Currumbin Creek and Hotel Currumbin, Queensland

The first hotel was built by Wallace McDonald Nicoll in 1910 on Duringan Street overlooking the mouth of the Currumbin Creek. Currumbin Hotel was demolished in 1996 and replaced with modern apartments. Tourism and industry significantly increased through the 20th century.

Currumbin Creek starts its journey to the sea through the gorges of Mt Cougal National Park before gathering at the Currumbin Rock Pools, a popular swimming and picnic spot for tourists and locals. The 20 kilometre long creek then travels through agricultural and residential land before reaching the Pacific Ocean just north of Currumbin and Elephant Rocks.

In an attempt to stabilise the mouth of the creek a seawall from Currumbin Rock to the mouth of the river was built in 1973 and 1978 with a rock wall also constructed on the northern side of the creek at southern Palm Beach in 1981. The area in front of the creek mouth, known as Currumbin Alley, is a popular local surf break and is part of the Gold Coast World Surfing Reserve. (https://www.goldcoaststories.com.au/currumbin-creek/)

The Currumbin Creek rises in the Gold Coast hinterland below Mount Cougal in the Springbrook National Park, west of the New South Wales settlement of Tomewin and north of the New South Wales/Queensland border. The creek flows generally north by east through the Currumbin Valley towards Currumbin where it is crossed by the Pacific Motorway and the Gold Coast Highway, before reaching its mouth at Currumbin Alley and emptying into the Coral Sea. The creek descends 138 metres (453 ft) over its 24-kilometre (15 mi) course (Wikipedia)