Actions and Contacts

The Council seems determined to make the trial closure a permanent feature. Now is the time to be heard.

Take a survey, write to the people that matter, join with those who care.

Summary video

Letters and Surveys

Writing letters is one of the most powerful actions. They are given considerable weight at local government level. One letter can go to many. The Federal member, the Division 10 Councillor and the other Division Councillors who all have to jointly approve the funding.

Independent surveys give us an opportunity to cross check the Council’s figures.

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What can you do?

The 2 Minute Business Survey

Take our short 6 question survey

A small action, but powerful if many of us do it. The results will give us real data to show the impact this closure is having on local business.

Once completed, the survey returns you to this page.

Go to the Actions and Contacts Page

This is where we list the most effective way for residents and visitors to go tell it to the right people.

Call, write or take a survey, we provide links and resources to make it easy for you to have your opinion heard.

Go to the Business Actions Page

If the Esplanade closes and it does not do as advertised it will be a decade of recovery. Its time for you and us to be heard.

There are many businesses in Surfers Paradise who have seen a downturn. It is time for us to band together and show up in numbers. The time is now. Join us.

Call Council, lodge a complaint.

The best number to make a complaint is to the Gold Coast City Council

This is their administrative line and they may  advise you to lodge your complaint online. Below is a link to Council’s Complaints page where you can submit online.

Contact the Division 10 Council

Send your letter to Cr Darren Taylor (Councillor for Division 10). Call the council and lodge a complaint.

Send your story to In Surfers Paradise

A central repository for correspondance about the issues

Sending a letter to Council can be backed up by forwarding a copy to us. With your permission we can also put it on this website as an open letter.

Send your letter to the Federal member for Surfers Paradise

Email John-Paul Langbroek

Contact the Stakeholder Engagement Team

Email the Stakeholder Engagement Team

This is the address supplied for business owners and property managers and anyone looking for more information on the Council’s FAQ page.

GC Have Your Say Survey

Surfers Paradise - Trial Pedestrianisation of The Esplanade

Note this survey’s questions are heavily loaded. They have a narrow positive framing focussed on a set of benefits which may not result from this plan. You are permitted to disagree with the premise of the questions and mark as "Not important" anything you do not consider to have a valid premise.

Make good use of the comments section.

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Become a member of In Surfers Paradise so we can be stronger together.

List of videos

Here are links to the full report, the summary and extracts on Youtube.

Full Report | https://youtu.be/9ECWXxcSpzQ
Report Summary | https://youtu.be/I7iW_HTrVZs

01 Opening Introduction | https://youtu.be/GYHGkkCX-f8
02 The Esplanade is Already Healthy | https://youtu.be/oaQKPhiy5Rg
03 The Cars on The Esplanade | https://youtu.be/k_2Ky4PLNNU
04 Drove the money away | https://youtu.be/dAlmJ0MZi9c
05 The Bind in the Concept | https://youtu.be/-HYQblzC9eY
06 Road is a Dead Zone | https://youtu.be/asNaRY9pX_g
07 Esplanade Muted | https://youtu.be/Mm1zfUQiM6c
08 Business centre bypassed | https://youtu.be/lon4b5OETdA
09 Surfers Paradise Avoided | https://youtu.be/TyJ5dbglrYs
10 Installing a North South Divide | https://youtu.be/tOG7yXxovng
11 Causing Instant Gridlock | https://youtu.be/T3RAI_nFcY0
12 Risking Our Safety | https://youtu.be/_9ZLZ5Xl7mc
13 Emergency Services | https://youtu.be/z69xPjerw3U
14 Using The Wrong Models | https://youtu.be/o5NFQ3pyFQk
15 Breaking the Fun | https://youtu.be/oDylOU1PC5o
16 Attracting which locals? | https://youtu.be/BqmWRso9AWA
17 Failing their own Strategies | https://youtu.be/tuiMntednDg
18 Bending The 71% | https://youtu.be/iaF_g15nuBc
19 Not listening | https://youtu.be/Lu4kECLlWp8
20 Selling Peace and Quiet | https://youtu.be/j_kC5-4haSY
21 Destroying the Brand | https://youtu.be/wlU-pYtc2yo
22 Who is this for? | https://youtu.be/p8tOC8IsIxE
23 Iconic Design and Disruption | https://youtu.be/HX_ZlaA8aZM
24 No Morning Shade | https://youtu.be/zGDce7Lvtlc
25 The Iconic Scenic Drive | https://youtu.be/DzgeTzWYWJk
26 Alternate Design | https://youtu.be/WjIo8EInrEc
27 Hoons | https://youtu.be/_xaabV16BQo
28 The Missing Piece | https://youtu.be/P6ySApXP33g
Cutting down the Poincianas | https://youtu.be/P8QVWhlGWSU

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The 2 Minute Residents Survey

Residents Survey – 7 quick questions, 2 minutes.

Please join us in speaking up now. Let us know what its biggest impact has been to you.

Once completed, the survey returns you to this page.

The Division Councillors

The Councillors approving the funding can be found here

The Gold Coast council area is divided into 14 divisions. They have to vote to approve funding coming from the one pot. Here is the page of contacts.