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There is nothing better than a spectacular seaside view, witnessing stunning sunsets and breathing in the fresh sea air to provide you with a sense of peace.&nbsp;

Whether you&rsquo;re into spending time in the water, relaxing on the shore or just observing the scenery from above, these apartments are for you.

Here are six properties in Gold Coast with stunning seaside views that you can secure under $749,000.

<h2>1. Midwater, Main Beach</h2>

One-bedroom apartment from $649,000

Developer: Heran Building Group

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Located on Main Beach Parade, Midwater Apartments feature breathtaking 360 degree sea views, stunning interior design and each home even has one-touch Smart Home Automation installed.

Midwater Apartments has beach access to Surfers Paradise and also offers a large range of luxurious amenities including a beachfront infinity pool as well as a rooftop pool. Additionally Midwater features a fully equipped well-being centre with a gymnasium, an outdoor yoga space, and also a steam room and sauna.

Midwater has parking sorted too, with a fully-automated valet parking system available for resident use.

<h2>2. Encore, Broadbeach&nbsp;</h2>

Two-bedroom apartments from $730,000

Developer: Andrews Projects

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Encore Broadbeach represents the quintessential Gold Coast lifestyle with floor-to-ceiling windows and oversized balconies highlighting the panoramic views of Gold Coast&rsquo;s skyline and iconic beaches.

Encore also boasts resort-style amenities such as a 25 metre heated lap pool, gym, private sauna and yoga lawns.

This apartment building is well located and is close by world famous beaches and public parks, a local dining precinct, shopping centres and other places of interest including The Star Casino and The Gold Coast Exhibition Centre.

3. Koko, Broadbeach

Two-bedroom apartments from $719,000

Developer: Morris Property Group

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Inspired by easy urban living and the buzzing lifestyle that this region has to offer, Koko entices with its boutique charm and urban sophistication.

Koko apartments is perfectly located to the soothing sands and sparkling waters of Broadbeach, as well as World Class parks and walk and cycle ways.

Each apartment features stone kitchens with fitments by Parisi and premium appliances by Franke. Koko takes relaxation to a new level of sophistication, offering a lap pool, a modern gym facility, and above street level private outdoor entertaining areas and gardens for its residents to relax and unwind.

<h2>4. Opus, Broadbeach</h2>

Two-bedroom apartments from $749,900

Developer: Morris Property Group

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Opus apartments capture the breathtaking views of Surfers Paradise&rsquo;s Skyline and the Pacific Ocean.

These Chelsea Avenue residences feature intelligent architecture and superior finishes, crafting the perfect open living space. Bespoke stone kitchens are built in with generous amounts of bench space and storage and are also equipped with Smeg appliances.

Opus apartments offer a residents-only haven with its tranquil two-level recreation deck, dazzling open-air pool, beautifully landscaped yoga lawn, fully equipped gym and green spaces with sun lounges and barbeque areas.

<h2>5. The Star Residences, Broadbeach</h2>

Two-bedroom apartments from $742,000

Developer: Far East Consortium

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The Star Residences is Gold Coast&rsquo;s newest world-class integrated resort development. The apartment is a short walk to world-class facilities, beaches and the local railway station.

Each apartment is lively and spacious and features dramatic views overlooking Gold Coast&rsquo;s beaches and hinterland. Apartments feature floor-to-ceiling windows which allow for natural light to flow in, timber floors and designer kitchens with high-end European appliances.

The Star Residences caters to looking after families with a kids club and play areas for children as well as a lap pool, a gym and sauna for parents. Families can also enjoy dining areas with barbeques and even a private dining room that overlooks the Gold Coast. Residents also have access to the five-star hotel services on offer.

<h2>6. Ocean, Surfers Paradise</h2>

One-bedroom apartment from $425,000

Developer: Meriton

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Soon to be the tallest high-rise building in the Gold Coast, Ocean apartments will stand at 252 metres and 76 levels tall. These apartments are fitted with floor-to-ceiling windows that allow for all residents to experience uninterrupted beachfront views.

Residents will have exclusive access to on-site hubs including a beach club precinct, an indoor swimming pool and sauna, a sky gym, a childcare centre and multiple cafes along the waterfront.

Ocean apartments are located alongside Gold Coast&rsquo;s vibrant retail district, rail station and the beach is only a few minutes from the front door.

