Things To See & Do

Australia’s Gold Coast is a very unique city; it has everything that is great about Australia, all in one location.

A spectacular coastline, world Heritage listed rainforest, exciting city centre, theme parks, shopping, restaurants and year round events.

Family Friendly
For many years Gold coast has been the favourite holiday destination for Australian families. Now many other nations are coming to enjoy a safe and friendly escape with loved ones.

Accommodation
Gold Coast accommodation is more than just a place to stay; it will be a memorable experience of any holiday. Venues in the heart of the city overlook the beach. Choose from the world’s tallest residential tower or a beach in the sky, hi-technology rooms or a designer fashion hotel.

Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach precincts have some of the gold Coast’s newest accommodation venues with luxury apartments and self contained units readily available for family and long stay holidays.

Shopping
The Gold Coast has everything from late night shopping, new retail precincts, major shopping centres and boutiques.

Fashion is a big part of life on the Gold Coast and international names such as Cartier, Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Salvatore Ferragamo are popular stores in the beautiful shopping avenues.

Night Life
At night the countless city lights make for a spectacular setting and entice holiday makers onto the streets in search of fun after dark.

There are many night adventures in this city, such as shopping precincts open late, evening thrill rides, night cruises, cabaret restaurants, stage show dinner spectacular, casino entertainment and gaming all night long.

There are also hundreds of restaurants, cafes and bars open late into the night where everyone enjoys a mix of local and international food, fun and music.

Golf
The Gold Coast is home to more the 20 championship golf courses. Examples of the most popular courses are Hope Island, Palm Meadows, Paradise Springs and Royal Pines Resort which is host to the ANZ Ladies Masters tournament.

Beaches and Surfing
The Gold Coast's 35 golden beaches are patrolled year round by professional lifeguards and during the summer, by dedicated volunteers from the Surf Life Saving Clubs. The surf clubs are spread along the coast and create a way of life for members and visitors which centre around ocean safety and friendly competition. Visit one of the clubs for a bite to eat or to find out about local competitions and beach patrols. The parklands adjacent to most beaches offer facilities such as barbecues and picnic areas. Scattered at the northern and southern ends of the Gold Coast are popular dive sites. Professional dive operators can offer a guide to some of the region's best kept underwater secrets and provide dive training.

Stradbroke Island
A 20 minute ferry trip will take you to some of the most beautiful and quite beaches on the Gold Coast. South Stradbroke Island features rainforest areas, native wildlife and vast stretches of surfing beach. Two ferry services operate to South Stradbroke Island from the Runaway Bay Marina, 20 minutes drive north of Surfers Paradise.

Nature and Wildlife
There is also a natural side to the Gold Coast - beside the magnificent beaches. Just 30 mins from the beach is the Gold Coast Hinterland, a district of great natural beauty featuring World Heritage national parks, subtropical rainforest and an unparalleled diversity of animal species.

This deeper Gold Coast setting is a popular day trip or short break with many restaurants, wineries, shops and accommodation venues in the area.

City Information
Gold Coast’s reputation as a tourism city is well earned but there is much more to talk about. The region is highly regarded in other key industries such as film, health and medial, education, information and communication technology and marine.

Gold Coast is serviced by Gold Coast airport and has an easy one hour access by road or rail to Brisbane Airport.

Must See and Do:

• Lamington & Springbrook national Park
• SkyPoint
• Australia’s SeaWorld
• Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
• Hot Air Ballooning
• Movie World
• Australia’s Outback Spectacular
• Dreamworld
• WhiteWater World
• Paradise Country - Aussie farm tours
• Wet’n’Wild
• Harbour Town Shopping Centre
• David Fleay Wildlife Park
• Conrad Jupiter Casino
• Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
• Magic Millions Carnival
• Farm stays

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