Greenmount Beach is a beach located in
Coolangatta
Coolangatta is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is the Gold Coast's southernmost suburb and it borders New South Wales. In the , Coolangatta had a population of 5,948 people.
Geography
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Queensland
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Gold Coast
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in Australia.
Greenmount Point is a coastal headland separating the Coolangatta stretch of beach to the west and
Rainbow Bay
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to the east.
Greenmount Beach is home to
Tweed Heads & Coolangatta Surf Life Saving Club and
Greenmount Beach Surf Club.
The beach is protected by shark nets. In September 2020 a man was fatally bitten by a shark while surfing in the water.
History
The Greenmount Guest House was opened by Patrick J Fagan in 1905. He named it after his birthplace in
County Meath
County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the sou ...
, Ireland. The beach was named after the guest house.
Notes
Geography of Gold Coast, Queensland
Surfing locations in Queensland
Beaches of Queensland
Coolangatta
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