Ten plus years photographing the Gold Coast and I still can't pick a single favourite stretch of it. Every suburb along this coast has its own light, its own crowd, its own reason people love it. So instead of picking one, here's my top 5 Gold Coast prints, the pieces that between them cover what makes this coastline worth photographing in the first place.
Number 5, Coastal Heights, Surfers Paradise
Surfers Paradise from above, Q1 rising over the skyline. This is the shot for anyone who wants the Gold Coast's skyline rather than its beaches, the towers, the density, the reason people call it a paradise in the first place. Shop the print.
Number 4, Above Burleigh
Burleigh's the suburb most locals point to when they talk about what the Gold Coast used to feel like before it got built up everywhere else. Shot from above, this one shows why, the headland, the point break, the green hill sitting right up against the sand. Shop the print.
Number 3, Beauty Within, Snapper Rocks
Snapper Rocks is where I go when I want a proper wave, not just a beach shot. This one's right inside the barrel, the kind of moment you only get from spending real time in the water with a camera. Shop the print.
Number 2, Currumbin Alley
The Alley's one of the most recognisable breaks on the whole coast, and this shot captures why surfers and families both claim it as their own, the point, the sandbar, the alley itself running out to sea. Shop the print.
My favourite Gold Coast print, At Peace, Kirra Beach
Kirra's the one. Ask any Gold Coast local to name a beach and there's a good chance this is the one they say first. This shot is exactly why, calm water, that long stretch of sand, the kind of morning that reminds you why people move here. Shop the print.
Five suburbs, five completely different moods, and that's really the point. The Gold Coast isn't one beach, it's dozens of them stitched together, and every one has its own personality once you spend enough time there with a camera.
Browse the full range in the Gold Coast collection, or jump straight to Snapper Rocks, Currumbin or Surfers Paradise.
