About Gold Coast, Australia

The Gold Coast is the small coastal area between Brisbane and the New South Wales border. The Gold Coast offers fabulous beaches stretching for around 35km, and is a very popular tourist spot hosting fabulous beaches, fantastic nightlife, great surf and a sub tropical climate with an average of 330 days of sunshine each year.

The Gold Coast is also home to the famous Surfers Paradise and a number of well known theme parks, as well as a wide range of adventure activities including bungee jumping, para-sailing, and water skiing. The Gold Coast also hosts the Gold Coast Indy 300 during October each year. A wide range of racing cars fill the streets of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, with plenty of action and entertainment for the whole family.

If you’d prefer a quieter and more relaxing sport then visit one of the 36 Championship Golf Courses along the Gold Coast. There are also a number of art and craft markets held throughout the Gold Coast, with the Gold Coast Flea Markets and the popular Carrara Markets held every Saturday and Sunday.

The Gold Coast also offers some fabulous scenery for you to explore and plenty of wildlife. So if all of the excitement of the coast is too much for you then head to the glorious Hinterland of the Gold Coast. There are some fabulous walking trails around the McPherson Range which follows the New South Wales border where it joins the Great Dividing Range.