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Gold Coast - About the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is one of Australia's most popular holiday destinations. Gold Coast City is renowned for its sunny subtropical climate, popular surfing beaches, the Gold Coast theme parks, active nightlife and its wide variety of tourist attractions.

The Gold Coast has much to offer with so many sights and attractions to keep your family entertained. We strongly recomend you choose a Gold Coast hire car for your stay as many attractions are outside convenient bus or train acess. Spanning the Gold Coast are 40 km of the world’s most beautiful beaches providing a great place to relax, entertain the family or catch some of the famous Gold Coast Surf. The Gold Coast offers a very comfortable climate for holiday makers with usually 300 days of sunshine every year. The average temperature for the Gold Coast during summer (December till February) is 20 - 28C (68-83F) and while Winter temperatures (June to August) are usually 11 - 21C (52 - 70F). This moderate sub tropical climate has helped to make the Gold Coast one of the most popular holiday destinations amongst travellers and tourists from all over the world. For your convenience, if you are flying to the Gold Coast we recomend you book with an Australian Airline that lands in Gold Coast Airport as many only land in the more distant Brisbane Airport.

The Gold Coast is a city and local government area. The Gold Coast is the sixth most populous city in Australia. Gold Coast City is governed at the local level by the Gold Coast City Council, the second largest local government in the country.

Gold Coast city consists of 57 kilometres of coastline with some of the most popular surf breaks in Australia including: South Stradbroke Island, The Spit, Main Beach, Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach, Nobby Beach, Miami, Burleigh Beach, Burleigh Heads, Tallebudgera Beach, Palm Beach, Currumbin Beach, Tugun, Bilinga, Kirra, Coolangatta, Greenmount, Rainbow Bay, Snapper Rocks, Froggies Beach. Many of these popular Gold Coast Surf Beaches are very accessible and have conveniently located luxury accommodation and budget accommodation.

Although the Gold Coasts unique beaches are its major attraction, Gold Coast City offers much more. The Gold Coast offers world class luxury shopping in Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Southport, with many duty free, boutique brand and Australian Indigenous shopping outlets available. Dining districts like Broadbeach offer exquisite alfresco restaurant and café dining. The Gold Coast is home to 6 of Australia’s best major theme parks, including Warner Bros Movie World, Sea World, Wet’n’Wild, Dream World and White Water World. 40 major golf courses are located on the Gold Coast including the world famous Royal Pines Golf Course and RACV Resort.

The Gold Coast is equally popular for its surrounding natural attractions, World Heritage Listed National Parks and Nature Parks. Popular nature parks include the Currumbin Sanctuary, Fleays Wildlife Park and Paradise Country. Those interested will also enjoy the famous Australian Outback Spectacular dinner show.

Gold Coast Geography - Where is the Gold Coast

Gold Coast city is situated in the south east corner of Queensland and is approximately 1 hour drive from Brisbane and 2 hours south of the Sunshine Coast. Gold Coast City from Beenleigh on the southern fringe of Logan City stretches along the Queensland coastline to Coolangatta on the Queensland and New South Wales border.

The Gold Coast is the perfect place to get good holiday accommodation. Because of its close proximity to surrounding attractions and landmarks, the Gold Coast also makes a good from which to make day trips to Byron Bay, Brisbane, Stradbroke Island, Australia Zoo, the surrounding World Heritage Listed National Parks and much more.

Gold Coast Transport - Flying to the Gold Coast, Gold Coast Airports, getting around

Gold Coast Airport (sometimes called Coolangatta Airport) will best connect you to the Gold Coast when flying from other cities in Australia however the majority of international flights to Queensland will land in Brisbane Airport. For the best prices on Australian Airlines flying to Gold Coast Airport we advise you book your flight online. Brisbane Airport is less than one hour drive from the centre of the Gold Coast and transport can be arranged via Brisbane and Gold Coast Shuttle Bus or Airport Flyer services however we recomend Con-x-ion Coaches for reliable and well priced service. Transport between the Gold Coast, Gold Coast Airport, Brisbane and Brisbane Airport can be arranged on the spot both Gold Coast and Brisbane Airports. Airport transportation can also be arranged through the Gold Coast Bus Terminal or through your travel agent.

Travel between the Gold Coast and Brisbane is best done via Queensland Rail, however this does not service the airport and you should check the train times and operation hours of the Brisbane to Gold Coast Train Service for the day you wish to travel. The M1 Highway allows for fast and easy driving access between the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Brisbane Airport.

The Gold Coast Surfside Bus Service offers regular buses to most areas in Gold Coast City and also to suburban Gold Coast areas. There are many Gold Coast Tour services available taking day trips and half day trips to see the Gold Coast sights or into the Gold Coast Hinterland to visit famous or World Heritage Listed National Park areas like O’Reilly’s, Lamington National Park, Binna Burra, Mount Tamborine or Natural Bridge in Springbrook National Park.

Car hire is easy to access from Gold Coast Airport, Brisbane Airport and Surfers Paradise and cars from major Gold Coast car hire providers can often be returned to Airport locations.

Gold Coast Tourism - What to do

The Gold Coast enjoys a thriving tourism industry with around 10 million tourists visiting the Gold Coast every year; comprising of 849,114 international visitors, 3,468,000 domestic overnight visitors and 5,366,000 day trip visitors.

Tours are one of the best ways to see the gold coast. Day trips or part day trips around the Gold Coast are very affordable. Popular tours often visit popular city sights like Q1, Gold Coast Beaches or venture into the Gold Coast Hinterland to visit famous or World Heritage Listed National Park areas like O’Reilly’s, Lamington National Park, Binna Burra or Natural Bridge in Springbrook National Park.

Gold Coast Weather

Gold Coast Mean daily maximum temperature (°C): 25.0
Gold Coast Mean daily minimum temperature (°C): 15.3
Gold Coast Mean total rainfall (mm): 1428.6
Gold Coast Mean number of rain days: 121.5