Tugun is a beachside suburb on the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

 in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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. At the 2006 Census, Tugun had a population of 4,821.

Its name is believed to have derived from an Indigenous word of unknown dialect meaning "breaking waves".^{http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=43356}

Tugun is situated at the junction of the Pacific

Pacific Highway (Australia)

The Pacific Highway is a major transport route along part of the east coast of Australia and is part of Australia's national route 1.It is 960 km long and links Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, along the coast, via Gosford, Newcastle, Taree, Port...

 and Gold Coast

Gold Coast Highway

The Gold Coast Highway in Queensland, Australia links the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast. 33 km in length, the highway passes through popular tourist resorts such as Southport, Surfers Paradise, Burleigh Heads and Currumbin...

 highways 7 km north-west of Coolangatta

Coolangatta, Queensland

Coolangatta is the southernmost suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It has a population of 4,869 and is named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked there in 1846....

 and 96 km south of Brisbane

Brisbane

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, the state capital. The junction was notoriously traffic-clogged but has improved markedly upon completion of the Tugun Bypass

Tugun Bypass

The Tugun Bypass is 7.5 km long, bypassing through the suburb of Tugun on the Gold Coast, Australia. The speed limit on the Tugun bypass is 100 km/h and provides a high-speed motorway link between the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales, separating interstate vehicles from local...

 in June 2008. Tugun is a popular holiday destination, with a number of holiday units and motels lining Tugun Beach. Tugun has a number of shops located on its Golden-Four Drive strip.

Locals fondly call Tugun, Tugz . It's joined to its neighbouring suburbs of Currumbin

Currumbin, Queensland

Currumbin is a suburb in the Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Currumbin had a population of 2,647.-History:Many of the houses at Currumbin date from the period of its earliest subdivision and the area contains a substantial grouping of fibro beach houses...

 and Bilinga via the Gold Coast Oceanway

Gold Coast Oceanway

The Gold Coast Oceanway is a foreshoreway along beaches in Gold Coast, Queensland. The Gold Coast Oceanway is a shared use pedestrian and cyclist pathway on the Gold Coast, connecting the Point Danger lighthouse on the New South Wales and Queensland border to the Gold Coast Seaway...

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Landmarks

Off the coast from Tugun is the Gold Coast Desalination Plant. Other landmarks in the suburb include the Tugun Tavern, Tugun SLSC, Captain Hooks Seafood and Flat Rock.

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Tugun
• Heritage Tours - Tugun (Gold Coast City Council)