Surfers Paradise

Worth seeing in and around Surfers Paradise

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
   Q1 Tower

   Q1 Tower is a 322.5-metre supertall skyscraper on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The residential tower on the Gold Coast was the world's tallest residential building from 2005 to 2011.

   1.4 km · skyscraper in Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Soul

   Soul is a 243 m tall residential tower and hotel on the Esplanade, close to Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. it is the 3rd tallest building on the Gold Coast behind Ocean which topped out in late 2021 but above Circle at Cavil.

   1.3 km · residential tower on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   The Wave

   The Wave is a residential skyscraper with an unusual appearance on the Gold Coast, Australia. It rises to a height of 111 m and has 34 floors.

   3.5 km · residential skyscraper on the Gold Coast, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   The Oracle

   The Oracle is a $850 million two-tower luxury apartment development at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. When completed it held the record for tallest building and highest apartment sale in Broadbeach.

   3.7 km · two-tower luxury apartment development in Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Versace Palace

   Imperial Hotel Gold Coast is a luxury hotel located by the Southport Broadwater in Main Beach, and Marina Mirage shopping centre at Southport Spit on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The hotel was constructed by the Sunland Group on the site of the former Fisherman's Wharf complex.

   3.7 km · Luxury hotel located on the Southport Spit at Main Beach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Sundale Apartments

   Sundale Apartments is a 55-storey tower in Southport, Australia, occupied by Meriton Suites and privately owned apartments. The building is one of the tallest on the Gold Coast and is the tallest in the Southport area.

   2.9 km · 55-storey tower in Southport, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Grand Mariner Apartments

   The Grand Mariner Apartments is a residential skyscraper on the Gold Coast, Australia. Designed by Hulbert Group, the tower stands at a height of 139 metres.

   1.8 km · building in Gold Coast, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Southport Drill Hall

   Southport Drill Hall is a heritage-listed drill hall at 210 Queen Street, Southport, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Connolly and built in 1890 by John Fortune.

   3.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Gold Coast City Art Gallery

   The Gold Coast City Art Gallery was a regional Art museum located in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. Opened in 1986, the Gallery was part of HOTA, Home of the Arts which is funded by the Gold Coast City Council.

   200 m · art museum in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Oasis Shopping Centre

    The Oasis Shopping Centre is located on the Broadbeach Mall in Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was purchased by Brookfield Asset Management in 2012 from Thakral Holdings.

    3.7 km · shopping mall in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

There are theme parks, water parks, wildlife parks, and a range of things to see in the surrounding Gold Coast. In Surfers Paradise there is:

1. 01
   Gold Coast Wax Museum

   Daily 10AM–6PM, April 25 (ANZAC day): 2–6PM, closed Christmas Day and Good Fri.

2. 02
   Gold Coast Historical Museum

   8 Elliot St,.

From Wikivoyage: Surfers Paradise, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

As the name of the city implies, surfing is the order of the day. Other water sports like boating and fishing are also plentiful. If you are going to swim make sure you swim in patrolled areas (between the red and yellow flags). Each year hundreds of swimmers get into trouble in the strong currents swimming outside the flags.

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Where to eat

The Surfers Paradise Surf Life Saving Club. Choice of lunches for $10. Dinner meals under $20. Right across for the beach just down from Cavill Avenue. Surfers Paradise RSL Club: the staff at the sign-in desk are quite rude and the whole place feels a little seedy as you walk right in to the pokie machine lounge, however once you get upstairs it's ok.

1. 01
   Medexotic

   Middle Eastern/Mediterranean style restaurant.

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Getting to Surfers Paradise

Airports

Gold Coast (OOL), 20 km · Brisbane (BNE), 75 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 160 km

• Brisbane → Surfers Paradise

  71 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · A$9–12
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• Maroochydore → Surfers Paradise

  153 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · A$22–29
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• Toowoomba → Surfers Paradise

  153 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · A$22–29
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No local-transport research exists yet for Surfers Paradise

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Surfers Paradise. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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