Internet Radio Station: ABC Coast FM

91.7 ABC Coast FM is your local radio station on the Gold Coast. The station is also broadcast live through ABC On Line.

Gold Coast City includes Surfers Paradise, Southport, Coolangatta, Palm Beach and Currumbin is one of the fastest growing areas in Australia with an estimated population of more than 483,000 people.

The population growth rate is approximately four per cent per annum while the region's population has been doubling every 12 years and has grown by 259% over the past 25 years.

The area encompasses two of the most popular tourist destinations in Australia...the Gold and Tweed Coasts, with the Tweed Coast embracing cities and townships including Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads, Kingscliff and Cabarita.

Tourism and hospitality remain the region's biggest earners, but the area's industry base is diverse and ever widening with education; film making; manufacture; ship building and integrated technology among the many enterprises based in the area.

An average of 3.9 million tourists visit the Gold Coast each year and spend an estimated 2.5 billion dollars.

Visitors are attracted by miles of pristine sandy surf beaches in proximity to mountainous national parks including the World Heritage Lamington National Park, Mount Warning and Tamborine Mountain.