Gold Coast Accommodation
Hotel, Resort and Apartment Guide
Queensland Theme Parks
The Gold Coast is Australia’s theme park capital with all the ‘world’s’ offering an amazing variety of entertainment, experiences and exciting thrill rides.
Sea World is the nation's most comprehensive marine zoological park, and acclaimed Number One Tourist Attraction in Australia. It allows visitors a unique entertainment and educational window to the underwater world, as well as the best daily exhibition of trick and stunt water skiing on a lake that occupies almost one-third of the 24.6 hectare park. Get up close and personal with koalas, kangaroos, Bengal tigers, polar bears, dolphins, sharks and whales.
At Warner Bros. Movie World, guests can actually see real movies being made and enjoy a variety of stunt shows. Exciting 'virtual reality' experiences such as the Batman Adventure and scary rides like Lethal Weapon and the Wild Wild West Ride, make it a day to remember.
Enter through the impressive gates of Dreamworld and a day of excitement awaits you at every turn. See a movie on a screen the height of a seven-story building, or take a ride on a genuine steam train around the perimeter of the park and alight at one of the many stations to cuddle a koala. Ride the rapids in a hollowed-out log, or climb aboard the ultimate ride on the Wipeout, Tower of Terror and the Big Drop.
Another popular family theme park is Wet 'n' Wild Water Park with its new Super 8 Aqua Racer. Or for a more nature based attraction there is Currumbin Sanctuary, where mountain parrots come in their hundreds each morning and afternoon to be feed. There is also Fleays Wildlife Park, where Australian fauna such as kangaroos and emus roam freely in the reserve.
Dreamworld
Dreamworld is the ultimate place for family fun, home to the five thrill rides: The Claw; Tower of Terror; Giant Drop; Cyclone; and Wipeout; Tiger Island, Nickelodean Central, The Australian Wildlife Experience, Wiggles World, FlowRider and Big Brother 2007.
Pacific Hwy Coomera
Phone: 07 5588 1122
www.dreamworld.com.au
Sea World
Sea World is a marine wildlife theme park, where you can make contact with marine life wonders as well as experiencing some amazing rides, shows and attractions. Sea World is committed to educating visitors about the marine environment, and playing an active role in Australian marine research and rescue – and their attractions include: Polar Bear Shores, Shark Bay, Dolphin Cove, Dugong Discovery, Planet SOS and Animal Adventures.
Main Beach
Phone: 07 5588 2222
www.seaworld.com.au
Warner Bros. Movie World
Warner Bros. Movie World is Australia’s only movie related theme park, where you will experience a whole world of entertainment with all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Meet your favourite stars and enjoy all the behind-the-scenes action, comedy stunts, shows and attractions like the new Shrek 4D Adventure. Or take a heart-thumping ride on the Batwing Spaceshot, Superman Escape, Lethal Weapon Ride and more.
Oxenford
Phone: 07 5573 8485
www.movieworld.com.au
Wet 'N' Wild Water World
Wet'n'Wild Water World is Australia's premier water theme park, with the world's latest slides, pools and attractions. Have fun all year round, as the pools and slides are heated during the cooler months. There are over a dozen rides at Wet’n’Wild, including the luxurious Whirlpool Hot Springs, Tornado, Black Hole, Speedcoaster and Mammoth Falls, and you can even catch the latest blockbuster movie at the Dive’n’Movies while you float in the Giant Wave Pool!
Oxenford
Phone: 07 5573 2255
www.wetnwild.com.au
Whitewater World
WhiteWater World is a brand new $60 million dollar water ride theme park on the Gold Coast, featuring the latest cutting edge technology. WhiteWater World is the only park in the world to boast all four of the hottest waterslides on the planet: The Blue Ringed Octopus; The Green Room; The Rip; and The Temple of Huey. It also provides a safe haven for small children and families to splash out and soak up the fun, and is located side by side to Dreamworld.
Coomera
Phone: 07 5588 1111
www.whitewaterworld.com.au
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
At Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary you can get up close to more than 1,200 native Australian animals. Offering a world of discovery through fascinating wildlife shows and displays, the sanctuary is dedicated to wildlife conservation and welfare with ongoing education programs, research projects and a Community Wildlife Hospital.
Currumbin
Phone: 07 5534 1266
www.currumbin-sanctuary.org.au
David Fleay Wildlife Park
David Fleay Wildlife Park is nestled in secluded bushland, where you can see many native animals including the endangered cassowary, platypus, crocodiles, tree-kangaroo, yellow-bellied gliders, the wedge-tail eagle, finches and a variety of snakes. Or see some of our most unusual native animals, from the endangered greater bilby of the inland deserts, the woma python and the Julia Creek dunnart.
Burleigh Heads
Phone: 07 5576 2411
Zorb Park
Zorbing is a unique adventure ride families experience together which offers fun with thrills and spills. A Zorb is a huge 3.5 metre PVC ball, round and bouncy, which you jump inside and roll downhill in. There must be an adult and child in each zorb and both riders are loose within the ball in 30 litres of water! This adventure ride is guaranteed to be like nothing you’ve ever experienced before, so come and challenge your senses!
Pimpama
Phone: 07 5547 6300