Places to go...

...and things to do, people to see

Bargain Wheels Car Rental - Riviera B&B’s preferred car Rental Company, mention us to receive the best price-Coolangatta branch only - www.bargainwheels.com.au

Hinterland & bushwalking - Explore our region's natural beauty with national park areas, beautiful flora and fauna and quaint rural townships.  All 30 mins drive except the far side of Lamington National Park.

Springbrook National Park  sub tropical rainforests, waterfalls, birdlife, native  wildlife and some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in Queensland. Also see Natural Bridge, Mt Cougal, Numinbah Valley -  Ph: 61 7 5533 5147 or Mt Tamborine National Park -  Ph: 61 7 5545 1171

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary http://www.currumbin-sanctuary.org.au/

Ballooning Clean air stunning views make for a great ballooning area, one  hour balloon flights are available from Balloon Down Under (07 5530 3631).  Balloon Aloft (07 5578 2244) is an established ballooning company that  will provide complementary pick ups from local hotels.

AAZWet'n'Wild Water World http://www.wetnwild.com.au/home/homepage.cfm

Sea World http://www.seaworld.com.au/home/homepage.cfm

Movie World http://www.movieworld.com.au/

Dreamworld, Big Brother, Wiggles World, etc.
http://www.dreamworld.com.au/content/home_new.asp?name=Home

Sanctuary Cove Marine Village is world famous and combines specialty  shopping with a unique ambience. The Village is situated on the water´s  edge of the picturesque Coomera River and has over 80 specialty tenants  including cafes, bars, restaurants, fashion boutiques, art gallery stores and movie theatre.

Tiger Moth Joy Rides http://www.tigermothjoyrides.com.au/html/about_us.html

Take a Flight Back in Time .... See the Gold Coast in the best possible way on a scenic joy flight in our  brand new, Super Waco bi plane. Barnstorming Australia's Super Waco is a reproduction of the classic 1935  bi-plane http://www.barnstormers.ws/

Ripley's Believe It or Not - http://www.ripleys.com.au/

Kayacking Adventures http://www.australiankayakingadventures.com.au/

Adventure Duck Amphibious tours of Surfers Paradise and surrounds and waterways
http://www.adventureduck.com/

Total Driver is a unique Queensland performance driving school. Our  emphasis is not just on teaching basic driving technique, but also on  providing an indepth knowledge of the body, vehicle and external  environments to ensure driver safety in any situation.

Shangri-La Cruises can get you there with Day Cruise Trips to South  Stradbroke Island. This beautiful island with its crystal clear waters and  abundant Australian wild life, is located just off the Gold Coast in  Queensland (Australia).

PAINTBALL & LASER GAMES

Shopping centres galore !
Here's but one - Pacific Fair Shopping Centre

Wax Museum http://www.australiagoldcoast.com/

Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard.aspx?pid=3871

Golf

Many of the Gold Coast Golf Courses welcome visitors on to their courses.  Competition means that most offer great value.

Koala Golf Tours (07 5572 6181); Play a Round of Golf Tours Gold Coast (07  5571 1800) offer daily golf tours.

The Gold Coast has more golf courses than anywhere else in Australia.  These include The Palms and The Pines (designed by Arnold Palmer) at the  luxurious Sanctuary Cove, Hope Island Links Course (designed by Peter  Thompson), Robina Woods, Coolangatta-Tweed Heads, Lakelands (designed by  Jack Nicklous), Paradise Springs and Gainsborough Greens (designed by  Fred Bolton) to name but a few.

Always check to see if you do have to be a member or a guest to play at  any course but with over 30 courses you have plenty to choose from.

Some of them are:

Booomerang Farm Golf Course Boomerang Road, Mudgeeraba 07 5570 5231
Carrara Gardens Golf Course Broadbeach Road, Carrara 07 5596 0404
Emerald Lakes Nerang Broadbeach Road 07 5594 4400
Gainsborough Greens Yawalpah Road, Pimpama 07 5546 6052
Gold Coast Country Club Discovery drive, Helensvale 07 5573 2940
Glades gold and spa 07 5569 1900
Hope Island Golf Club 07 5530 9000
Kooralbyn Hotel Resort 07 5544 6495
Lakelands Golf Club Merrimac, Gold Coast 07 5579 8700
Palm Meadows Golf Course, Gold Coast 07 5594 2800
Palms Sanctuary Cove Sanctuary Cove 07 5577 6151
Paradise Springs 07 5593 2866
ParkwOod International 07 5594 6388
Robina Woods Ron Penhaligon Way, Robina 07 5593 1766
Royal Pines Resort 07 5597 1111
Sanctuary Cove 07 5577 6151

Gold Coast Turf Club
http://www.goldcoastturf.com.au/

General page with infor for many activities
http://www.goldcoasteguide.com/gold_coast_information_things_to_do.php

 

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