Yes, you are right. Folks from Sydney and Melba move north to Brissie, Gold and Sunshine coasts to holiday and retire. You should know from an official city name just over the border in north NSW- it is Surfers Paradise.
I was there for four years 99-03 design advance and construction oversight for Busways - bus exclusive roads to fill gaps between commuter railway lines, and also the address the older crowd who were not up for driving their own cars in congested parts of Brissie.
Brissie is a confusing place to get around with the river worming its way through the middle of the city and old arterial roads following high ridges
One night I was down in the 'Valley'. Fortitude Valley is a neighborhood with lots of entertainment spots.
Stopped into a strip club. Full nude is accepted, as well as laying hands on the goods in a lap dance.
One gal said they had made gobs of cash the prior week, because a US navy ship was visiting port.
Sailors hit the club first night the tied up, got the word out that clubs were way more fun that those in San Diego or Hawaii, and the venue was packed all week till the ship left port.