307 in 2023.
The Brisbane Bears was the name for a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane,Queensland,now known as the Brisbane Lions. Granted a Victorian Football League license in 1986,it was the first privately owned club in the history of the competition and debuted in the 1987 VFL season.
Carrara Stadium is a stadium on the Gold Coast in Queensland,Australia,located in the suburb of Carrara.
The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club,based on the Gold Coast,Queensland,Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership,Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008,the Titans have played their home games at Robina Stadium in Robina,Queensland.
Peter Jackson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed 'Jacko',he was an Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative centre or five-eighth. Jackson played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League for the Souths Magpies,before moving to the New South Wales Rugby League and playing for the Canberra Raiders,Brisbane Broncos and North Sydney Bears. He also played in the Rugby Football League for English club Leeds. Jackson worked in the media following his retirement in 1993,and died as the result of a drug overdose in 1997.
Sport is an important part of the culture of the Australian state of Queensland. Many different sports are played in Queensland,whether recreationally,competitively,or professionally.
Gold Coast Knights Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Carrara,Queensland,Australia. The Croatian Australian backed club play in the National Premier Leagues Queensland,the top level of the Football Queensland and the second level of the Australian soccer league system. The club has won three NPL Queensland championship,one premiership,one state cup and a variety of regional honours.
Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast,Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast United senior teams competed in the Brisbane leagues until the club disbanded after the 1979 season,allowing Broadbeach United Soccer Club to form its first senior team in 1980 at the same grounds.
David Mead is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger,centre or fullback for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Papua New Guinea at international level.
The Big Bash League(BBL) also known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons,is an Australian men's professional club Twenty20 cricket league,which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash League replaced the previous competition,the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash,and features eight city-based franchises instead of the six state teams which had participated previously. The competition has been sponsored by fast food-chicken outlet KFC since its inception. It was in 2016/17 one of the two T20 cricket leagues,alongside the Indian Premier League,to feature amongst the top ten domestic sport leagues in average attendance. The winner of BBL 13 (2023/2024) was the Brisbane Heat,who beat the Sydney Sixers by 54 runs in the final.
Jahrome Hughes is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL),and the New Zealand Māori and New Zealand at international level. He is a NRL premiership winning player of 2020.
Darwen Cricket Club is a cricket club who play in the Lancashire League and are based at The Brookhouse Aerospace Birch Hall Cricket Ground. in Darwen,Lancashire. They are also known as 'The Towers'.
Billy James Stanlake is an Australian cricketer. He is a fast bowler who represented Australia in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and played One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket for the full national side. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmania cricket team and the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League. Stanlake is the tallest person to ever represent Australia in international cricket,standing at 204 cm.
The Gold Coast Sports Precinct is a series of sports facilities and venues,located on the Gold Coast,Queensland,in Australia.
Max Arthur Bryant is an Australian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup on 27 September 2017.
Zak Evans is a professional Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played first-class and List A cricket for Victoria,and played in the Big Bash League for the Melbourne Renegades.
Gregory Marzhew is a Samoa international rugby league player from New Zealand who plays as a winger for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
Will Ashcroft is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was taken as pick number 2,under the father–son rule. Ashcroft is a premiership player and Norm Smith Medallist,claiming both distinctions in Brisbane's 2024 premiership victory against the Sydney Swans.
