"People Watching" Top 5 Page for this destination Gold Coast Things to Do Tip by tiabunna

In Australia, “people watching” was not only uncommon but was considered positively antisocial. I am sure most Australians of my generation were told by their mothers “not to stare at people”. With the advent of outdoor coffee shops and restaurants, not to mention greater overseas travel to places where “people watching” is standard practice, things have changed.

I’d have to say that the Gold Coast, in particular Surfers Paradise, is the ideal place for ‘people watching’. In Cavill Avenue, the main street of Surfers, you will find the rich (and famous?) wandering around upmarket shops, alongside the suitably casual young and uninhibited, some wearing only a pair of board shorts (photos 1, 2). Come to a point, “people watching” on the Gold Coast beaches also has its attractions (photo 3).