Gold coast palm potential

[Brandon39.5]

Hey, anyone in gold coast growing palms? Which are the growing opportunities there? Especially coconuts, how do they grow? Do they fruit? And do viable coconuts?

[PalmatierMeg]

Gold Coast where? Need more details.

[Brandon39.5]

19 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Gold Coast where? Need more details.

Gold coast (Australia) Anywhere in the city.  

[SeanK]

25 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Gold Coast where? Need more details.

My first thought also. A couple of countries claim this term for a section of their coastlines.

[Bill H2DB]

   Use Google Maps  ,   put   Gold Coast Australia  in the search box ,   turn Street View on , and you will see a plethora of palms there .

[peachy]

1 hour ago, PalmatierMeg said:

Gold Coast where? Need more details.

It's in Queensland just near the NSW border.  All neon lights and high rise units.  A sunny place for shady people.

Peachy

[Brandon39.5]

3 hours ago, Bill H2DB said:

   Use Google Maps  ,   put   Gold Coast Australia  in the search box ,   turn Street View on , and you will see a plethora of palms there .

Yeah, I've done that And I saw a couple of coconuts, pretty big ones but no fruit on them. Maybe I should've named this Topic "Gold Coast fruiting Coconuts" Does anyone know if the coconuts of Gold coast fruit and do viable seeds? Because for example in the Canary Islands they fruit, but the coconut has nothing inside, it's just fiber.

[Foxpalms]

32 minutes ago, Brandon39.5 said:

 Because for example in the Canary Islands they fruit, but the coconut has nothing inside, it's just fiber.

When I was last in the Canary islands some of the coconuts that had fallen off the palm trees had the water inside.

[PalmatierMeg]

2 hours ago, peachy said:

It's in Queensland just near the NSW border.  All neon lights and high rise units.  A sunny place for shady people.

Peachy

I like your answer, Peachy. Thanks

[Brandon39.5]

3 hours ago, Foxpalms said:

When I was last in the Canary islands some of the coconuts that had fallen off the palm trees had the water inside.

Yeah true, Some do have some water inside, but the majority are just fiber, maybe is because lack of watering I'm not sure about it. Here is a photo that I took in Gran Canaria, as you can see some of the coconuts look viable, the ones on top that have more of a circular shape. The ones in the bottom left are not, They are full fiber. Anyone knows if coconuts do this in Gold coast? Or they do normal coconuts? Thanks

[Foxpalms]

26 minutes ago, Brandon39.5 said:

Yeah true, Some do have some water inside, but the majority are just fiber, maybe is because lack of watering I'm not sure about it. Here is a photo that I took in Gran Canaria, as you can see some of the coconuts look viable, the ones on top that have more of a circular shape. The ones in the bottom left are not, They are full fiber. Anyone knows if coconuts do this in Gold coast? Or they do normal coconuts? Thanks

There were quite a few properly formed coconuts that I saw in Tenerife but a lot of the coconuts there have no irrigation. Even on the wetter side of the island in Puerto de la cruz it is still pretty dry at sea level so the Coconuts don't have a sufficient amount of rain to thrive. The irrigated ones though look great. Brisbane for example isn't as warm as the canary islands so I would guess around that area they will struggle to produce perfect coconuts.  The only place around there I would say they probably would is point lookout on an island.

[tim_brissy_13]

Just returned from a holiday on the Gold Coast. Cocoa nucifera is common and most large specimens have visible fruit. I can’t common on their viability though. I will say that specimens right on the beach generally looked a tad beaten up when compared to those further North. 

[Brandon39.5]

12 hours ago, Foxpalms said:

There were quite a few properly formed coconuts that I saw in Tenerife but a lot of the coconuts there have no irrigation. Even on the wetter side of the island in Puerto de la cruz it is still pretty dry at sea level so the Coconuts don't have a sufficient amount of rain to thrive. The irrigated ones though look great. Brisbane for example isn't as warm as the canary islands so I would guess around that area they will struggle to produce perfect coconuts.  The only place around there I would say they probably would is point lookout on an island.

This canary island coconut thing is quite interesting, Next week I will be on the island of La Palma, I will see if I found a coconut palm with fruit and see if they have water inside. 

[happypalms]

The Gold Coast commonly known as surfer’s paradise lots of bling gold chain high heel money land you can drive from my area to the Goldie and see the difference in the money up there compared to my area they pay handsomely for palms in my area iam lucky if I could sell a golden cane at the markets for $10 bucks same plant on the Goldie $60 it’s not my preference for living up there with all that bling sports cars and meter maids (peachy knows what iam talking about) if you want to grow palms up that way it’s a good microclimate you can grow a lot of nice tropical palms there kentia palms suffer in the heat for me it’s to fake on the Goldie the southern end Kirra beach Burleigh heads is a bit more laid back personally it’s not for me that place try murwillumbah there are some nice gardens in that area Burringbar has a great palm nursery the palm collection I have seen there is astonishing so many varieties now all you have to do is move here with new immigration laws coming good luck start learning the English language 

[Brandon39.5]

2 hours ago, happypalms said:

The Gold Coast commonly known as surfer’s paradise lots of bling gold chain high heel money land you can drive from my area to the Goldie and see the difference in the money up there compared to my area they pay handsomely for palms in my area iam lucky if I could sell a golden cane at the markets for $10 bucks same plant on the Goldie $60 it’s not my preference for living up there with all that bling sports cars and meter maids (peachy knows what iam talking about) if you want to grow palms up that way it’s a good microclimate you can grow a lot of nice tropical palms there kentia palms suffer in the heat for me it’s to fake on the Goldie the southern end Kirra beach Burleigh heads is a bit more laid back personally it’s not for me that place try murwillumbah there are some nice gardens in that area Burringbar has a great palm nursery the palm collection I have seen there is astonishing so many varieties now all you have to do is move here with new immigration laws coming good luck start learning the English language 

