An hour flight north from Sydney landed us in a little airport at Gold Coast, the fun capital of Australia! And it matches its description thoroughly. This applies for people of all ages and tastes.
View from the 77th floor restaurant at SkyPoint tower building attests to the grandeur that is Gold Coast at night.
With eternally pristine beaches stretches as far as eyes can see, there is no competition from any other beaches in Australia. They are just stunning here.
While the Surfer’s paradise beach and surroundings are the most buzzing well into the mid night timing with tourists and visitors from inside and outside of Australia, little further west has the vast land full of canals and waterways home to multi million dollar properties. Many business tycoons from around the world own their own little mansions here. Just wonder what would crawl out of water at night and walk into the house.
If you are not fan of hustle and bustle of a touristy town or crowded beaches, further down south along the beach around Broadbeach and further down south starts a modern living close to the water and a vibrant life style full of world class restaurants, cafes, children parks, nearby shopping centres and other amenities. These parts gives vibes of a big world class city.
Transport systems are excellent with choices of buses, trains, and trams. Trains to Brisbane up North run every few minutes and could be a good choice to work there and live here.
SouthPort is a trendy eatery that also houses the local China town. Its a modern openly designed living town full of many Asian eateries and shops.
Despite being known for high rises mostly, Gold Coast is way more than that. HOTA (Home of the Arts) theatre is a testament to what this city can do to Art, and excellent service.
When we visited HOTA an exhibition of Australian Indigenous arts and crafts was underway with some mesmerising works from the artists.
The HOTA building itself is an spectacular site and also houses a stunning open theatre nearby.
One piece of work comprising of some wood logs and items retrieved after those were washed ashore was a master piece.
There is a hop on hop off tourist ferry service called HOPO that stops at major attractions along the canals of Gold Coast.
Gold Coast sits next to a vast tropical forest with endless adventures to explore nature too. All in all we were in awe of Gold Coast and have been wanting to go back ever since!
Ravi Tandukar 