Gold Coast Things to Do Tips by robertgaz Top 5 Page for this destination

Sea World Theme Parks. Review

Sea World is a theme park for the whole family with marine life attractions, wild rides and entertaining shows.

Sea World is also committed to educating visitors and playing an active role in Australian marine research and rescue.

Shark Bay is the world's largest man made lagoon for sharks and you can see Australia's only Polar bears in their home at the Polar Bear Shores.

Step back in time into the 1960s at the Waterski WipeOut which is an energetic show set in the ‘Golden Era’ of Surfers Paradise.

General admission prices -
Adults $62.00
Children (4 - 13 years inclusive) $40.00
Pensioners $40.00

If you plan to visit Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World or Wet'n'Wild , then a much better deal is the 3 Park Super Pass which allows you to visit any park, any day as many times as you like for 14 days.

Address: Seaworld Drive

Directions: Main Beach, Gold Coast

Other Contact: Fax No: +61 7 5591 1056

Phone: Information Line: +61 7 5588 220

Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Surfers Paradise. Review

Ripley's Believe It Or Not is a museum featuring hundreds of believe it or not exhibits, amazing stories, magic, mystery, incredible illusions, interactive displays and a couple of movies.

It is a self guided tour which takes you through twelve individually themed galleries and it takes an hour or so to complete the circuit.

Open between 9am and 11pm daily.

Admission Prices -

Adults: $14.50
Seniors/Students
Backpackers: $12.50
Child (5-12): $8.00
Under 5: Free

Address: Raptis Plaza

Directions: Cavill Mall in the CBD.

Phone: +617 5592 0040

Infinity

Infinity is a walk through maze filled with sound effects, funky music and illusions that seem to go on forever.

You will be provided with cotton gloves and socks for when you need to "feel" your way around the maze. The Infinity journey takes around 30 minutes and will challenge your senses and imagination.

No photography is allowed.

Open daily from 10am to 10pm except Christmas Day.

Entry Prices to Infinity -

Adults: $23.90
Seniors: $19.90
Children:(12 Years and Under) $15.90

Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) $67

Address: Cnr Surfers Paradise Blvd & Elkhorn Ave

Directions: Chevron Renaissance Centre, Surfers Paradise.

Other Contact: +617 5592 3700

Phone: +617 5538 2988

Fly Coaster Surfers Paradise. Review

Imagine being strapped into a harness, attached to steel cables and then hauled 35m into the sky only to be released so you can fly at speeds of up to 130km/h!

If this is you then the Fly Coaster is your thrill.

Three intrepid thrillseekers
Trembling on their toes,
And taken to the toppermost,
Before they down they goes,
Screaming lungs for thrilling funs,
And adrenalin afterglows.
~robertgaz~

AU$39pp single fly
AU$35 double fly
AU$29 triple fly

Address: Cypress Avenue, Surfers Paradise

Directions: CBD

Other Contact: Fax: +617 5539 0559

Phone: +617 5539 0474

Movie World Theme Parks. Review

Movie World is a Warner Bros theme park with rides, slides and shows with all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.

You can fly like a speeding bullet on the Superman Escape where you are catapulted from whoa to 100km/h in just 2 seconds!

If that only whet your appetite you could travel at 85 km/h and feel 4G's of gravity on the totally awesome Lethal Weapon.

For something a tad tamer there's a 70km/h drop from the top of a mountain in a canoe so hang onto your hats.

After all these thrills and spills it's also worth checking out the Stars on Parade with Shrek, Batman, Scooby Doo, Tweety and Daffy Duck.

And for a good laugh have a look at the Police Academy Stunt Show with staged re-enactments from these popular movies.

You can also go shopping for souvenirs at the many themed shops to be found around Movie World.

Rides & Attractions are open from 10am to 5pm
Gates Close at 5:30pm

General Admission Prices -

Adults $62.00
Children ( 4 - 13 years inclusive) $40.00
Pensioners$40.00

If you plan to visit Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World or Wet'n'Wild , then a much better deal is the 3 Park Super Pass which allows you to visit any park, any day as many times as you like for 14 days.

Address: Pacific Motorway, Oxenford

Directions: Warner Bros. Movie World is located on Australia's Gold Coast just a 20 min drive north of Surfers Paradise and 45 min south of Brisbane.