I know exactly what you're talking about, If gold coast is like that I don't want to go there, Flashy sport cars, tall buildings and party is not my thing, I just want to grow palms! Is sunshine coast more laid back? For me, Gold coast kinda looks like Miami, no? By the way I already know how to speak English haha I live in Spain, but I'm Irish too.  I would like to live somewhere that is laid back but that still has big cities around, near the Sunshine Coast or something. I want to live somewhere where coconuts thrive, having coconuts is my palm dream. Is it possible to grow adonidia around Gold coast, Brisbane and sunshine coast? thanks

[Tyrone]

37 minutes ago, Brandon39.5 said:

I know exactly what you're talking about, If gold coast is like that I don't want to go there, Flashy sport cars, tall buildings and party is not my thing, I just want to grow palms! Is sunshine coast more laid back? For me, Gold coast kinda looks like Miami, no? By the way I already know how to speak English haha I live in Spain, but I'm Irish too.  I would like to live somewhere that is laid back but that still has big cities around, near the Sunshine Coast or something. I want to live somewhere where coconuts thrive, having coconuts is my palm dream. Is it possible to grow adonidia around Gold coast, Brisbane and sunshine coast? thanks

The Sunshine Coast is more laid back and slightly more tropical than the Gold Coast being just that bit further north. I preferred the Sunshine Coast myself. There’s lot of places north of Brisbane and in the hinterland where palms thrive. The Sunshine Coast is definitely coconut and Adonidia territory, but you’d be able to grow so much more than that there. Awesome soils too. I think you need to travel over there and taste it for yourself though. 

[Brandon39.5]

10 hours ago, Tyrone said:

The Sunshine Coast is more laid back and slightly more tropical than the Gold Coast being just that bit further north. I preferred the Sunshine Coast myself. There’s lot of places north of Brisbane and in the hinterland where palms thrive. The Sunshine Coast is definitely coconut and Adonidia territory, but you’d be able to grow so much more than that there. Awesome soils too. I think you need to travel over there and taste it for yourself though. 

Yeah, Sunshine coast seems more laid back, I don't like to live in city centers I like more the outskirts. I do need to travel there first, maybe next year, would be nice to go around QLD Cairns, Townsville, Sunshine coast, Gold coast, Brisbane, maybe even in the towns in the border with NSW. 

[Hurricanepalms]

I can only speak from my limited experience. I traveled to Australia back in 09 for 3 weeks. I visited towns from Byron Bay to Tin Can Bay. I really enjoyed the trip, but I agree the Sunshine Coast was my favorite. If I had to pick one area as my favorite, it was around Noosa Heads. Plenty tropical enough for all kinds of palms. I believe the temps there are similar to coastal South Central Florida. It appears to be zone 11a and they also get a good amount of rain ( around 50 inches).

[Brandon39.5]

On 12/13/2023 at 2:26 PM, Hurricanepalms said:

I can only speak from my limited experience. I traveled to Australia back in 09 for 3 weeks. I visited towns from Byron Bay to Tin Can Bay. I really enjoyed the trip, but I agree the Sunshine Coast was my favorite. If I had to pick one area as my favorite, it was around Noosa Heads. Plenty tropical enough for all kinds of palms. I believe the temps there are similar to coastal South Central Florida. It appears to be zone 11a and they also get a good amount of rain ( around 50 inches).

Noosa Heads seems like a really nice place, maybe comparable with Sarasota in climate. But without the cold fronts that Florida gets. 

[SeanK]

On 12/12/2023 at 5:28 PM, Brandon39.5 said:

I know exactly what you're talking about, If gold coast is like that I don't want to go there, Flashy sport cars, tall buildings and party is not my thing, I just want to grow palms! Is sunshine coast more laid back? For me, Gold coast kinda looks like Miami, no? By the way I already know how to speak English haha I live in Spain, but I'm Irish too.  I would like to live somewhere that is laid back but that still has big cities around, near the Sunshine Coast or something. I want to live somewhere where coconuts thrive, having coconuts is my palm dream. Is it possible to grow adonidia around Gold coast, Brisbane and sunshine coast? thanks

Sounds like Fort Lauderdale or West Palm Beach

[KrisKupsch]

The potential in that area is High. 
Apart from coconuts there are about 1000 other Palms species that will grow in the region. Gold Coast with some reliable rainfall is the go…or sth of the border closer to the ocean as it rains more down there. Or Sunshine Coast in the same niche if you can find it. 

Edited December 14, 2023 by KrisKupsch

[Daryl]

Coconuts produce viable fruit on the Gold Coast. The climate is warm enough to grow Pigafetta, and a host of other tropical species. The winters can be coolish though, as it is subtropical.

Here's a nice Coconut growing next to the river...

[Brandon39.5]

@FoxpalmsI'm on holidays in la palma (canary islands) and we spoke about coconuts in the canaries earlier in the topic. I saw a couple of coconuts fruiting and actually making good looking coconuts, this might be because it's the island the highest rainfall compared to the other islands in the canaries? I saw that this coconuts have irrigation. Here you have some photos.

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[Nick1985]

I live in the Gold Coast. There are coconut palms everywhere with fruit. They aren't lush fruit like you would find in equatorial climates but they fruit regularly nevertheless. If you go on streetview and look around 'The Spit' around Sea World, there are hundreds of fruiting palms. Some are quite tall, around 15-20m.