page_title: Surfers Paradise, Queensland
section_title: Accommodations
hierarchical_section_title: Surfers Paradise, Queensland / Attractions / Accommodations
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken from air view.
context_page_description: Surfers Paradise is a coastal suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Colloquially known as 'Surfers', the suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach. The feature of the heart of the suburb is Cavill Mall, which runs through the shopping and entertainment precinct. Cavill Avenue, named after Jim Cavill, an early hotel owner, is one of the busiest shopping strips in Queensland, and the centre of activity for night life. One of the features of the area is the Surfers Paradise Meter Maids designed to build goodwill with tourists.
  Surfers Paradise is the Gold Coast's entertainment and tourism centre and the suburb's high-rise buildings are the best known feature of the city's skyline.
  In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Surfers Paradise was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "location".
  At the 2011 census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 19,668.
context_section_description: The precinct offers high rise accommodations to tourists such as  Circle on Cavill, Hilton, Q1 and Soul.
  Retail
  Surfers Paradise offers some of the Gold Coast's best shopping opportunities, with a variety of stores located in Cavill Avenue and surrounding streets as well as at the  Centro Surfers Paradise Shopping Centre is located in Cavill Avenue.
caption: Q1 – The world's fifth tallest residential building
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