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Life is better at the beach: Six Gold Coast apartments with stunning seaside views under $749,000

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The Blue Dog Beach House positioned at the crest of Tropicana rise has sold.
Taking in full beach and ocean views the four bedroom three bathroom trophy home recently sold for $3.75 million.
Located at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-qld-castaways+beach-129275594" target="_blank">20 Tropicana Rise, Castaways Beach</a> the Queensland house was designed by Aboda Design Group.
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Inspired by the Hamptons in New York the finishes and design are of high quality.
Featuring French Oak floors, high ceilings and a steam room, the pool is set high so the views are visible during a swim.
Situated 10 minutes from Noosa Main Beach and Hastings Street, the home is outfitted with solar power.
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This homes value has more than tripled since 2013 when it sold for $995,000.
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Blue Dog Beach House sold for $3.75 million

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In 2005, when I was chair of the <a href="http://www.soilscienceaustralia.org/ncst" target="_blank">National Committee on Soil and Terrain</a>, I started a debate: where is Australia’s whitest beach? This was a diversion from the committee’s normal business of looking at the sustainable management of Australia’s soils, but it led down a path I hadn’t expected.
What began as a bit of after-hours banter became a serious look across Australia in search of our whitest beaches. New South Wales had already laid claim to the title, arguing that Hyams Beach at Jervis Bay has the <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://open.abc.net.au/explore/28273" target="_blank">whitest sand in the world</a>, purportedly backed up by Guinness World Records.
As it turned out, both claims were false. Guinness World Records has no such category, and the whitest beach (as we found) is actually elsewhere.
<a href="https://images.theconversation.com/files/198664/original/file-20171211-9383-1x292qs.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip"><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/198664/original/file-20171211-9383-1x292qs.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip" alt=""></a>
Hyams beach in Jervis Bay, NSW, has been rumoured to have the whitest sand in Australia. Kristina Kl./Flickr, Author provided
So we drafted terms of reference, and the search for <a href="http://www.whitestbeach.com" target="_blank">Australia’s Whitest Beach</a> began. Over the next year samples were collected across the nation. The criteria were simple: samples had to be taken from the swash zone (the gently sloping area between the water and the dunes) and the samples could not be treated in any way apart from air-drying. No bleaching. No sieving out of impurities. Marine environment only.
The results of the first judging in 2006 were startling. Of all the states and territories, the much promoted Hyams Beach in New South Wales came in fourth. Third was Victoria, second Queensland, and first Western Australia.
The other states and territories came in at Tasmania fifth, Northern Territory sixth, and South Australia seventh. The ACT didn’t have a beach to sample, although technically some of the Commonwealth lands around our coasts could possibly come in under their banner (but that’s another debate altogether).
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A sample of the main contenders for the whitest beach in Australia. Unfortunately, samples submitted from South Australia didn’t make the final cut. Photo: Noel Schoknecht, Author provided
The winning beach was Lucky Bay in Cape Le Grand National Park on WA’s south coast, but in reality any of the beaches in this area could have been winners – Hellfire Bay, Thistle Cove and Wharton’s beach (just to name a few) are all magnificently white.
A quick qualification here: the southwestern end of Lucky Bay, where many people enter the beach, is covered with seaweed – not the whitest bit! I should also note that all of the finalists in the whitest beach challenge were in their own right fabulously white. But when compared side-by-side, some beaches are clearly whiter than others.
The Queensland team felt aggrieved, so in 2007 I carried out a repechage with new samples from Queensland at Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays, and Lake McKenzie on Fraser Island. Lake McKenzie was ultimately disallowed as it is a freshwater lake and the rules stipulated a marine environment. Meanwhile, Whitehaven didn’t quite cut the mustard in the judging and Lucky Bay in WA was again the winner.
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Whitehaven beach in Queensland just missed out on the top spot in the recount. Jared Yeh/Flickr, <a class="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank">CC BY-NC-SA</a>
<h2>So what makes a beach white, and is it important anyway?</h2>
The assessments were based on a visual comparison, so to remove any possible visual bias after the 2007 challenge all the samples were scanned for their reflectance – how much light bounced off the sand, essentially – in the visible and infrared wavelengths. Our assumption was that higher reflectance throughout the visual spectrum correlates with greater whiteness.
As it turned out, the results from the scanning exactly correlated with the visual assessments. The eye is quite good at discerning small differences in colour and reflectance. (More background and the results from the competition are available <a href="http://www.whitestbeach.com" target="_blank">here</a>.)
So what makes a beach white? Obviously, a pristine environment helps. Another factor is the distance from rivers, which deliver coloured organic and clay contaminants to the coast.
The geology of the area and the source of the sand are also critical, with quartz seemingly a major requirement for fine sands. Most white sandy beaches are derived from granitic, or less commonly sandstone, geologies that weather to produce fine, frosted quartz sand grains. Interestingly, sands made from shell or coral fragments just aren’t as white.
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The source of the sand is very important; sand made from shells or coral aren’t as white as quartz. Tracey Croke/Flickr, <a class="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">CC BY</a>
<h2>Is it important?</h2>
While this competition began in fun, I do believe it’s important. Beaches are places of refuge in this crazy world, and a pristine white beach indicates a cleanliness that is worth striving for. The reflectance of light off these sands through shallow waters near the beach creates a surreal, magical turquoise colour. White beaches are like the canary in the coalmine – once they’re spoiled, we know we’re in trouble.
Even though this study was a first look at some of Australia’s whitest beaches, and sampling was limited, it did highlight the sheer number of wonderful sandy beaches that Australia has.
The story’s not finished though. There are many white beaches out there yet to be sampled, and if you’d like to alert me to your potentially award-winning beach please <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/whitestbeachinaustralia@gmail.com" target="_blank">email me</a> or leave a comment on the <a href="https://whitestbeach.com/feedback/" target="_blank">whitest beach website</a>.
It’s our responsibility, and I believe honour, to protect these amazing places. I’m sure there are more wonderful beaches out there that we haven’t sampled which may defeat Lucky Bay.
<img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/88393/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1">Shelburne Bay in northern Queensland, for example, is a contender yet to be sampled, and there are some magnificent beaches on the east coast of Tasmania. Whatever the outcome, let’s celebrate the natural wonders that surround our country.
<a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/noel-schoknecht-429567" target="_blank">Noel Schoknecht</a>, Senior research associate, <a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/murdoch-university-746" target="_blank">Murdoch University</a>
This article was originally published on <a href="http://theconversation.com" target="_blank">The Conversation</a>. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/lucky-winner-why-this-beach-in-wa-claims-the-crown-of-australias-whitest-sand-88393" target="_blank">original article</a>.
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Our whitest sandy beach: Why this beach in WA claims

