Helensvale railway station

Westfield Helensvale also referred to as Helensvale Town Centre, is a shopping centre at Helensvale on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It opened in 2005. It was the first Westfield on the Gold Coast and includes Coles, Kmart, Aldi, Target and Woolworths as majors as well as a food court with McDonald's, KFC and Subway. It also provides optimum access to Helensvale station. When approval for construction of the centre was requested by Westfield, it was suggested that the Helensvale location was too close to existing centres at Southport (Australia Fair) and Runaway Bay (Runaway Bay Shopping Village). The Gold Coast City Council argued that the planned Westfield Coomera (about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) up the M1) would cater for the catchment. Westfield Helensvale was built mainly because Coomera Town Centre, which is planned to be the true heart of the region, was hitting obstacles in the ways of planning. Part of the outcome of that debate was that part of the Westfield Centre was meant to have the appearance of an outdoor shopping street connecting the train station through to the older Helensvale shops nearby. However, since the older shops are located across a major road they have been refurbished for local shopping. The Westfield Helensvale shopping centre has predominately mall enclosed shopping and only a few shops open to outside traffic. Many other Westfield shopping centres conversely are often fully enclosed malls, however the company is redeveloping a number of sites (such as Garden City) to include outdoor, piazza style areas. In April 2022, the Queensland Investment Corporation sold its 50% shareholding to IP Generation.

A.B. Paterson College is a private, non-denominational, co-educational K–12 school located in the City of Gold Coast suburb of Arundel, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by Independent Schools Queensland, with an enrollment of 1,607 students and a teaching staff of 119, as of 2023. It is a member of the Gold Coast's Associated Private Schools sporting association.

The Coombabah Lake Conservation Park is a conservation park that is an Important Wetland in Australia, located in the Gold Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia. Part of the Coomera River catchment, Lake Coombabah is a tidal lake at the mouth of Coombabah Creek. The Coombabah wetlands are significant because they are the most southerly lake and coastal swampland representatives in the bioregion, and because the area provides significant wildlife value and refuge habitat. The conservation area includes tidal marshlands and mangroves along part of the lakes edge. The Melaleuca boardwalk allows viewing of the wildlife. The mangroves are home to frogs, crabs and fish that attract native and migratory birds. There are guided bushwalking and canoeing activities as part of community conservation and environmental workshops to promote local conservation.

Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast is a water park situated in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, owned and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. In 2009, the park received 1,095,000 visitors ranking it first in Australia and eighth in the world. Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast is located adjacent to Warner Bros. Movie World, a movie-related park also owned by Village Roadshow Theme Parks. The park remains open all year with all of the pools and slides heated during the winter months. It is one of seven water parks operating under the Wet'n'Wild brand globally.

Helensvale is a suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Helensvale had a population of 16,862 people.

Surfrider is a steel shuttle roller coaster at Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast located at Oxenford, Gold Coast, Australia. The ride is an Intamin Half Pipe roller coaster that opened in September 2007.

Pacific Pines is a northern suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Pacific Pines had a population of 16,757 people.

The Australian Outback Spectacular is an Australiana dinner and show package featuring many Australian animals, songs and bush tucker. The show is located between Warner Bros. Movie World and Wet'n'Wild Water World at Oxenford on the Gold Coast.

Parkwood light rail station is located on the corner of Napper Road and Smith Street Motorway in the Gold Coast suburb of Parkwood. The station is part of the Gold Coast's G:link light rail network and provides a 'park and ride' facilities for up to 1000 vehicles. Parkwood light rail station opened for service on 17 December 2017 when the extension to Helensvale was completed.

Arundel is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Arundel had a population of 10,246 people.

Gaven is a rural residential locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Gaven had a population of 1,558 people.

Helensvale High School is a public secondary school located in the suburb of Helensvale on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the corner of Discovery Drive and Helensvale Road. The school first opened in 1990 with Rod Cassidy as the foundation principal. The School motto is One student, one community, many futures . Helensvale High caters for a large catchment of students, with nearly 2,600 enrolments, making it one of the largest high schools in the Gold Coast region.