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Surfers Paradise

Bondi: Sydney has far better beaches than this.
Opinion
Australia

Ten Australian places we love to hate

A friend arrives from overseas, all excited about seeing Australia, and then you ask where they’re planning to visit. And it’s a terrible answer.

  • by Ben Groundwater
HOTA - the Home Of The Arts vast new art gallery opened in May.

HOTA, Gold Coast: Surfers Paradise hot new gallery, arts area

The Gold Coast hopes to emulate the success of Hobart's MONA with its new Home of the Arts.

  • by Steve Meacham
The pool deck at The Island is open to all ages.

The Island Gold Coast hotel review, Queensland: A renovated old-timer that embodies Gold Coast charm

It's centrally located, a great place to hang out and good value.

  • by Elspeth Callender
The lobby at QT Gold Coast.

QT Gold Coast review, Queensland: The hotel that made the Gold Coast cool again

Huge rooms and a fantastic restaurant should make Melbourne and Sydneysiders reconsider weekend getaway options.

  • by Kylie McLaughlin
Surfers Paradise, QLD

Surfers Paradise, Queensland: Travel guide and things to do

Surfers Paradise is the town and beach which somehow symbolises the lifestyle and the aspirations of the people who come to the Gold Coast to holiday or to live.

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Soul: The Gold Coast overdoses on strata-managed towers that mix up residential apartments and hotel rooms, but Soul pulls the concept off best. The usual bonuses of apartment stays – plenty of space, full kitchens, washers and driers – are all present and correct, but the utopian dream look is pulled off with full gleam. The apartments available to visitors seem like aspirational lifestyle showrooms – all white leather chairs and sliding doors to humungous ocean view balconies.

Accentuating the just arrived in heaven feel is the remarkable third floor, which is essentially a private landscaped park, full of fountains, pools and barbecue areas. One bedroom apartments cost from $349.

Six of the best: Chic Gold Coast hotels

It might be known for excess and skyscrapers, but the Gold Coast can do classy, too.

  • by David Whitley
Soul Surfers Paradise

Soul, Surfers Paradise accommodation review: Weekend away

Surfers Paradise is the hub of the Gold Coast, the holiday destination that has grown into the sixth-largest city in Australia.

  • by Jane Cadzow
Not for those scared of heights: Q1 Tower, Surfers Paradise.

Q1 Resort and Spa, Surfers Paradise review: The high life

A stay in the tallest building on the Gold Coast offers views that can't be beaten.

  • by Simon Holt
Q1 tower, Surfers Paradise.

Q1 tower, Surfers Paradise: Weekend Away

Simon Holt enjoys the high life at Q1 tower in Surfers Paradise.

Those with severe vertigo need not apply. The views from Q1 are the best in town.

Weekends away: Q1, Gold Coast

It’s a five-minute walk to Cavill Mall. And while the glitter strip might leave some locals cringing with embarrassment, there’s little doubt that the night lights are a spectacular sight from high in the Q1 tower.

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