Beyond Surfers Paradise’s seedy glitter strip lies sparkling beaches with epic swell, a to-die-for hinterland dotted with waterfalls and – what’s most surprising – a burgeoning arts culture. So whether you’ve got fake tits and a spray tan or a top knot and a mini mal, you’ll find somewhere on the Gold Coast that feels like home.
Shit Worth Doing
Gold Coast: Miami Marketta
Get There: 23 Hillcrest Parade, Miami Every Friday and Saturday till 11pm, Miami Marketta provides the Gold Coast…Gold Coast: Little Nerang Creek
Get There: On Gold Coast Springbrook Road, on your left just after Polly’s Country Kitchen, Little Nerang Creek will run…Gold Coast: Natural Bridge
Get There: Bakers Road, Springrbook National Park. The turn off is really well signed all the way from…Gold Coast: Mount Cougal Rock Pools
Get There: Turn Mount Cougal Road from Tallebudgera Creek Road, cross the concrete bridge and look for the homemade signs.…Gold Coast: Cougal Cascades
Get There: Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Valley. Don’t get confused by the blue-green algae infested waters on your left…Gold Coast: The Cambus Wallace
Get There: 4/2237 Gold Coast Hwy, Nobby Beach (behind the huge wooden doors) The Gold Coast may be…Purling Brook Falls
Get There: Forestry Road, Spring Brook Purling Brook Falls is one of the treats of the World Heritage Listed…Gold Coast: Sunday Sesh on Burleigh Hill
Get There: The end of Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads – just down from Tumgun Lookout. There’s only one…