Other Contact: Fax:+617 5573 3666

Phone: +617 5573 8485

Wet 'n' Wild Theme Parks. Review

Wet'n'Wild Water World is on the Gold Coast and it is Australia's biggest water theme park with splashtacular rides.

The Mach 5 attraction houses Wet 'n' Wild's two longest slides plus three king sized slides that have you skidding down a waterfall at nearly 85km/h.

I can't remembering seeing anything because the faster I went down, the faster other things went up. I had my rashie over my eyes and my boardies up my... well I'll leave that to your imagination!

Then there is the Tornado where your wild journey begins on a super-slide from a 15m high platform and then you blast down a 40m long tunnel and into a huge funnel, splashing back and forth through swirling water.

The Blackhole features two enclosed slides that catapult you into pitch black spirals so you don't know which way you're turning next and you don't see a thing until you hit the final splashdown!

At the Super 8 Aqua Racer you plunge head first down an 8 lane, 86m long slide reaching speeds of up to 40km/h and you get a placing to an accuracy of 1/1000th of a second. I'm afraid I was a little slow out of the starting block so I was left long behind.

The park opens at 10:00am every day and closing times vary throughout the year.

27 December - 25 January 9:00pm
26 January - 30 April 5:00pm
1 May - 31 August 4:00pm
1 September - 26 December 5:00pm

General admission prices are -

Adults $40.00 $40.00
Children (4 - 13 years inclusive) $26.00
Pensioner $26.00

If you plan to visit Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World or Wet'n'Wild , then a much better deal is the 3 Park Super Pass which allows you to visit any park, any day as many times as you like for 14 days.

Address: Pacific Motorway, Oxenford

Directions: Wet'n'Wild Water World is located next to Warner Bros. Movie World on the M1
Pacific Motorway, 20km's north of Surfers Paradise and 50km's south of Brisbane.

Other Contact: Fax +617 5529 7055

Phone: +617 5556 1610

Coolangatta Beaches. Review

Coolangatta is as far south as you can get in Queensland as it right on the New South Wales border with it's twin town of Tweed Heads on the other side.

It's about a half hour drive along the Pacific Highway from the Gold Coast and the beaches here are at least the equal of Surfers Paradise but a lot more laid back.

Coolangatta is also home to the domestic and international airport for the Gold Coast.

While you are here you can enjoy lunch with freshly brewed coffee on the waterfront at the Main Beach Bakery.

Address: Queensland/New South Wales border.

Surfer's Paradise Surfers Paradise. Review

Surfers Paradise is a suburb of the Gold Coast and is colloquially known as 'Surfers'. It is one of the many golden white beaches that stretch for over 60km's from Beenleigh near Brisbane to Tweed Heads on the New South Wales border.

It is a premier holiday destination for families or for couples looking for a romantic getaway.

The most unique feature of Surfer's Paradise is that you can walk off the beach right into the heart of the CBD with shops, restaurants and cafes close by.

Address: At the end of Cavill Mall

Directions: Near the heart of the CDB.

Website: http://www.surfers-paradise.com.au/#info

The Wax Museum

This is two attractions in one featuring the World in Wax and the Chamber of Horrors.

At the World in Wax you can meet lifelike celebrities such as Elvis, Michael Jackson and Kylie Minogue or famous people like Mahatma Gandi and Albert Einstein.

Most of them look a tad pasty except for Mahatma Gandi. After staring at his very realistice likeness I could have sworn that he winked at me ;~)

The Chamber of Horrors is clearly for those who relish in the macabre world of torturers and the tortured along with torture instruments including the Dis-emboweler and the Flesh Tearer!

Address: 56 Ferny Avenue, Surfers Paradise

Directions: Walking distance from CDB.

Other Contact: E-mail: info@waxmuseum.com.au

Phone: +617 5538 3975

Website: http://www.australiagoldcoast.com/

Tweed Heads Beaches. Review

Tweed Heads is as far north as you can get in New South Wales as it right on the Queensland border with it's twin town of Coolangatta on the other side.

It's about a half hour drive along the Pacific Highway from the Gold Coast and the beaches here are at least the equal of Surfers Paradise but a lot more laid back.

On a clear day here you are rewareded with great views of the Gold Coast city skyline particularly from Point Danger near the beach.

If you get here early enough you could watch the sunrise from the Pacific Ocean while eating breakfast at the Latitude 28 Cafe.

Directions: Queensland/New South Wales border.