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If you like sun, surf and sand, unpolluted air and a relaxed lifestyle, with great accommodation and heaps of tourist attractions thrown in, then you'll love the Gold Coast of Australia. The Gold Coast can boast an average of 245 days of fine weather each year and daytime temperatures above 22 degrees for 279 days a year. Yes! This is truly the Sunshine State! The Gold Coast is located on the Eastern seaboard of Australia just 80km south of the City of Brisbane. |
Over the past fifty years, Surfers Paradise has become famous as Australia's most popular holiday destination. Surfers Paradise has everything for all holiday makers.
A huge choice of accommodation from five-star hotels & resorts to backpacker hostels, cater for all the different tastes and budgets of its tens of thousands of tourists that inundate the holiday mecca each month.
The streets and surrounds of Surfers are jampacked with activities, entertainment and fun everywhere you turn. Activities include bungee jumping, motorbike tours, seaplane flights and surfing lessons around an area renowned for its fine dining, fantastic shopping and busy nightlife.
Stroll down Cavill Avenue, with the Paradise Centre on one side and an array of eateries, nightclubs, boutique shops and even Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum, on the other. Orchid Avenue, just off Cavill Avenue boasts many nightclubs, adult bars & themed venues. Shop also at Chevron Renaissance, the Raptis Plaza and the Dolphin Arcade.
| Chevron Island across the river from central Surfers, is a residential island, but offers cafes and pastry shops and links Surfers Paradise to the more industrial Bundall area. Macintosh Island to the north is pleasant with walking tracks and barbecues on the banks of the Nerang River. There is sheltered swimming at MacIntosh Island and Budds Beach. Surfers Paradise Main Beach is a patrolled beach. Coincide your Surfers Paradise visit with the thrills and racing spills of the annual Honda Indy in October or chance upon one of the many street parades or performances in the centre of Surfers. |
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A sunny sub-tropical climate and a year-round festive atmosphere combine to make Surfers Paradise one of Queensland's top tourist holiday destinations.
The Surfers Paradise Marriot Resort, a riverfront mega resort located 1 km north of the surfers paradise, has a large heated pool and tropical lagoon complete with coral reef and tropical fish. For those looking for value for money, The Crown Plaza Surfers Paradise is an excellent choice. It is located 2 km from Surfers Paradise, which approximates to a short 15 minute walk. A peculiar service that Crown Plaza provides is the “pillow menu‿ which gives the guest the choice of which type of pillows (feather, latex etc) they prefer.