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Tessa's On The Beach is the epitome of the new southern Gold Coast accommodation style.

Review: Revamped '60s motel is just what the Gold Coast needed

This remodelled 1960s hotel has a great location and a Palm Beach meets the Gold Coast-vibe.

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Hazelwood Estate is a country retreat set on a wagyu farm and polo estate beside Lamington National Park.

This Gold Coast retreat will melt your heart

You may have intentions to explore the region but once ensconced here, it's hard to leave.

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Still the highlight of the resort is its salt water lagoon surrounded by a white sand beach - JW Marriott Gold Coast ...

New $35 million layer of luxury put on 28-year-old Gold Coast hotel

A $35 million refurbishment has elevated this 28-year-old hotel to a luxury resort.

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Forget the beach, the Gold Coast's real highlight is the hinterland.

Nine must-do highlights of the Gold Coast

There's much more to the Gold Coast than beaches, but they aren't bad either...

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HOTA - the Home Of The Arts vast new art gallery opened in May.

Cultural desert no more: Gold Coast's answer to MONA opens

The Gold Coast hopes to emulate the success of Hobart's MONA with its new Home of the Arts.

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Steve Meacham
Restaurant Labart has a “cosy, Parisian feel.

How the Gold Coast became Australia's latest foodie destination

Dig deeper and you'll find the best meals on the Gold Coast don't all come with chips and salad.

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Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, Gold Coast.

Review: Five-star bliss along the nation's most hedonistic coastline

It's been completely rehabilitated, emerging as one of the most venerable and appealing five-star hotels along the nation's most hedonistic coastline.

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Fact for visitors: Locals don't really go to Surfers Paradise.

Twenty things that will shock first-time visitors to the Gold Coast

It's just not theme parks and beaches; there are art galleries and rainforests, and a bar and dining scene to rival hipster Melbourne.

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Australia's own Vegas is centred around a beautiful golden stretch of sand that hugs a strip of urban skyscrapers. The beach is famed for attracting a disproportionate amount of the country's most beautiful; the surf lifesavers and meter maids of the aptly-named Surfers Paradise. Its nightlife, glitzy malls and million-dollar theme parks attract an excessive amount of visitors, too, and with good reason.

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Gold Coast, Queensland

Australia's own Vegas is centred around a beautiful golden stretch of sand that hugs a strip of urban skyscrapers. The beach is famed for attracting a disproportionate amount of the country's most beautiful; the surf lifesavers and meter maids of the aptly-named Surfers Paradise. Its nightlife, glitzy malls and million-dollar theme parks attract an excessive amount of visitors, too, and with good reason.

Official Language: English
Electricity: Type I has two flat pins in a V-shape as well as a grounding pin. A version of the plug, which only has the two flat pins, exists as well.

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