In the 1940s, Europeans began to establish settlements, cultivate wasteland, build houses and buildings. In those days, the aboriginal settlements had become tourist centers with numerous hotels and villas. The Golden Coast is close to the subtropical zone of the tropics. Although there are four seasons in a year, the summer is very long, and the sunshine is warm in winter. When people in southern Australia are shrunken in a cold wind of about 0 degrees Celsius, swimming on the Golden Coast is like soaking in a hot spring. The Golden Coast is also an ideal place for surfing and water-skiing.