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Runaway Bay
Runaway Bay may refer to: * Runaway Bay, Jamaica * Runaway Bay, Queensland Runaway Bay is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Runaway Bay had a population of 9,308 people. The neighbourhood of Anglers Paradise () is situated within Runaway Bay. It is the southern area of Runawa ..., Australia, a suburb of Gold Coast City * Runaway Bay, Texas, United States * ''Runaway Bay'' (TV series), children's television series * Runaway Bay (TV play), a 1966 American television play {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaway Bay, Jamaica
Runaway Bay is a town in Saint Ann Parish on the northern coast of Jamaica and is considered one of the most naturally beautiful places on the island. It is a notable tourist destination located west of Ocho Rios, and slightly east of Discovery Bay, where Christopher Columbus landed in 1494. Ocean View Beach is a private beach situated at Runaway Bay. It consists of a series of hotel resort complexes and beaches. The name derives from its having been an escape route for runaway slaves. Arawaks were the first native settlers, but they were eventually overpowered by Spanish colonisers. The population according to the 2011 census was 8,640, roughly eight times the population of 1,116 determined in the 1970 census. Notable people born in the town include Canadian actress Samantha Kaine, who appeared in the 2002 film ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''. British composer and actor Noël Coward lived in nearby Port Maria and is buried there. Ian Fleming lived in nearby Oracabessa.P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaway Bay, Queensland
Runaway Bay is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Runaway Bay had a population of 9,308 people. The neighbourhood of Anglers Paradise () is situated within Runaway Bay. It is the southern area of Runaway Bay developed before 1967. Geography The suburb is bounded by Poinsettia Avenue in the north, by Oxley Drive and Pine Ridge Road to the west, by Coombabah Road and Biggera Creek () to the south. In the east, the suburb's boundaries extend into the Gold Coast Broadwater. Of the actual land surface, the land use is residential with the exception of the north-western corner of the suburb which is part of the Pine Ridge Conservation Park () which extends north into Hollywell. Within its sea area, there is: * Crab Island (), an undeveloped low-lying mangrove area * Carters Bank (), a sandbank beyond the mouth of Biggera Creek. There is a bridge in the south-east of the locality across the mouth of Biggera Creek to the Lands End headl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaway Bay, Texas
Runaway Bay is a city in Wise County, Texas, lying at the Southern end of Lake Bridgeport. The population was 1,546 in 2020. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,546 people, 734 households, and 501 families residing in the city. Golf course The Club at Runaway Bay was an 18-hole golf course and club house designed by Leon Howard and established in 1969. It was Par 72, length 7032 yards and had a course rating of 73.1. It was featured in the 2008–09 edition of ''Golf Digest'' as one of the "Best Places to Play." The course closed on November 3, 2024. Alleged chupacabra sighting On January 17, 2010, the golf course was the subject of a chupacabra The chupacabra or ''chupacabras'' (, literally 'goat-sucker', from , 'sucks', and , 'goats') is a legendary creature, or cryptid, in the folklore of parts of the Americas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaway Bay (TV Series)
''Runaway Bay'' is a children's adventure television series which originally aired from 1992 to 1993. The series followed a group of friends having adventures while living on the island of Martinique in the Caribbean. The show was principally produced by Lifetime Productions International Ltd with Ellipse Productions for the television networks Antenne 2, CBS Television, and Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 .... In the UK, the show was screened on ITV. In the Netherlands, the series was shown on Kindernet from 1993 to 1999. The show's theme is sung by Dana Dawson and is a lyrical reworking of her 1990 single "Romantic World", which was a hit in France. Episodes Season 1 #Into the Night (9 January 1992) #Rotten Fish (16 January 1992) #Lonely I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
