Beach strip, hinterland, Village Roadshow Studios. One local contact for locations, crew, permits, kit and logistics on the Gold Coast.
The Gold Coast is Queensland's second-biggest production market and often the reason a production comes to the state at all: Village Roadshow Studios at Oxenford, forty kilometres of beach, a subtropical hinterland with waterfalls and rainforest, and the M1 corridor for automotive work. It is an hour from Brisbane, so the two are frequently paired in one trip. International crews work with Jack Cowhig at HiJack Production Services on the production side while Garrett runs the ground.
Surfers Paradise to Coolangatta, the Spit, Burleigh, the hinterland from Springbrook to Lamington. First options within 48 hours of brief, access negotiated with owners and council.
Vetted DOPs, gaffers, sound, art and production crew from a national network, plus camera, lighting and grip packages from Gold Coast and Brisbane rental houses.
City of Gold Coast film permits, Queensland Parks and Wildlife approvals for the hinterland national parks, beach access, road closures on the M1 and coastal roads, CASA drone clearances.
Coordination with Village Roadshow Studios when the job needs a stage or backlot, and the closures, safety approvals and open ground that stunt and automotive work needs.
Garrett Robinson has been finding locations and managing productions across Australia for over twenty years: automotive stunts, international documentaries, Vogue cover shoots, arena tours. In 2025 he scouted and locked the Gold Coast sequences for Gymkhana: Aussie Shred, Travis Pastrana's first Australian Gymkhana, before the Brisbane and Sydney legs. Not a coordinator, not a production company. Garrett, personally, from first brief to final wrap.
Yes. Brisbane is an hour up the M1 and the two are often shot in one trip. Brisbane has its own site and its own page on permits and locations.
First response within 24 hours. Location options typically land within 48 hours of a clear brief, with crew availability and a costed approach shortly after.
Yes. When a job needs a stage, a water tank or a backlot alongside location days, we coordinate the location side around the studio schedule and handle everything outside the gates.
Australia's federal Location Offset and PDV Offset apply to qualifying productions nationally, and Screen Queensland runs its own production attraction incentives. Eligibility depends on format, spend and structure; we can point you at the right people, but we are not tax advisers.
Very. The M1 corridor, the hinterland roads and the open ground around the city are why Gymkhana came here. We know which stretches can be closed, for how long, and what the safety approvals look like.
Send the brief. First response within 24 hours, location options within 48.
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