Every member of your family will love the Gold Coast with something to do for all age group. The golden beaches in Southern Queensland offers year round sunshine, exciting theme parks surfing and water sports and there is also the hinterland offering bush-walking and rainforest getaways.
Theme Parks
Lets me honest the theme parks are the reason that most people would head to the Gold Coast apart from the great weather. This area of Australia has the main parks including Warner Bros Movie World which has the water park Wet N Wild next door, Dreamworld which also has a water park next door called WhiteWater World. Another of the main theme park on the coast is Seaworld or why not visit Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary which is home to the world’s largest collection of Australian native animals
Location
The Gold Coast is located in the South East corner of Queensland just near the New South Wales border and is only approximately 3 hours flight from Melbourne and only 2 hours from Sydney which makes it an easy to reach family destination.
You can fly directly into the Gold Coast International Airport just south of Surfers Paradise or you can fly into Brisbane. All the domestic airlines fly into the Gold Coast including Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Blue.
Accommodation
Because the Gold Coast is such a popular destination there are hundred of family friendly accommodation options including Hotels, Caravan Parks and Resorts which can be booked online using Expedia, Hotels.com.au or Zuji Australia