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Valentine’s Day is only a few weeks away!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Are you feeling the love in the air? With Valentine’s Day just weeks away we thought we’d share some ideas of romantic things to do on the Gold Coast.

Gold Coast Gondolas:

Sink back into a sheep-skin covered seat and meander through the Gold Coast canals in your very own private luxury gondola! Elegantly decorated with a beautifully appointed dining table, flowers, candle lantern, ice bucket and glasses. (Fleecy rugs are also provided in cooler weather.)

Bring your own drinks and snacks or take advantage of a breakfast, lunch or dinner package.

www.gcgondolas.com

Stay tuned for another romantic idea next week!

Happy Australia Day Everyone

Thursday, January 26, 2012

We hope everyone enjoy's the day - Happy Australia Day

Gone Fishing!

Friday, January 20, 2012

Beach fishing is a popular pastime along the length of the Southern Gold Coast coastline, there are many great spots to fish until your heart's content! From the Creek to Beach fishing, crab potting and more. The deep gutters that form along Bilinga and Kirra are especially good. Good catches of whiting and flathead are common, as well as Tailor during the winter months. The best time to fish is during the last of the run out tide and during the first few hours of the run in tide.

Currumbin Estuary is a great spot to try your luck with a line. There are two fishing platforms located along a boardwalk that winds its way across mangrove flats near Palm Beach Currumbin High School. The boardwalk connects the Thrower Drive boat ramp car park to the Gold Coast Highway Underpass on the northern banks of Currumbin Creek. Each fishing platform has a shade cover and seat. You will find them about 1km upstream of the tidal entrance of Currumbin Creek.

Fishing charters are also available - Cushy Fishing Charters or Down Under Charters to name just a few.

Walks & Lookouts #3

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Elephant Rock, Currumbin Beach

Elephant Rock is situated adjacent to the Currumbin Vikings Surf Lifesaving club and is the site on which the Last Post is played on Anzac day.

The views looking south are all the way to Coolangatta, Rainbow Bay & Snapper Rocks.

To the north can be seen Currumbin Rock, Burleigh Heads, Surfers Paradise and South Stradbroke Island.

To the west, looks back over the beautiful villages of Currumbin & Tugun.

Surf World surfing and beach culture museum

Friday, January 13, 2012

Surf World surfing and beach culture museum

The Gold Coast has a history rich in surfing and an uncanny ability to produce some of the world’s best surfers; just take a look at the current Top 40 ASP world tour male surfers and you’ll see the names, Joel Parkinson, Josh Kerr, Mick Fanning and Bede Durbridge, all born in or residing on the Gold Coast. Three more of the Top 40, Kieran Perrow, Owen Wright and Adam Melling all hail from just an 1.5hr south in the Byron Bay/Lennox Head shire. And let’s not forget four-time world champ Stephanie ‘Happy’ Gilmore who resides in Tweed Heads.

When visiting the Gold Coast enjoy a ride through surfing history with a visit to Surf World Museum.

This unique surf museum houses fascinating exhibits and extensive displays of surfing memorabilia including surfboards, artwork, movie posters and historic photos. Whether you are a surfer who wants to discover more about surfing champions and legends or someone who wants to learn about the history of this ancient sport, then Surf World Gold Coast is the place to visit.

1st Floor Honeyworld 35 Tomewin St  Currumbin. Entry $9 Adults, $5 Child/Concession $25 Family.

Green Lantern Coaster

Friday, January 06, 2012

Attention: Adrenalin Junkies!

The Green Lantern Coaster is now thrilling Movie World adventure seekers with a ride they won’t soon forget!

The attraction, which opened on December 23 2011, has the steepest drop in the Southern Hemisphere. It features a 120 degree drop, inverted spins, speeds of 60 kilometres an hour and 488 metres of electric green track.

Are you green with envy thinking about this ride? Or green around the gills?!

Sky Point Climb

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Sky Point Climb - Opening 16th January

SkyPoint Climb is a must-do Gold Coast adventure lasting 90 minutes from beginning to end featuring an awe-inspiring, open air adventure atop one of Queensland's most recognised land marks - the iconic Q1 Tower.

Rising 270 metres into the air, SkyPoint Climb is Australia's highest external building climb and provides unparalleled views of the beautiful Gold Coast and Gold Coast Hinterland.

Walks & Lookouts #2

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Currumbin Rock & Currumbin Alley

At the entrance to this area is a large plaque that records Currumbin Rock is a National Environmental Sanctuary dedicated for the purpose of the study of geology and marine biology by school children and other interested students.

Views to the West, along the beautiful Currumbin Creek estuary and wetlands & up into the Currumbin Valley
To the North, the entire length of the coast
To the South, Elephant Rock and down to Kirra & Coolangatta

Quicksilver Pro, February 2012

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

What an exciting year 2011 was for surfing, with Kelly Slater taking out his 11th world title! The year started out great for Kelly who won the first event of the series at Snapper Rocks, beating West Australian Surfer Taj Burrow.

Well, the action is all about to start again, with the 2012 Quicksilver Pro scheduled to start on February 26th.

The Quicksilver Pro is completely mobile to take advantage of the best prevailing surf conditions on the southern Gold Coast throughout the event window; with Snapper Rocks, Greenmount, Kirra and Burleigh Heads all able to be utilized for their world-class surfing conditions.

And, for the first time the Queensland government, through Events Queensland, is coming on board to support the Quicksilver and Roxy Pro and has pledged to continue this commitment for the next three years.

For more information head to www.quicksilverpro.com.au