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| .... | The Gold Coast Directory.com has all the information you need to plan your Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia holiday. The Gold Coast is Australia's premiere holiday destination with white sandy beaches and friendly Gold Coast hospitality.
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The Gold Coast offers 57 kilometres of coastline with some of the most popular surf beaches in Australia including, South Stradbroke Island, The Spit, Main Beach, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach, Nobby Beach, Miami, Burleigh Beach, Burleigh Heads, Tallebudgera Beach, Palm Beach, Curruminbin Beach, Tugun, Bilinga, Kirra, Coolangatta, Greenmount, Rainbow Bay, Snapper Rocks and Finngle Beach. Duranbah beach is one of the world's best known surfing beaches and is often thought of as being part of Gold Coast City, but is actually just across the New South Wales state border in Tweed Shire.
There are also beaches along many of the Gold Coast's 860km of navigable tidal waterways. Popular inland beaches include Southport, Budds Beach, Marine Stadium, Currumbin Alley, Tallebudgera Estuary, Jacobs Well, Jabiru Island, Paradise Point, Harley Park Labrador, Santa Barbara, Boykambil and Evandale Lake.
Gold Coast is the third largest film production centre in Australia behind Sydney and Melbourne. Warner Brothers have large studios located just outside of the city, at Oxenford which have been the filming locations for films such as the Scooby Doo films and The House of Wax (2005).
See the Gold & Tweed Coast from one of the world’s highest residential towers Q1 Observation Deck.
Gold Coast City Art Gallery- There are several noteworthy art galleries on the Gold Coast with the Gold Coast City Art Gallery in Surfers Paradise being the best and most visited by tourists.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum-The Gold Coast has several really good museums. The Gold Coast Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum is much like any other Ripley’s venue around the world and is lots of fun with its 12 themed galleries and their unreal exhibits.
There are plenty of Theme Parks including, Dreamworld, Sea World, Wet'n'Wild Water World, Warner Bros. Movie World, WhiteWater World, Currumbin Sanctuary, Fleays Wildlife Park, Australian Outback Spectacular and Paradise Country.
The Gold Coast offers a wealth of public parklands for pleasure and recreation. These have been grouped into 7 groups of Suburbs. Eg. Group 1 : Arundel, Ashmore, Benowa, Biggera Waters, Coombabah, Hollywell, Labrador, Molendiar, Paradise Point, Parkwood, Runaway Bay & Southport. For more information, please contact Parks on or
Australia Zoo located along the Sunshine Coast, is a two-hour drive from the Gold Coast. Originally opened by legendary zoologist Steve Irwin’s parents in the 1970s, Australia Zoo is a big hit in Australia.
The Gold Coast is situated in the southeast corner of Queensland, to the south of Brisbane, the state capital. Gold Coast City is renowned for its sunny subtropical climate, popular surfing beaches, expansive waterway and canal systems, a skyline dominated by high-rise apartment buildings, active nightlife and wide variety of tourist attractions. The diversity of the landscape makes it a popular choice with a wide range visitors by having something for everyone from fun in the sun to rainforest escapes. Whether you're looking for health retreats, day spas, action packed theme parks and attractions, nature escapes, nightlife or relaxing days on the beach the Gold Coast has it all.
