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===Waterways=== Waterfront canal living is a feature of the Gold Coast. Most canal frontage homes have pontoons. The [[Gold Coast Seaway]], between [[Southport Spit, Queensland|The Spit]] and [[South Stradbroke Island]], allows vessels direct access to the Pacific Ocean from [[Gold Coast Broadwater|The Broadwater]] and many of the city's canal estates. Breakwaters on either side of the Seaway prevent [[longshore drift]] and the bar from silting up. A sand pumping operation on the Spit pipes sand under the Seaway to continue this natural process.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} Residential canals were first built in the Gold Coast in the 1950s and construction continues. Most canals are extensions to the Nerang River, but there are more to the south along [[Tallebudgera Creek]] and [[Currumbin Creek]] and to the north along the [[Gold Coast Broadwater]], [[South Stradbroke Island]], [[Coomera River]] and southern Moreton Bay. Early canals included Florida Gardens and [[Isle of Capri, Queensland|Isle of Capri]] which were under construction at the time of a 1954 flood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/emergency/2014-02-18/unnamed-great-gold-coast-cyclone-february-1954/5266720|title=The Great Gold Coast Cyclone β February 1954|author=Damien Larkins|date=20 February 2014|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=25 February 2019|archive-date=24 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224045341/https://www.abc.net.au/news/emergency/2014-02-18/unnamed-great-gold-coast-cyclone-february-1954/5266720|url-status=live}}</ref> Recently constructed canals include Harbour Quays and Riverlinks completed in 2007. There are over {{convert|890|km|mi}} of constructed residential waterfront land within the city that is home to over 80,000 residents.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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