Londoners Tia Lewis, 20, and Chloe Andrisani, 20, were drawn to Surfers Paradise beach on holiday. Americans disillusioned with a Trump victory were also hunting for sun, sand, and surf in Queensland web searches during the US election. Picture: Tim Marsden
SUN, sand and surf was the main drawcard for Yanks looking to ditch the land of the free for Queensland in the wake of Donald Trump becoming US President Elect.
Seven out of the top 10 Queensland suburbs searched by Americans in the three days surrounding Mr Trump’s win were beachside ones, according to Realestate.com.au.
Brisbane City topped the Queensland list of searches by Americans, but seven beachside suburbs followed including Port Douglas, Noosa Heads and Surfers Paradise.
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Victor Bishti,19, Emelie Nordqvist and Viktoria Silfverskiold, 19, at Noosa which was the third most popular spot in Queensland for panicked US voters. Picture: Megan SladeSource:News Corp Australia
Trinity Beach was sixth, Burleigh Heads eighth and then Palm Beach and Coolum Beach.
Brisbane suburb Ashgrove was a surprise showing up in fifth spot, but there was no explaining how resource-downturn hit Moranbah made the cut, coming in at seventh place.
Don’t be too troubled about the thought of being inundated with panicked left-leaning American voters though, as the vast bulk of the interest by Americans went south, according to the figures by the US’s biggest real estate site, Realtor.com.
Brisbane City topped the Queensland list of suburbs searched by Americans, according to Realestate.com.au.Source:News Corp Australia
Sydney headed the top 10 most popular searches on Realtor.com’s Australian real estate listings during Trump’s victory - and it also had three suburbs make the national list.
Bondi Beach was in seventh spot nationally, followed by Manly in eighth position and high end Mosman in ninth place.
Adelaide and Melbourne saw higher hits than Brisbane City in second and third spots in the top 10, while Perth was fifth, followed by Hobart.
Top 10 QLD suburbs Yanks searched as Trump won:
1. Brisbane City
2. Port Douglas
3. Noosa Heads
4. Surfers Paradise
5. Ashgrove
6. Trinity Beach
7. Moranbah
8. Burleigh Heads
9. Palm Beach
10. Coolum
Resource-downturn hit Moranbah was a surprise showing on the Queensland top 10 list of areas searched by people out of the US in the days surrounding Donal Trump’s election. Picture: Annette DewSource:News Corp Australia
Originally published as Where Yanks are looking to move in Oz