its use is still limited although resort hotels and theme parks now occupy the land. revegetation of the southport spit followed the construction of the gold coast seaway and gives particular character to this area and acts to link the more intensively developed area to the south with the open areas of the broadwater and southern moreton bay. main beach property has developed as a high rise area only relatively recently and is focused on the exclusive, luxury car-lined tedder avenue which is packed with upmarket eateries and boutiques. it has a sense of more permanent residential neighbourhood than other parts of the high rise coastal strip. the restaurants and coffee shops service this use. most of the apartment buildings along the foreshore are more modest in scale. the isthmus at narrowneck acts as a natural barrier to the more intensively developed area to the south.