Surfers Paradise

Introduction

Surfing on the Gold Coast

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Surfers Paradise is a suburb of the city of Gold Coast in southern Queensland.

Sights and Activities

Events and Festivals

Getting There

By Plane

Gold Coast Airport (OOL), also called Coolangatta Airport and about 20 kilometres from Surfers Paradise, has a growing number of flights. Destinations include Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington with Air New Zealand, Darwin and Mount Isa with Airnorth, Kuala Lumpur with Air Asia X, Adelaide, Auckland, Cairns, Christchurch, Melbourne, Newcastle, Osaka, Tokyo and Sydney with Jetstar Airways, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney with Tiger Airways Australia, Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney and Townsville with Virgin Blue and Auckland with Pacific Blue.

Two local bus routes service the Gold Coast Airport, both of which are operated by Surfside Buslines.
Northbound buses include the 702 from Southport via Gold Coast Highway to Palm Beach, Burleigh Heads, Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, Australia Fair, and the 761 from Varsity Lakes Rail via The Pines and then express to Varsity Lakes. Southbound there is bus 761 - Tweed Heads via Kirra and Coolangatta.

By Train

By Car

By Bus

By Boat

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Australia Post is the government's postal service. Most reasonably sizable townssuburbs will have at least one post office. A standard letter or postcard sent within Australia will cost $0.55. Internationally, it costs $1.40 to send postcards anywhere in the world. Letters cost $1.45 to send within the Asia Pacific region and $2.10 to anywhere else in the world. ^[1]. It is also possible to send things as parcels or by express mail.