a large 800 bed teaching hospital that opened in 2013. Southport General Cemetery The 4.2-hectare Southport General Cemetery was gazetted on 16 July 1880. It is controlled by Gold Coast City Council as trustee. The cemetery is located on Queen Street which was the original route to Southport. This route led to the earliest wharf at Broadwater. Lantern Ghost Tours Gold Coast run historical night tours weekly through the Southport General Cemetery Community facilities Southport has a number of churches, including: St Peter's Anglican Church, 93 Nerang Street Guardian Angels' Catholic Church, 99 Scarborough Street Southport Uniting Church, 23 Short Street Crosslife Baptist Church, 170 Nerang Street Southport Church of Christ, 1 Griffith Way Christadelphian Ecclesia Southport, 84 Falconer Street South Korean Presbyterian Church of Gold Coast, 7 Deakin Avenue The Southport branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 20 Young Street. The Southport Community Centre recently constructed offers a range of activities, services, classes and is located in the Southport CBD precinct. Despite the name, the Southport Surf Life Saving Club is not in the suburb of Southport but is now within the suburb of Main Beach. Nature Habitats for native mammals include large trees with or without hollows, fallen logs, leaf litter and understorey vegetation. These provide food, shelter and places for breeding. Southport is a place for picnics, riverside walks and birdwatching in the Broadwater Parklands. Climate Southport experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with humid, wet summers and warm winters. Sport and recreation A number of sporting teams represent the local area, including the Southport Leagues Club, Southport Gymnastic Club, Southport Tigers, Southport Soccer Club, Southport Surf Life Saving Club and the Southport Sharks. Transport Southport has numerous main roads that connect Southport with other suburbs. Gold Coast Highway travels the full length along the coast on the Gold Coast connecting Southport with all the coastal suburbs on the city. Smith Street Motorway is a motorway grade extension of smith street connecting the suburb to the Pacific Motorway that connects the city to Brisbane. Southport is also well serviced by public transport. A light rail system called G:link opened in July 2014 and ran between Broadbeach to Gold Coast University Hospital. In December 2017 G:link was extended to Helensvale. There are seven light rail stations in the suburb, connecting Southport with the major hubs of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach. There are