Ashmore, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Ashmore
city = Gold Coast
state = Queensland


caption =
lga = Gold Coast City
postcode = 4214
est = 1972
pop = 11,514
area =
median house price = $490,000
propval =
stategov = Ashmore
fedgov = Moncrieff
near-nw = Molendinar
near-n = Southport
near-ne = Southport
near-w = Nerang
near-e = Southport
near-sw = Carrara
near-s = Benowa
near-se = Bundall
dist1 =
location1=

Ashmore is a suburb on the Gold Coast. The area's name derives from a locality or family property in England. Also a local thoroughfare with residents travelling from Benowa Rd to Nerang Rd, the suburb was officially perpetuated in 1976 when a housing estate was developed in the area called Ashmore Village.

hopping

Ashmore plaza, located on Cotlew St is the most common place for locals to do their shopping. The plaza has undergone many face lifts over the last 10 years, including converting from Food for Less to Woolworths.

There is a Hungry Jacks, Pizza Hut and Red Rooster opposite the Plaza and the Ashmore Tavern is a popular drinking spot which offers TAB and pokies.

Locals enjoy the 1970s aesthetics and atmosphere of shopping at the Plaza. There are also the options of Ashmore City and Southport Park down the road.

Pre-clearing, the vegetation of Ashmore included substantial areas of Blackbutt ("Eucalyptus pilularis") tall open forest on lowland metamorphosed sediments. This ecosystem type is now listed as endangered with extinction in Queensland having been extensively cleared for agriculture and housing development.

porting

Behind Ashmore Plaza is the Southport Warriors football club. They cater for the junior and senior soccor players and the automatic sprinkler system will go off at around 11pm on a Thursday night on the oval.

Education

There is 1 private high school and two private primary schools and one public in Ashmore. Aquinas Catholic College is located on Southport-Nerang Road and ajoined with Guarian Angels Primary School. Trinity Lutheran Primary School is located on the Western end of Cotlew st and caters for years prep to 7. Ashmore State Primary School is located on Currumburra Road.

Gold Coast Institute Of Tafe akso has one campus located in Ashmore. it is on the corner of heeb St and Benowa Roads.

Transport

Public Transport in Ashmore consists of six different bus routes, though no more than two cover most areas of the suburb. The number 18 bus from Australia Fair to Pacific Fair runs through Ashmore on Cotlew St, Freda St and Heeb St through other streets. It runs on weekdays and weekends and is often considered very unreliable and infrequent.Fact|date=October 2008 The 738 is a half hourly bus service that runs between harbour Town and Pacific fair and follows the number 18 bus from Heeb St until Freda St where it turns onto Nerang-Southport Road and continues onto Ashmore City.

Major roads in Ashmore include Cotlew St, Ashmore Road, Currumburra Road, Heeb St, Wardoo St, Benowa Road and Nerang-Southport Road.

ee also

*Suburbs of the Gold Coast

External links

* [http://www.goldcoastcity.com.au/t_standard.aspx?pid=970 Gold Coast City Council Heritage site: Ashmore]