Travel: Australia - Gold Coast

[buds]

insider:

1. I prefer to travel during autumn winter time as have had enough sunshine in Singapore... Seeing the kids running around literally sort of 'no sweat' is kind of heartwarming for me...

AGREE!

:celebrate:

insider:

2. Errr…my impression of Gold Coast is very ‘shallow’. Other than the theme parks that the kids like, there are no meaningful photos that I can share. Now asking my teenage kids to recall about their Gold Coast trip, they remember ‘theme parks lor. The batman’s car, etc’. Now if I were to offer my teenage kids Gold Coast again, they would politely decline… In my opinion, Gold Coast more suitable for kids below 14 years old to have a sense of ‘value for money’.

Thanks. Guess still practical for me to go since mine are still under
the young category.

insider:

3. My teenage kids’ impression of the farm stay in Margaret River of Perth is much deeper (brought them there when they were about 5 and 7 years old). They can fondly recall the caving experience (I got a local guide to bring us to non-tourist cave and that caving experience was not easy over that part when we had to climb a 90 degrees vertical ladder of about 30 metres height without any safety harness). On the spot, I was quite worry about they might lose their grip and fall and luckily everything went smoothly and we safely completed the 1 hour adventure). We stayed about 5 nights at Sunflower Farm (http://www.totaltravel.com.au/link.asp?fid=1043094), morning helping the farmer to feed the animals, late morning go around Margaret River (horse riding, caving, wine sampling, etc). Kids seem to remember much better when they have interactions with live animals than with machines (like in theme parks). So far, been there twice (brought my youngest son there two years ago).

This is interesting too!

Ok, will research more!
Thanks for all the info!
Oh... and the pictures!

Love it! And i think your
figure is quite hawt, insider!
Woo hoo! :lol: After 3 kids,
you're one hawtie momma!

:celebrate:

[MUMMYOF3]

Hi,


Am planning for our June holiday in gold coast. Any recommendation on Gold Coast Apartment ?

[mummyoftwo]

MUMMYOF3:

Hi,


Am planning for our June holiday in gold coast. Any recommendation on Gold Coast Apartment ?

I am planning a trip as well and have booked Meriton Serviced Apartments. Depending on your budget, Q1 and Chevron Apartments are good too.

[tankee]

hi mummyof3


you may want to use http://www.wotif.com.au to help search your ideal accomodations

[Miracle Child]

Contemplating a holiday in Gold Coast during the coming school holidays. Need some help on the following:

1. Has anyone been to Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort? Is it worth the trip?
2. Does it make sense to drive in Gold Coast?
3. If not, how do you get from airport to the hotel? And also to the various attractions? By public transport or does hotel provide transport service?
4. Has anyone been to Mt Tamborine? Good?

Thanks.

[MMM]

Miracle Child:

Contemplating a holiday in Gold Coast during the coming school holidays. Need some help on the following:

1. Has anyone been to Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort? Is it worth the trip?
2. Does it make sense to drive in Gold Coast?
3. If not, how do you get from airport to the hotel? And also to the various attractions? By public transport or does hotel provide transport service?
4. Has anyone been to Mt Tamborine? Good?

Thanks.

We went to Gold coast in December 2009. It's probably like the hottest time to go there so it might affect our review. For us, it was like the 1st and the last time we will go there. We are not very impressed and found it quite of boring compared to Universal in Singapore now. We covered dreamworld and movie world. Also shops closed pretty early so it's quite boring at night.

We went to Tangalooma and got a chance to feed the dolphins. For my kids (P2 and P3), as you got to feed the dolphins in the sea and the wave is alittle \"big\" for them, they were kind of scared. After feeding the dolphin, they ran back to the shore. Personally, i was alittle scared as found that it is not bright enough.

Besides, dolphin feeding, we also went for sand toboganning. My P2 and P3 did that and found it quite fun. They also get to see pelikan feeding in the morning.

[Miracle Child]

Hi MMM, thanks for the feedback.

[tankee]

when we were feeding the dolphins at Tangalooma, there was hardly any waves that night. But the rides to and from the island were extremely bumpy and some passengers fell seasick.

[MMM]

tankee:

when we were feeding the dolphins at Tangalooma, there was hardly any waves that night. But the rides to and from the island were extremely bumpy and some passengers fell seasick.

Maybe you are lucky.... we were told that shorts will do. But quite of people got wet up to shoulder level due to wave.

Yes... my son felt seasick too and kept telling me that he wants to vomit.

[ski]

Hi Mummyoftwo,


We are thinking of Meriton too. May I know where did you book it through? Thanks.

mummyoftwo:

MUMMYOF3:

Hi,

Am planning for our June holiday in gold coast. Any recommendation on Gold Coast Apartment ?

I am planning a trip as well and have booked Meriton Serviced Apartments. Depending on your budget, Q1 and Chevron Apartments are good too.