The route
Gold Coast Marathon
Next edition4 July 2027
An out-and-back along the Gold Coast oceanfront, through Main Beach, Surfers Paradise and Mermaid Beach: 42.2 km from Southport.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 42.195 km
- Named places
- 18
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Reading the route
This marathon runs out and back over 42.2 km. It follows the ocean for much of the route, with 29 km right along the coast. The start goes off at 6:15 am, on the Gold Coast Highway, at the corner of Nerang Street, in Southport.
The route then heads south along the coast: Main Beach, then Surfers Paradise, on ocean-facing urban avenues, with bridges and pedestrian crossings along the way.
It continues through Broadbeach, then Mermaid Beach, before the route turns back, retracing the same course in reverse, passing through the same neighborhoods again on the way to Southport.
The finish is at Southport Broadwater Parklands, close to where it started. The clock stops at 7 hours.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
02 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The course, from Gold Coast Highway (Southport) to Southport Broadwater Parklands, takes shape street by street on the poster: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.
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