Northern Gold Coast

The Northern Gold Coast is home to many of the Gold Coast's famed theme parks. This exciting area attracts families and thrill seekers from all over the world.

South Stradbroke Island is a rare sand island. It offers visitors the opportunity to experience the area with minimal human intervention and celebrate its natural beauty in the comfort one of two resorts, Couran Cove Island Resort and South Stradroke Island Resort. With ferry services from Runaway Bay Marina, just 20 minutes north of Surfers Paradise, day trips are also an easy option.

Just a quick ferry trip back to the mainland and you can discover the restaurants, marine facilities, speciality shops, hotels and championship golf courses of Sanctuary Cove.

A drive further south along the M1 Motorway uncovers new worlds of entertainment. All located within minutes of each other Dreamworld, Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet ‘n’ Wild Water World and the Australian Outback Spectacular will allow you to discover why the Gold Coast is renowned as Australia’s theme park capital.