Travel: Australia - Gold Coast

[osim]

Dnls_mum:

osim:

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We came back fm GC 3wks ago, nothing much at Sea World. Movie World is more fun for your kids.
Travelling on public transport is very convenient. You can pay cash for purchase GOcard and it is refundable for any balance value.

How old are your kids. Is movie world too kiddie for young teens.

Movie world is ideal for teens. In fact if too young cannot enjoy the more exciting rides.[/quote]
How come fewer people mention dreamworld. It looks good on the net. Anyone tried snorkeling, can recommend a place?

[bebebub]

osim:

Hi bebehub,

Was driving easy there? I thought of renting a car as there are 3 of us. Got GPS in car?

We rented an apt in surfer's paradise. Thought of cooking dinner to avoid the rip-offs at the restaurants. Kids can fun cooking (hee hee, not my kitchen :evil: )

Can bring food into the theme parks? I thought it's allowed only if you have special diet. Waters allowed though?

Which theme park is good/no good for 12-15 Yr old. I hope to visit some island and do nature walk at some parks too.

Any night market or good shopping place.

Sorry, I have so many questions

I find driving in GC rather easy.

DreamWorld is fun for older kids. The more exciting rides has a minimum height requirement. So families with young children may not get to enjoy all the rides, n hence prefer to visit movieworld n seaworld. Besides the rides, Dreamworld has a wildlife park. The main attraction is the Tiger Island which houses the white tiger.

We brought home-made sandwiches into the theme parks b4. So far ok leh Was not aware that it is against their 'regulations'. They might hv come after us if we had tarbao from Maccas :oops:

There is a decent Chinese grocery store at HarbourTown if u r looking for Chinese stuff. Else, the local supermarket is stocked with wonderful fresh produce, including ready-marinated meat that u can BBQ straight away. I usually buy their freshly roasted chicken to make sandwich n salad.

For nature walk, I like Mount Tambourine n Mount O'Reilly.

Check out their weekend market at Nerang. I enjoy walking ard the market, browsing through handicraft n food produces. Lots of free tasting.

Depending on your style of travel n available time, GC is more than just surfers paradise n the themed parks. If u hv a car, consider driving towards
Sunshine Coast (to the north) or towards Coolongatta/Byron Bay(south).

Queensland - the sunshine state

[SBKS]

osim:

How come fewer people mention dreamworld. It looks good on the net. Anyone tried snorkeling, can recommend a place?

i dun quite like dreamworld. unless u gt lots of time and like rides then can try dreamworld. otherwise just go for seaworld and movie world.

[Dnls_mum]

SBKS:

osim:

How come fewer people mention dreamworld. It looks good on the net. Anyone tried snorkeling, can recommend a place?

i dun quite like dreamworld. unless u gt lots of time and like rides then can try dreamworld. otherwise just go for seaworld and movie world.

You are going to get diff feedback from diff people
We prefer movie world and dreamworld. Seaworld is mainly about the animals and shows and for us once you have seen a killer whale and dolphin show, u have seen it all. But of the 3, movie world is till the best. If you don't have time to go elsewhere to see kaola, you can do it at dream world.

[osim]

Thanks to all of you for the feed back. They are very useful.


I think we’ll do dreamworld, movie world and perhaps whitewaterworld since there’s a bundle ticket for it with dreamworld. Will skip sea world for RWS marine life park. Then try Moreton island for a day and O’reily park another.

Thanks again!

[micollh]

end May is it almost the same as end May in Melbourne ? as i like the autumn near winter weather in melbourne … will gold coast hotter than melbourne? Thanks


anyone can share ur itinery of like 7 days with young kids… heee…

[Dnls_mum]

micollh:

end May is it almost the same as end May in Melbourne ? as i like the autumn near winter weather in melbourne .. will gold coast hotter than melbourne? Thanks


anyone can share ur itinery of like 7 days with young kids.. heee..

Gold Coast is warmer than Melbourne.
No special itinerary planning needed for Gold Coast. 3 theme parks, moreton island for dolphins. These are the main stuff. If you have more time, can visit Sunshine Coast, currumbin wildlife sanctuary etc.

[micollh]

Aussie Farm Tour

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/05/12/384_gold-coast-theme-parks.html

Or Australian Outback Spectacular Show
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2009/09/10/135855_tourism-news.html

Steve Irewin’s Australia Zoo
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/05/12/390_gold-coast-theme-parks.html

Whale watching – Jun?
http://tools.goldcoast.com.au/listings/test/Gold-Coast-Whale-Watching/info

Hot air balloon
http://tools.goldcoast.com.au/listings/test/Hot-Air-Balloon-and-OReillys-Vineyard/info

Glow worm night tour –
http://goldcoast.godo.com.au/activity/ARTO101

shopping
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/gold-coast-shopping-markets.html

[Dnls_mum]

micollh:

Aussie Farm Tour

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/05/12/384_gold-coast-theme-parks.html

Or Australian Outback Spectacular Show
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2009/09/10/135855_tourism-news.html

Steve Irewin’s Australia Zoo
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/05/12/390_gold-coast-theme-parks.html

Whale watching – Jun?
http://tools.goldcoast.com.au/listings/test/Gold-Coast-Whale-Watching/info

Hot air balloon
http://tools.goldcoast.com.au/listings/test/Hot-Air-Balloon-and-OReillys-Vineyard/info

Glow worm night tour –
http://goldcoast.godo.com.au/activity/ARTO101

shopping
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/gold-coast-shopping-markets.html

Haha! You already know what you want to do. So no need to ask already. For us, we are really not interested in all these. We have a great zoo in Singapore and my kids are not into animals. And to me shopping in Australia is no big deal. Others may feel differently. DH and I actually find Australia prety boring. we are too jaded

[SBKS]

Dnls_mum:

Haha! You already know what you want to do. So no need to ask already. For us, we are really not interested in all these. We have a great zoo in Singapore and my kids are not into animals. And to me shopping in Australia is no big deal. Others may feel differently. DH and I actually find Australia prety boring. we are too jaded

from ur replies, i can see that...

how many times you have gone there?