Surfers?
Sun Bathing?
Sandcastles?
Well ... when we visited ... it was nothing like what I've just mentioned. July is winter for Australia, remember? The sun peeked out whenever it felt like, but most of the time it was cold and gray.
Whats the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear Gold Coast?
Surfers? Sun Bathing? Sandcastles? Well ... when we visited ... it was nothing like what I've just mentioned. July is winter for Australia, remember? The sun peeked out whenever it felt like, but most of the time it was cold and gray.
Nevertheless, we still enjoyed. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise and our room directly faced the sea. The view was breathing! The front side of the hotel faced the city, so even as we got out of our room, we had a beautiful view. It would have been great to stay in the room all day, but we didn't have time for that!
The day we reached, it was noon already. Basically we went around exploring Surfers Paradise and trying out different restaurants. Lucky for us, the tram stop was right in front of our hotel. With a day pass, we were able to visit most of the paces.
A visit to the beach is a must! Atleast to take a picture. It was gray, but it still looked good. This was the first place we went to after catching the tram.
What followed was an eating spree. We tried out the infamous Max Brenner, Ben & Jerry's and Brooklyn Depot. The sinfully delightful chocolate at Max Brenner and injection burgers at Brooklyn Depot were amazing.
There are a number of parks in Gold Coast such as Wet n WIld, Seaworld, MovieWorld etc.. however, we visited just one. We've been to a lot of parks around the world and we didn't wanna visit one more. Depending on your interest, you can decide how many days you want to stay for in Gold Coast and the parks you wanna visit. We spend half day at DreamWorld.
I, of course went only on the kiddie rides. I preferred to be the family photographer!
Be prepared to get slightly wet though. There are a couple of fun water rides.
Gold Coast was probably the only place where we would get a chance to see an Aboriginal show. We missed it in Cairns and sigh ... we missed it here too. These shows require advance booking which we were unaware of. If you do plan to visit, there are two shows - one at the Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre and the other at Curumbin Wildlife Sanctuary.
So basically, we had nothing to do on the third day. No theme parks, no Aboriginal show ... just more food. I kinda regretted for spending more the 2 days here.
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