a two-week 1950s and 1960s nostalgia festival with free entertainment and attractions, including hot rods, restored cars and revival bands playing music of the era. Attractions The beaches are major attractions of Coolangatta. Popular lookouts and viewpoints include: Kirra Hill Greenmount Hill Snapper Rocks ( ), named after HM Colonial Cutter Snapper which passed by Point Danger in July 1822 under the command of W.L. Edwardson Point Danger Lighthouse Kirra Beach Pavilion on Marine Parade () Razorback Lookout on Razorback Road in neighbouring Tweed Heads () Heritage listings There are a number of heritage sites in Coolangatta, including: Boundary Street (New South Wales border): Captain Cook Memorial and Lighthouse Boundary Street (median strip): Francis Edward Roberts Commemorative Plaque Garrick Street (median strip to north of Musgrave Street): Powell Brothers Commemorative Trees 1 Garrick Street: former Coolangatta State & Special School Lanham Street (Godwin Park): Coolangatta War Memorial Marine Parade (Kirra Beach): Kirra Beach Pavilion Marine Parade (Kirra Beach road reserve): Kirra Shelter Shed Marine Parade (Queen Elizabeth Park): ANZAC Memorial Marine Parade (Queen Elizabeth Park): Wreck of the Coolangatta Fragment Marine Parade (Queen Elizabeth Park and Pat Fagan Park): Norfolk Pines Coolangatta Foreshore Marine Parade (Pat Fagan Park, Greenmount Hill): United States Navy Coolangatta Leave Area Greenmount Hill Camp No. 4 Picnic Shelter Marine Parade (): Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Surf Life Saving Club (formerly Greenmount Surf Life Saving Club) 31-33 Mclean Street (): former Jazzland Dance Hall 58 McLean Street: St Augustine’s Church Mouth of Coolangatta Creek, North Kirra Beach: Site of the Wreck of the Coolangatta Snapper Rocks (): Remains of Jack Evans Porpoise Pool In popular culture Coolangatta is featured in the song It's Hot in Brisbane but it's Coolangatta, recorded in 1953 by Gwen Ryan, Claude Carnell's Orchestra and additional vocals from Doug Roughton's Hokey Pokey Club. Funded by 39 businesses, it is believed to be the first jingle written to promote an Australian tourist destination. In 2008 the song was used as the theme for a Gold Coast Heritage exhibition about the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s on the Gold Coast, featuring oral histories and objects of Gold Coast residents. The sport-romance film The Coolangatta Gold was set in the town. Coolangatta was also used as the fictitious town of Porpoise Spit in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding. References Sources External links University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Coolangatta National Film and Sound Archive: "It's Hot in