Who Should Read This Book

One of the great virtues of this blockbuster book is that it is not just a compelling story that transcends five decades of rapid growth in Australia’s tourist capital: it is a history lesson of real resource value to private and corporate investors, professionals, planning authorities, owners of land in strategic locations, and development corporations.

The spin-off appeal gives value to a wide culture of interests in business, government and the public. These include the city’s own residents, the curious, property developers, development industry-linked firms, construction companies and builders, accountants, contractors and suppliers to development and tourism industries.

It has appeal to researchers, town planners, financiers, public and private companies, interstate residents who may move to the Gold Coast and want to learn some of its vital history.

Real estate agents, State and Federal representation, media, property investors and property owners will find knowledge benefits. Peak bodies in South-East Queensland, universities, libraries and schools will find a valuable history of these eras. Entrepreneurs, managers and professionals in resort-themed city development planning and tourism industry operators will gain from lessons learned.

There is a thread that links all of this to national events in politics, the economy, the environment, and changes in lifestyle expectations.

The book is a perfect corporate gift to someone in Australia, Southeast Asian countries, Japan and China.