Mermaid Beach

Mermaid Beach is a suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The suburb is bounded to the west by the artificial canals of adjacent Mermaid Waters and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. To the north is the suburb of Broadbeach, to the south Miami. The Gold Coast Highway passes through Mermaid Beach. Mermaid Beach receives its name from the cutter HMS Mermaid. Explorer John Oxley sailed aboard the Mermaid in 1823 when he discovered the nearby Tweed and Brisbane rivers.[1] The Mermaid Beach Surf Lifesaving Club was originally established by Army people stationed here during the second world war. The Gold Coast Oceanway travels along Hedges Avenue which is often referred to as 'millionairs mile'.[2]