310 thousand inhabitants. The population of the Gold Coast increased by 7% per year, which is the highest percentage of population growth in Australia.
Gold Coast, has long been a favorite resort of Australians for some time now and has become one of the largest resorts in the whole South Pacific region – about 3 million tourists a year.
42 km of endless beaches, stretching from the border of New South Wales through Coolangatta (Coolangatta), Palm Beach (Palm Beach), Broadbeach (Broadbeach) and Surfers Peredays to Southport (Southport). To Brisbane less than an hour away.
Surfers-Paradise, the main town beach, Gold Coast, replete with hotels and apartments. Even went so far that their high-rise buildings from the afternoon shade the beach, because they are close to him.
On the Gold Coast can handle both simple and elitist sport – it's surfing, windsurfing, a very popular bungee jump (jumping rope), paraflying (rising parachute), water skiing, jumping, water skiing. Golf courses – from the simplest to the most sophisticated, as in Sanctuary Cove, – are among the best in the world.
Attractions
Surfers Paradise, once an ordinary beach, has today become a refined resort, despite the fact that its center is built up by concrete towers. The city has changed a lot since 1936, when at this place, 9 km from Southport, was a lonely hotel. Today the main street Cavill Av. – Is a set of various tourist shops and restaurants. City of Southport, protected from the Pacific Ocean oblique asleep, was once the first village, based on the Gold Coast. Since then he has remained a center of business district.
Elite place of secular entertainment, clubs and discos well-known magazines, and variety shows. Many large restaurants and bars are located along the secluded beaches around Surfers Peredays. Luxury hotels adjoin the youth hostel, a very popular casino "Jupiter" (Jupiters) – the first legal casino in Queensland, their fans are and national restaurants, and steamships, restaurants. Its high reputation Gold Coast owes nightlife.
It is worth mentioning as large theme parks such as Sea World – the biggest water park in the Southern Hemisphere, known ballet on water skis, you can see dolphins playing in the water polo (and be photographed with them), next to vodnolyzhnitsami, skiers around recreated in the middle of the pool vessel "Endeavour", you can discover the wonders of the marine world: whales, dolphins, sea lions, watch the procession of penguins; Dreamworld – a giant amusement park offers a variety of entertainment: a roller coaster, boats at dawn, the park with hand-held koalas, territory of the Gold Rush, the area of water games (do not forget a swimsuit), a European village (for Australians Europe – this, of course, exotic), "Tiger Island" (Bengal tigers in the wild play with their guards – it was done in order to Visitor realized the importance of the problem of survival of this species on the verge of extinction); Movieworld – you can see recreations of the sets for various cult films (such as a bank from the movie "Bonnie and Clyde") and all of that sort; Wet'n'Wild – a swimming pool with giant waves, the line of descent for a kamikaze, a variety of gutters and pipes leading into the water, children can see a new view – Pirates on the Spanish galleon XVII.
Hotels
- ANA Gold Coast 5*
- Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast 4* super
- Crown Towers Resort 4* super
- Courtyard By Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort 4*
- Gold Coast International 4*
- Hyatt Regency Sunctuary Cove 5*
- Mantra Legends Hotel
- Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort 5*
- Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast 5*
- Park Royal Surfers Paradise 4* super
- Palazzo Versace 5*
- Sofitel Gold Coast 5*
- The Watermark 4*
- Vibe Hotel 3*