Gold Coast:
Tourist Attractions
ATTRACTIONS
Australian Shooting Academy
Level 1, Paradise Centre, Surfers Paradise (next to Tenpin Bowling)
Indoor shooting range, supervised by fully trained officers. Air conditioned.
Rifles, pistols and shotguns.
Open 7 days, 10am-10pm.
Tel. (07)5527 5100
Carlton Brewery Tour
Cnr Mulles Road and Pacific Highway, Yatala.
Tour of brewery, interactive displays and beer tasting.
Monday to Friday, tours at 10am, 12 noon and 2pm. Bookings essential.
Cost: Adults $7.50, Children $5.
Tel. (07) 3807 2845
Conrad Jupiter's Casino
Restaurants, bars, live shows. Open 24 hours, 7 days.
Ice City
Cnr Ocean Avenue and Gold Coast Highway, Surfers Paradise.
Play in the snow, mini golf on ice, climbing wall, rides.
Tel. (07) 5570 3922
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum
Raptis Plaza, Cavill Mall, Surfers Paradise.
Unbelievable but true.
Hundreds of unbelievable exhibits, amazing stories, mystery, illusion.
Open every day 9am-11pm.
Tel (07) 5592 0040
Tall Ship Cruises
Full and half day cruises, functions, dinner cruises.
Bookings essential.
Tel. (07)5532 2444
Wax Museum
3049 Gold Coast Highway, Surfers Paradise
The largest wax museum in the Southern Hemisphere,
Open daily 10am-10pm.
Tel. (07)5538 3975
THEME PARKS
Australia's theme park capital.
Meet all your favourite film heroes and cartoon characters, from Batman to Bugs Bunny,
at Warner Bros Movie World.
Ride the Bermuda Triangle, see the dolphins, meet cartoon characters at
Sea World.
Go down the high speed lanes of the waterslides or just relax at Calypso Beach at
Wet'n'Wild Water World. Slides and pools heated during winter.
For a combination of thrilling rides, water and wildlife, movies and much more,
all at Australiana-themed Dreamworld.
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
Currumbin Sanctuary
28 Tomewin Street, Currumbin
Set in 27 hectares of rainforest, handfeed the lorikeets, ride the steam train, wildlife
shows.
Open every day (except Christmas Day) 8am-5pm
Fleay's Wildlife Park.
West Burleigh Road, Burleigh Heads.
View animals in their natural rainforest, wetland and eucalypt habitat from
circular boardwalk.
Nocturnal House and giant walk-through rainforest aviary.
Open daily 9am-5pm.
Admission: Adults $12, Children $6, Family Pass $30.
Tel.(07) 5576 2411
HINTERLAND
To the west is the Gold Coast Hinterland, with nine designated national parks with
tropical rainforests, waterfalls, bush walks, rugged ranges and gorges, and wildlife.
O'Reilly's Rainforest Guesthouse in Lamington National Park, Australia's largest
sub-tropical rainforest.
Tamborine Mountain, rainforest, about 30 minutes from the Gold Coast.