Download coordinates as: Palm Beach is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Between the beach and the highway in the southern part of the area the narrow Jefferson Lane links across streets.

In this lane are some of the earliest and most basic of Gold Coast beach "shacks", some on blocks of land valued in millions of dollars.

[citation needed] Recent extensions of the Palm Beach area to the west have created new subdivisions with different characteristics including a small section of canal development.

Laguna Lake is in the south western part of the suburb, with Elizabeth Sloper Gardens park around its edges.

The Tallebudgera Creek Tourist Park, at the northern end of Palm Beach, provides holiday accommodation mainly for families.

Coastal management structures at Palm Beach include training walls at Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creek entrances and mini groynes at 11th and 21st Avenues.

The Gold Coast Oceanway is of particular poor quality through Palm Beach due to the majority of the beachfront being effectively in private ownership.

loss of sand due to unusual weather and tidal patterns have caused some houses along the beachfront to lose their yards to the erosion.

[4] Extreme erosion along Palm Beach in 2011 revealed rusted car bodies, among other aged items, usually many metres below sand.

Palm Beach Ave connects the Gold Coast Highway to the Motorway and the neighbouring suburb of Elanora.

19th Avenue also continues into Elanora past Palm Beach state school,[18] 19th ave shopping centre,[25] and into Guineas Creek Rd.