March 17, 2012

Rollercoaster ride to Surfers

Chiara Di AUSTRALIA & PACIFIC, TRAVEL Draculas, Gold Coast, Palazzo Versace, Queensland, Surfers Paradise, Travel, Wanderlust 0 Comments

After eight months of being back in my hometown of Perth, Australia – the most isolated city in the world – I was finally on my way to my next holiday… this time in Australia.

The Gold Coast on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast had been a place I wanted to visit ever since I was a teen and a planned family trip was cancelled last minute. Now back from London, it was on my list of holidays for the next year along with Hong Kong and Japan.

My partner and I met my cousin and her husband in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast and we weren’t greeted by the best weather. Rain for the first three days and sunshine for the next four, Gold Coast definitely lived up to it’s tropical climate.

One of the Gold Coast’s biggest tourist attractions is it’s four main theme parks – Movie World, Wet ‘n’ Wild, Sea World and Dream World. We spent four days exploring these parks and enjoying all the thrill seeking rides. One of the best things was being there in off season meaning there weren’t long lines, however it also meant that there were a number of attractions closed for maintenance.

Some of my highlights were the Superman, Green Lantern and Scooby-Doo at Movie World; Tower of Terror and Buzzsaw at Dream World; and FlowRider, Kamikazee and Tornado at Wet ‘n’ Wild.

I must say after four days of theme parks, we were definitely over them.

Whilst on the Gold Coast we also enjoyed a romantic dinner at Palazzo Versace, VIP treatment at Dracula’s including the show and dinner (strongly encourage booking the VIP option as the vampires make it known who’s high rolling and who’s poor), shooting at the shooting range (watch your ears), a visit to the casino in Broadbeach, a night out at Sin City and Vanity nightclub, and everything else Gold Coast.