Currumbin Waters

Worth seeing in and around Currumbin Waters

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Reedy Creek Observatory

   Reedy Creek Observatory is an amateur astronomical observatory and is the location for observations of near-Earth objects by John Broughton, an Australian astronomer. As of 22 October 2025, Reedy Creek Observatory was ranked 36th in the world by the Minor Planet Center on its list of "most prolific discovery sites", with 1,237 discoveries between 1997, the year of its first light, and 2008.

   9.3 km · observatory located in Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   David Fleay Wildlife Park

   David Fleay Wildlife Park is a heritage-listed wildlife park at Fleays Wildlife Park Conservation Park, Tallebudgera Creek Road, Tallebudgera, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1952 to 1983.

   6 km · wildlife park in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Burleigh Head National Park

   Burleigh Head is a small national park at Burleigh Heads in the City of Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia.

   7 km · national park in Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Duranbah Beach

   Duranbah Beach, officially known as Flagstaff Beach, but also known as Dbah is the northernmost beach in New South Wales. Located in the Tweed Shire, Duranbah Beach is situated between the mouth of the Tweed River and the rocky headland Point Danger which also marks the Queensland-New South Wales border.

   8.2 km · surfing beach in Tweed Shire, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Nicoll Scrub National Park

   Nicoll Scrub is a national park in South East Queensland, Australia, 88 km southeast of Brisbane. It adjoins the Currumbin Valley Reserve and protects remnant rainforest vegetation.

   5.6 km · national park in Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

   Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is a heritage-listed zoological garden at 28 Tomewin Street, Currumbin, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1947 onwards.

   3.1 km · Australian zoo · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Point Danger Light

   Point Danger Light, also known as the Captain Cook Memorial Light, is an active lighthouse located on Point Danger, a headland between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, marking the border between Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It lays claim to be the first lighthouse in the world to experiment with laser as a light source.

   8.1 km · lighthouse in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Currumbin Rock

   Currumbin is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Currumbin had a population of 3,278 people.

   4.1 km · mountain in Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Tallebudgera Post Office

   Tallebudgera Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 17 Trees Road, Tallebudgera, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 1 October 2007.

   4.4 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School

    Palm Beach Currumbin State High School is an independent public, co-educational, secondary school, located in the Gold Coast suburb of Palm Beach, in Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 2,649 students and a teaching staff of 198, as of 2023.

    2.9 km · government secondary school in Palm Beach, QLD, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Currumbin Waters

Airports

Gold Coast (OOL), 4 km · Brisbane (BNE), 93 km · Toowoomba Wellcamp (WTB), 178 km

Stations

Gold Coast Airport, 3.3 km · Varsity Lakes railway station, 9.6 km · Burleigh Heads light rail station, 7.7 km

• Brisbane → Currumbin Waters

  88 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · A$12–16
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• Toowoomba → Currumbin Waters

  163 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · A$24–32
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• Maroochydore → Currumbin Waters

  171 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · A$24–32
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