Mermaid Beach, Queensland

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Mermaid Beach
Gold Coast, Queensland

Population:

5,751

Postcode:

4218

LGA:

Gold Coast City

State District:

Burleigh

Federal Division:

Moncrieff

Suburbs around Mermaid Beach:
Broadbeach Waters	Broadbeach	Pacific Ocean
Mermaid Waters	Mermaid Beach	Pacific Ocean
Mermaid Waters	Miami	Pacific Ocean

Mermaid Beach is a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The suburb is bounded to the west by the artificial canals of adjacent Mermaid Waters and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. To the north is the suburb of Broadbeach, to the south Miami. The Gold Coast Highway passes through Mermaid Beach.

Mermaid Beach receives its name from the cutter HMS Mermaid. Explorer John Oxley sailed aboard the Mermaid in 1823 when he discovered the nearby Tweed and Brisbane rivers.^[1]

The Mermaid Beach Surf Lifesaving Club was originally established by United States Army personnel stationed here during the second world war.

The Gold Coast Oceanway travels along Hedges Avenue which is often referred to as 'millionaires mile'.^[2]