The Gold Coast is the fastest growing city in Australia, a position it has held for the last 25 years; growing annually by more than 14,000 new residents.The Gold Coast City's economic growth rate is 2.7 times the national average. The sixth largest city in Australia, the population of the Gold Coast now at over 460,000 people is expected to nearly double by 2021.
As part of an ongoing two year project, Australian photographer Trent Parke looks at a variety of issues surrounding Australia's rapidly changing coastline. With the price of homes soaring, high-rise apartments have risen like weeds...