Surfing is a major focus for this suburb with a life saving club and wheelchair-accessible viewing platform.

While the mythical sirens of the sea could be an inspiration – the naming of the area was far more prosaic when a cartographer Robert Stirling and colonial officer John Uniacke landed in the cutter Mermaid on this beach.

Accommodation includes motels and self-contained apartments. Mermaid is close to Broadbeach’s shops and tourism attractions.

Walk along Hedges Avenue close to the beach to view some of the most prestigious real estate on the Gold Coast. This is the place to have a sought after address, many high profile business people buy and sell these multi-million dollar mansions with direct beach frontage.

Use Mermaid as a base to explore lots of neighbouring golf courses – at Robina, Carrara, shopping at Surfers Paradise or head to Burleigh.

Location: Central.

Orientation: Broadbeach to the north and Miami to the south.

Source: http://www.verygc.com