Major Cities
South East Queensland includes the following regional cities:
- Brisbane, Queensland's capital and largest city
- Gold Coast, Queensland's premier tourist destination and surfing mecca to the south of Brisbane.
- Sunshine Coast, another major tourist area to the north of Brisbane.
- Ipswich, Queensland's oldest provincial city and industrial centre to Brisbane's south-west.
- Logan, a city between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, mostly residential with some light industry.
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