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Twenty reasons to visit the Gold Coast
From resorts and cruises to shopping and surfing, this is the best the Gold Coast has to offer.
From resorts and cruises to shopping and surfing, this is the best the Gold Coast has to offer.
It might be known for excess and skyscrapers, but the Gold Coast can do classy, too.
On April 4, the giant surfboard-shaped countdown clock will register there's just "one year to go" for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Camping and glamping have been transformed - again.
The Gold Coast has a range of activities for those who like to go fast, get wet or get up high.
Queensland's Airtrain is a hit with international guests but locals are only just starting to realise what it offers.
Located between Broadbeach and the Sunshine Coast hinterland, this resort is an ideal spot for familes, couple and golf fans.
The coast is still gold for kids even when the sun don't shine.
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Australia's own Vegas is centred around a beautiful golden stretch of sand that hugs a strip of urban skyscrapers. The beach is famed for attracting a disproportionate amount of the country's most beautiful; the surf lifesavers and meter maids of the aptly-named Surfers Paradise. Its nightlife, glitzy malls and million-dollar theme parks attract an excessive amount of visitors, too, and with good reason.