Gold Coast Australia


Gold Coast is a  is a coastal city located in South East Queensland, Australia. Gold Coast is famous for literally being a place full of fun.


Gold Coast had been a place for film productions; Scooby Doo movies and House of Wax are examples of this.


Gold Coast has more than 70km of fantastic beaches.


Gold coast main industry is tourism; and is well known for its beaches and attractions, such as Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, Burleigh heights and Main beach.


This amaizing city in Australia has waterways prevent longshore drift and the bar from silting up. It includes suburbs, localities, towns and rural districts.


Since 2007 Gold Coast has been the sixth largest city in Australia and the largest non-capital city.


Gold Coast City’s unemployment rate (5.6 per cent) is below the national level (5.9 per cent).


Around 10 million tourists visit the Gold Coast area every year: of 849,114 international visitors, 3,468,000 domestic overnight visitors and 5,366,000 daytrip visitors. Tourism is the region’s biggest industry, directly contributing more than $4.4 billion into the city economy every year and directly accounting for one in four jobs in the city


Recreational activities on the Gold Coast include surfing, fishing, boating and golf.


Now I know Gold Coast seems like the best place ever (and certainly it is, at least for me)


But it gets better.


Did you know Gold Coast is the first city to have a water park where there's a loop? No? Well then check it out: 

Now I shall show you all the Wonderland that is Gold Coast:

Infinity is a mind blowing journey into spectacular futuristic maze-like world of wonder. Made up of an extraordinary series of around 20 multi-sensual environments filled with unique special effects, atmospheric sound fields, ultra groovy music and illusions.

Take a walk on the wild side and get closer to Australia’s native wildlife in a natural environment and experience spellbinding Aboriginal music, dance and culture - seven nights a week. All together in a unique buffet and tour package you must experience at least once in your life, a truly memorable time for young and old.

reamworld is home to the greatest number of traditional theme park rides on the Coast with all the kid friendly rides, roller coasters, water slides, bumper cars and more gravity defying, stomach churning contraptions than you could want. There's even an Imax theatre and the famous Tiger Island. If it's a quintessential theme park you're after then Dreamworld is the one for you. 

Crocodiles, wallabies, kangaroos, koalas and almost all of the other famous Australian native animals have representatives living in Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. You can look at them in natural habitats, feed and pat some of them or just experience the fantastic 27 hectare bushland setting - an oasis of wildlife amidst the Gold Coast bustle. Join the lorikeets for breakfast for a truly wonderul, once in a life time experience.

Part theme park, part movie studio, Movie World is the only movie-related theme park in Australia. With one of the best roller coasters on the coast and a good handful of movie related rides (think Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo, Superman, Batman and more), you'll experience a fun-filled adventure with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Get 'behind the scenes' movie info and stunt shows to keep the whole family entertained for the best part of a day.

Home to the world's largest variety of tropical fruit, it's free to get in and shop for gourmet varieties of bizarre and wonderful fruits. You can also pay to check out the plantation safaris, mini train rides, jungle cruises and fruit tasting shows. Admission is about $32 for adults and $15 for kids. Tropical Fruit World is located about 10 minutes south of the border in NSW, you'll see the turn-off on the Pacific Highway.

O'Reilly's Tree Top Walk allows you to walk through the canopy to see flowering and fruiting trees and vines, the epiphytic orchids and ferns, and the birds and animals that inhabit the tree tops. (And it's free)

Gold Coast also has a nightlife full of clubs and adult stuff, but considering this is made by an underage student I better not write about that :)

Now you may be thinking: Can Gold Coast be even more spectacular?
The answer is yes, yes it can.

Gold Coast Hitherland

South East Queensland’s best-kept secret is the picturesque mountain rainforest region to the west of the Gold Coast. Often referred to as the green behind the gold, the Gold Coast Hinterland and the Scenic Rim, the region around Tamborine Mountain (or Mt Tamborine) and the beautiful and extensiveLamington National Park, all part of the Border Ranges.

Be amazed:

So I know this is all you can take without thinking about killing me for showing you this amazing place when we're still in school and can't take a vacation to Gold Coast. -sigh-