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Crowd, catch fencing and the big screen at the Gold Coast Indy, Surfers Paradise, 2008

October 30, 2026

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iEDM

The race they said would never happen: the first Gold Coast Indy in 1991

This weekend the Supercars take over the streets of Surfers Paradise for the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500. The street circuit they race on began 35 years ago, with a race plenty of people said would never get off the ground.

November 21, 2025

Written by

Liam Howe

Reclaiming the True Value of Major Events — And How Queensland Can Lead Into 2032

Every major event in Australia carries some form of government ownership or sponsorship. States compete hard to host them because they know the economic upside is real — jobs, local industry growth, visitor spend, broadcast exposure, and national profile. Events are an economic engine, and governments have always understood this.