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Justin Butterworth, the entreprenuer who pioneered online holiday home rental websites in Australia, has listed his architecturally stunning Bronte home.
His <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-bronte-122381986" target="_blank">Palmerston Avenue home</a> comes with a $3.9 million to $4.29 million McGrath Estate Agents price guidance.
The Dale Jones-Evans designed home last traded at $2.6 million in 2012.
It was the Goode-Nicholas family who built on the 270-square-metre site on Palmerston Avenue in 2005, a family home with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a study, a media room and plenty of indoor-outdoor living space. It is nicknamed the "Mound House."
It features semi-enclosed entertainers' decking. 
Since last September, following 16 years, Jason Butterworth has been on a work break, initially taking off overseas to travel, study and also explore new business opportunities. 
He was most recently at the Stayz website, but Butterworth had previously been with HomeAway, YesBookit, Rentahome and Takeabreak.
It was in 1999, after being an economist at the NSW Treasury, that he founded Australia's first online bookable holiday and short term rental website. 
The big break came in 20011 when Fairfax Media bought Butterworth's Occupancy Pty Limited, paying $29 million for rentahome.com.au and takeabreak.com.au.
At the time Fairfax's own website Stayz handled 10 percent of the holiday rental bookings in Australia, with industry analysts calculating the deal with Occupancy saw Stayz then having 60 percent of the market with the addition of around 30,000 properties.
Occupancy’s Sydney based co-owners with Justin Butterworth were Craig Davis, Michelle Davis and Penny Parsons who shared $17.9 million in cash from Fairfax and $11.2 million worth of shares in the Stayz business.
Butterworth and his rentahome business had joined forces with Davis’ and Parsons and their takeabreak.com.au business in 2010.
These businesses earned their main revenues from an 8% commission paid by property owners on every booking. Stayz was sold in late 2013 to US-listed holiday rentals group HomeAway for about $220 million.
Butterworth remains an active Angel investor with an interest in providing seed investments in fintech or arbitrage type business models. 
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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