Gold Coast Travel Forum

can some1 out there give me some useful info. regarding to the luggage storage area? as everybody info. I'm going to gold coast from Brisbane & will need to store my luggage for half day before leaving to the Movie World as I'll be taking the flight to Sydney on the same day.
1) is there any luggage storage area inside the gold coast airport?
2) any recommended luggage storage services near to the airport or movie world?
3) & finally, of course, what is charges for the services?

A MILLION thanks in advance for above matter...

Hi everyone, I would like to travel to the Gold Coast in September. Can you help me with hinting to good, reasonable accomodation, not too far away from the water. I am a student from Germany and try to get to know as much as possible for my the little money I have. Thank you for your help in advance.
Oh, forgot something: What do you recommend is more worth seeing: Uluru od Kakadoo Islands?

Hi has any one stayed at xanadu main beach, could you tell me if it is a good place to stay for facilities and location to beaches, theme parks, restaurants etc

need help...i'm going 2 gold coast nex month..staying at paradise resort hotel..
can u give me a guide where is the nearby market, or is it possible that i can get a simple map. sorrounding my hotel location..

Hello I am staying at the Moroccan in surfers paradise gold coast anyone been there before ? thanks

could someone tell me the quietest times to visit the theme parks

this is our first time in surfers for one week we are in the middle of surfers is it w harbour towm for clothes shoppingorth going to

Hi all!

My boyfriend and I are traveling from Canada to Australia for a year for a WH. I have been looking at flats in the Gold Coast area to rent to get an idea of what we'll be spending and what is available. I can't seem to find very many furnished apartments, which is what we'll need when we get there as we're each only bringing a backpack. Is there any hints or tips anyone can give me for where to look for decent priced furnished apartments?

Also, what should I expect to pay to have a furnished apartment and still have enough money in the bank to pay for food, petrol and the occaisonal night out/entertainment? And where is the best place on the Gold Coast to look?

Hi

Won't have a car to get to the theme parks from Surfers. Which would be better, Surfside or a transfer? Does Surfside pull right into Movieworld and Dreamworld, or do you have to walk a fair distance from the bus stop to their entrances. Surfside has more options time wise to get to Movieworld and Dreamworld rather than the transfers which are only a couple of times.

I'm going to Brisbane and GC in March and I would like to know besides taking coachtran, if I want to take a train from Brisbane airport to Surfer Paradise hotel, should I take off from Nerang? Then how do I go to the hotel from Nerang? Please kindly advise.

PS. I will be staying in Courtyard by Marriot and I don't have a driving license so I can't rent a car. Thanks

I am heading up to the gold Coast to do the themne park things with my family total of 5 (youngest 3, 10 years and 8 years plus 2 adults and we are on a very budget holiday I have looked at the bus shuttle passes for the family for 10 days it will cost $280 and am wondering if it is worth using the public transport it seems so expensive!! Any thoughts??

Hi everyone. I m a new member here. Looking forward to have some tips from y'all pertaining to my trip to Gold Coast in this coming April. For info, this my visit to Australia and I'll be heading there with my wife and two kids for a week. I have heard about some great places like movie world, sea world and so on. I plan to rent a car and hope the routes in Gold Coast are convenience and not too busy like Hong Kong since I'm not really familiar driving in that area. What is the best company that offer good rates for rental? Thanks in advance.

Visiting Gold Coast end of July for a week. Looking for budget two room apartment with fan/air cond with full kitchen about $300 per week. Must be around Tugun, Bilinga or Coolangatta. Near shops and planning to travel by bus.

Any names of accomodation fully appreciated.
Anyone know about this place, Sunset Strip Budget self contained flat.
Is this place okay? Price is $420 per week? Wonder whether they have fan/air con?

Hi All,

We are planning for a "Big" family holiday in Gold Coast in Mar'08 for about 7 days. We are looking for apartments for 9 adults & 4 kids, Could anyone recommend us some good apartments to accommodate the whole family. At the same time would appreciate it if you could advise some of the places to visit during this visit(eg. Themes parks, shopping.....)

Thanks for your help.

My husband and I are wanting to visit the theme parks on the gold coast and would like accomadation for us and our two young children. We are not after anything 5 star just a nice quiet clean place to stay. If anyone knows the names of some motels that would be fantastic. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I am coming to the Gold Coast from Canada with my family and am looking for a holiday rental in Surfers Paradise, I am looking for a place big enough for 6 people, for a week, and would like to spend under 2000.00, could even be a house, does anyone have any ideas???? The time I am looking for is December 28th to January 4th.

