South Stradbroke Island
South Stradbroke Island south of Brisbane
is mostly undeveloped and a nice place to camp, but on western coast
there is the South Stradbroke Island Resort where you can enjoy a
swimming pool,
tennis courts and restaurants.
Gold Coast Australia - Dreamworld
South of the South Stradbroke Island the theme parks start and the
first
one is Dreamworld
– a Disneyland-style park with the famous Giant Drop,
Tower of Terror, Thunderpolt, Wipeout
and Gravitron rafting ride. There is also a recreated gold rush town,
an aquatic
playground, a Bavarian Village and a wildlife sanctuary.
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Gold Coast Australia -
Movie World
The next theme park is Movie
World with cartoon
characters walking around the park, recreations of Superman’s Daily
Planet building and Batman’s Riddler’s Lair, and you can also take
thrill rides
on Lethal Weapon Roller Coasters and Big Road Runner.
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Gold Coast Australia -
Seaworld Seaworld
in Main Beach is a huge aquatic theme park with water slides,
a reproduction of Captain Cook’s Endeavour, a monorail and aquariums
with a lot of marine life. You can watch shark
feeding and dolphin
and sea
lion shows, and the 'Water-ski Spectacular'.
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Surfers Paradise
South of the theme parks is Surfers
Paradise, the most famous town on
the Gold Coast with a long beach known for some great surfing. If you
aren't a surfer, there is plenty of
shopping and some great nightlife here, and a perfect beach to laze a
day away after a big night out.
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Hotels
include Australis
Sovereign Hotel, Club
Watermark Hotel and Spa, Crowne
Plaza Hotel, Hotel
Grand Chancellor Surfers Paradise, Islander
Resort Hotel, Jupiters
Casino Hotel, Mantra
Legends Hotel, Markham
Court Hotel, Oceanside
Cove Hotel, Old
Burleigh Court Hotel, Palazzo
Versace Hotel, Quality
Hotel Mermaid Waters, Regency
on the Beach Hotel, Surfers
Mayfair Hotel, Surfers
Paradise Marriott Resort Hotel, Twickenham
Hotel, Vibe
Hotel and Worldmark
Kirra Beach Hotel.
Resorts include
All
Seasons Grande Florida Resort, Anacapri
Holiday Resort, Bay
of Palms Resort, Chateau
Beachside Resort, Chevron
Palms Resort, Karana
Palms Resort, Magic
Mountain Resort, Maldives
Resort, Mango
Cove Resort, Mantra
Broadbeach on the Park Resort, Mantra
Coolangatta Beach Resort, Mantra
Sun City Resort, Palm
Beach Holiday Resort, Paradise
Island Resort, Paradise
Isles Resort, Rays
Resort, Royal
Pacific Resort, Royal
Palm Resort, Surfers
Royale Resort, Swell
Resort and The
Ritz Resort.
Guesthouses,
retreats
and bed and
breakfast
accommodation include Burleigh
Retreat, Hilltop
on Tamborine B&B, Kallora
Country Retreat, Luxury
Private Homes, Mermaid
Beachside B&B, Mountain
Chaltes Retreat, Riviera
B&B, Tambaridge
B&B, The
Golden Door Health Retreat and The
Mouses House Chalets.
Motels
include Active
Stays Motel, A'Montego
Mermaid Beach Motel, Beenleigh
Yatala Motor Inn, Bilinga
Beach Motel, Bombora
Resort Motel, Camden
Motor Inn, Gold
Coast Holiday Park Motel, Golden
Shores Motel, Horizons
Motel, Limassol
Motel, Marlin
Motel Labrador, Miami
Motel, Ocean
Blue Motel, Paradise
Inn Motel, Runaway
Bay Motor Inn, Sunburst
Motel, Sundale
Motel, Surfers
City Motel, Tropicana
Motel Mermaid Beach and White
Lanterns Motel.
Backpackers
and camping
include Aquarius
Backpackers, Coolangatta
Sands Hostel, Coolangatta
YHA, Gold
Coast International Backpackers, Islander
Backpackers, Sleeping
Inn Backpackers, Surfers
Paradise YHA at Main Beach and Southport
Tourist Park.
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Tamborine Mountains and Lamington National park
If mass tourism starts getting to you, there is the Gold Coast
hinterland with some great national parks like Tamborine Mountains,
Lamington and Springbrook
National Park with
hundreds of kilometers of bush
walking tracks. The northernmost one is
Tamborine Mountains, where you can discover pockets of the area’s
original rainforest, visit rainforest waterfalls and enjoy some great
coastal views from lookout points.
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Springbrook National Park
South of Tamborine is Lamington
National Park with 160km of bushwalking trails, caves,
gorges
and waterfalls, and subtropical rainforests. Further south is the
Springbrook Plateau, a remnant of a volcano with winding drives on its
slopes and great lookouts, and temperate
rainforests protected in Springbrook
National Park.
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Here is a map of Gold Coast, where I have
tagged the
places that I mentioned on this web page. You can click on the tags to
see what places they are, and double-click anywhere on the map to zoom
it in and see the places closer. Drag the map to move around, and if
you want to see the satellite image with Google Earth, click on "Sat"
in the top right hand corner.
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