Coolangatta, Queensland

Coolangatta is a coastal village that belongs to the Gold Coast in the Australian state of Queensland.

Geography

Coolangatta is the southernmost district of the Gold Coast. It lies directly on the border with New South Wales. On the other side of the border is the neighboring town of Tweed Heads, which has grown with Coolangatta. Brisbane, the capital of Queensland is 100 kilometers further north. The metropolis of Sydney is situated 900 kilometers south.

A few meters south of the city limits Coolangattas opens the Tweed River in the Pacific Ocean. In Queensland, the vernacular uses the term "south of the Tweed Rivers" to refer to places and people of the southern states of Australia.

Coolangata has a humid, subtropical climate with warm, wet summers and cool, wet winters.

History

James Cook sailed the Endeavour in 1770 over on his first trip to South Sea Coolangatta and called it Point Danger, because of the danger that emanated from the aborigines of this area. For the first time Europeans were settled early mid -19th century. From 1830 were shipped from a cedar from the Tweed River. From the 1880s Coolangatta developed into a tourist destination. At this time discovered vacationers from Brisbane 's beautiful beaches. The success of tourism in 1903 was secured by the connection to the railway network of Queensland. This was followed by rising holiday figures, the construction of a commercial center and the opening of the first lifeguard association of the entire state in 1911.

In the 1930s, the Coolangatta Airport was built, which today officially called Gold Coast Airport.

Name

1846 landed the wreck of the ship Coolangatta on the coast of Point Danger. The place was named in 1883 after the ship date, there is a monument on the coast with the ship's anchor. This in turn is named after Mount Coolangatta, of more than 1000 kilometers to the south, is located near the town of Nowra. Coolangatta means, translated from an Aboriginal language, beautiful place.