Indy
GOLD Coast Indy is the premier motorsports event in Queensland attracting crowds of more than 300,000 over the four-day event.
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Magic Millions
THE Magic Millions horse race carnival in early January each year is now recognised as Australia’s second biggest thoroughbred event behind the Melbourne Cup.
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Marathon
THE Gold Coast Marathon will celebrates its 30th year in 2008 when it is epected to attract another world-class field of competitors. The event attracts fields of more than 16,000 runners across a number of race distances with the gruelling marathon the jewel in the crown and a race that is strongly contested by overseas runners, especially the Japanese.
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Schoolies
CALL it rite of passage, coming of age or just a heck of a party, but Schoolies Week on the Gold Coast is one of the biggest teen festivals Australia.
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ANZ Ladies Golf
The ANZ Ladies Masters is the holy grail of women's golf in Australia. It attracts the elite of women's golf from around the world and is co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and Australian Ladies Professional Golf.
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Surfing Titles
EVERY March, the best surfers in the world rip through the waves of the Gold Coast for the Quiksilver Pro, one of the premier professional surfing events in Australia.
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Coolangatta Gold
THE Coolangatta Gold race is one of the toughest and most gruelling ironman events in the world. While its roots may have been in a film by the same name it is now synonymous with the Gold Coast image and celebrates our beach, our sporting culture and our surf heroes.
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Gold Coast Pan Pacific Masters Games
THE Pan Pacific Masters Games is one of the biggest sporting events in Australia with more than 10,000 competitors from all over the world expected to converge on the Gold Coast for the 2008 sporting feast. more
Wintersun Festival
THE Wintersun Festival is Australia’s largest rock ‘n’ roll festival. The 11-day festival, which is held every June, attracts more than 100,000 visitors, - 60 bands, acts, dance competitions and a street parade. From music to cars, and of course a myriad of Elvis impersonators, it is a fun step celebration of a time inhistory when times were less complicated.
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Concerts
If you like to party and like your concerts then the Gold Coast has a range of annual concerts guaranteed to get your heart pumping.
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Gold Coast Eisteddfod
THE Gold Coast Eisteddfod is the largest dance, music, speech and drama festival of its type in Australia attracting more than 60,000 entrants each year. more
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- January: Magic Millions
- Big Day Out
- February: ANZ Ladies Masters golf
- Roxy Pro
- March: Quiksilver Pro
- Roxy Pro
- May: Blue on Broadbeach
- June: Wintersun Festival , Quicksilver Queensland Junior Series
- July: Gold Coast Airport Marathon
- October: Lexmark Indy 300
- November: Schoolies Week
- December: Billabong Queensland Open Surfing
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