Hey all,

I'm posting this madly everywhere because we need to make a decision soon!

We are wanting to holiday in burleigh heads from the 7-9th or 10th of Dec but apparently this is Victoria's schoolies week. So I wanted to know if a lot of Victorian kids head to the goldie for their schoolies (in which case we will avoid it like the plague!)

I'm from brissie, and I know it's pretty scary for QLD and NSW schoolies but not sure about VIC. Help?

Would appreciate a recommendation for swimming along the Gold Coast. Would like to spend a few days in Brisbane and then along the Gold Coast for a few days. Will using public transportation, so having hotel, restarurants etc nearby is necessary.

Wonder if there is any clubs that plays salsa music?

Meow...

Hi folks,

I'm planning a trip for the entire family to Brisbane in Feb.

We are looking at 6 adults, 2 kids and 1 infant.

And we hope to cover the following in 2 weeks:

Farm stay
Fraser Island
Winery
Gold coast 3 worlds + Sanctuaries
Sunshine coast
Moreton Bay
Pelican Park
Stradbroke Island

First question is, is there any apartments with centralised location recommended for 8 pax based on the above?

And we plan to self drive, any car rentals recommended?

Is there any places I've miss out?

Thanks.

Hi We are heading to the Gold Coast in March and are staying at the grand apartments, has anyone stayed there before.Also what are some good things to do over there with a 3yr and 12yr old. Do we need to hire a car.
Regards Nicole

Hi, I would like to know how the weather is generally like over there during late June to early July and what clothes to wear.

Hi there,

Im an Australian citizen coming back to the gold coast in a few weeks, i will be bringing my friend who is a british passport holder.

Now can some one please clarify if he gets a free 60 day visa when he arrives or does he have to pay for a visa at the Brisbane Airport?

Also if he finds a job on the Gold Coast what would he have to do, can he go to the british consulate in Brisbane and apply by that or will he have to leave the country then come back in on a working visa, if so how much?

If any one can give me any information that would be great!!!!

Thanks.....Hayley

Hi there we are planning a trip to the Goldcoast in March 2008 and are deciding on Sandcastles as our accomodation. Has anyone stayed there and is it nice, are the rooms and bathrooms clean and is it quiet. If you can help that would be great we will be travelling with a 3 year and 12yr old.
Regards Nicole

We are coming to australia from the US. We want to stay in a resort on the beach, but we also want to be able to go out to the bars and enjoy the night life any suggestions.

I am going to stay in court yard by Merriott surfers paradise if any one stayed there before can they please tell me how it is. Thank you Gege

Hi there.
Im thinking of taking my 11yr old son to the Gold Coast in July 2008. What is the weather like at this time please. Too cold for swimming? Also would it be better for us to hire a car or is the public transport good enough? We havent booked anything yet. Im wanting nice accomodation for us (3 or 4 star). Any recommendations for somewhere central to the theme parks etc? From what Ive seen the parks to visit are movie world and sea world. Dream world looks like its all rides and I think these are already at movie and sea world anyway. So we werent thinking of visiting there. The bird santuary looks good. And Ive found a new place called 'Infinity'. Has anyone visited and can recommend? thanks in advance

Planning a holiday in Surfers Paradise in Dec, and was wondering if anyone have any recommendations for a day tour that have some snorkelling. Any good snorkelling locations close to Gold Coast worth going to, and any recommended companies? Thanks.

Did see some kayaking+snorkelling tours on the web, but not too sure how good is the snorkelling.

Hi all,

me and my girldfriend are planning to go gold coast after the exams in november.
november 9th to 12/13th. We are international students and are not familiar with gold coast at all. We prefer to stay at surfers paradise and have no idea which hotel/apartment to go with. However, we have limited budget of around 100-130 per night. We prefer a place that is near to the theme park and still have night activities.

In terms of Transport, any suggestions?

Are there any tourist spots that we must visit? And how do we get cheapest theme park ticket(Dream world and movie world). Out of the 4days 3 nights, we allocated 2 days to travel around and 2 days to spend our time in the theme parks.

Any suggestions?
Can anyone quote us how much money we have to bring?

Thanks
Edmond from Melbourne

My husband and I willbe arriving in Coolingatta for ten days and leaving from Brisbane. We will be staying with a friend in Surfers for a few days. Would like to explore other areas and perhaps stay for a few days, not
necessarily by the beach. We enjoy relaxing around a pool. Do not like concrete jungles - much prefer places which are quiet; with some space around. We will probably hire a car for say a week - any recommendations? What will the temperature be like at that time? Any suggestions will be welcome.