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Surfers Paradise Accommodation

Surfers Paradise is a popular spot for families with its perfect patrolled swimming beach and street theatre. Surfers is also a major centre for nightlife on the Gold Coast with a number of nightclubs, adult bars and themed venues along Orchid Avenue providing entertainment into the early hours of the morning. To find accommodation in Surfers Paradise that suits your needs, browse through our accommodation guides below.
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Surfers Paradise Hotels

Aloha Apartments Surfers Paradise
Highrise apartment-style accommodation located in the heart of Surfers. Affordable one and two-bedroom large, comfortable apartments across the road from the beach and just two blocks to Cavill Avenue. Views over the Gold Coast beaches or Nerang River.
Star Rating: 3.5

Australis Sovereign Hotel
The latest attraction on Australia’s premier tourist playground. Just two blocks to the west of Surfers Paradise beach and is only a short walking distance to the Nerang River where attractive riverside parks are established at Budds Beach.
Star Rating: 3

Beachcomber Surfers Resort
Situated right in the heart of Surfers Paradise, only 30 metres from the Beach. Relax by the indoor heated pool or the outdoor pool or take a short stroll to famous Cavill Ave, just 60 metres away. 1 bedroom apartments, hotel rooms & studios.
Star Rating: 3.5

Biarritz Apartments Gold Coast
Surrounded by tropical gardens, these fully self-contained spacious apartments offer superb ocean and Hinterland views. Easy 50m walk to the beach and ideally situated between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach Malls.
Star Rating: 3.5

BreakFree Acapulco Resort
Luxury fully self-contained high rise apartment resort situated a short stroll from the centre of Surfers Paradise. Each apartment has spectacular ocean views & many command extensive coastline & hinterland views. 1 or 2 bedroom apartments.
Star Rating: 4

BreakFree Beachpoint Resort
Situated in the heart of Surfers Paradise across the road from the beach. Set in lush tropical gardens, this modern complex is a popular destination for all age groups visitors to the Gold Coast. Spacious & comfortable fully self-contained 1 & 2 bedroom apartments.
Star Rating: 4

BreakFree Imperial Surf Resort
In the heart of Surfers Paradise. 1 of the tallest buildings on the Gold Coast the views are spectacular. All apartments have ocean views, with some featuring sights of the hinterland ranges. Perfectly located within easy walking distance access to everything.
Star Rating: 3.5

BreakFree Longbeach Resort
Overlooking the magnificent beach, this high rise resort offers air-con apartments with ocean views close to the heart of Surfers Paradise, yet in a quiet location close to the beach. A whole range of facilities including indoor & outdoor pools/spas.
Star Rating: 4

BreakFree Peninsula Resort
2 blocks south of Cavill Ave & directly opposite the beach, BreakFree Peninsula Resort offers guaranteed ocean views from all rooms, immaculate facilities & is a perfect location for your Surfers Paradise escape. 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments.
Star Rating: 4

Breakfree Moroccan
With exclusive resort-style facilities & luxurious apartments, BreakFree Moroccan is nestled within the secure oasis of its tropical landscape on the beachfront at Surfers Paradise. The ambience of Cavill Ave is a short stroll away & the beach is across the road.
Star Rating: 3.5

Centrepoint Resort
A spacious retreat in the heart of Surfers Paradise. With an acre of lush tropical gardens surrounding the complex, central Surfers Paradise is only a couple of blocks away. All apartments are air-conditioned and feature fully equipped kitchen facilities.
Star Rating: 4

Diamond Sands Resort
Offers guests a choice of fully self-contained one, two and three-bedroom apartments set in a lush tropical landscaped garden featuring a lagoon pool with a sandy beach.
Star Rating: 4

Mantra Crown Towers
Surfers’ most prestigious holiday apartments, with their spacious living areas, gourmet kitchens and choice of studio, one, two or three generous bedrooms. Truly a world-class apartment resort.
Star Rating: 4

Mantra Legends
Perfectly located in the heart of Surfers Paradise. Offers 403 luxuriously appointed guest rooms & suites with private balconies. Captivating views across the ocean, hinterland & the brilliant night-lights. Perfect position to combine business with pleasure.
Star Rating: 4.5

Mantra Sun City Resort Gold Coast
Offers an extravaganza of activity day & night, all year long. The ideal holiday place offers 70kms of coastline with white sandy beaches, allowing you to enjoy panoramic Pacific Ocean & coastal views.
Star Rating: 4.5

Mantra Wings Resort
This brand new resort exudes resort-style luxury with tennis courts, a lagoon swimming pool, steam room, waterfalls and a grotto-style spa. Indulge in your spacious 1 or 2 bedroom apartment with panoramic views.
Star Rating: 4

Marrakesh Apartments
Nestled between cosmopolitan Surfers Paradise and thriving Broad Beach, the Marrakesh Apartments is the enchanting architectural…
Star Rating: 4.5

Palazzo Colonnades Gold Coast
Offers easterly views over the blue Pacific, with a dazzling panorama across Gold Coast city waterways to the hinterland hills. Just 150m from golden surf beaches & tranquil riverfront parkland. Includes sauna, gymnasium & entertainment room.
Star Rating: 4

Paradise Centre Apartments
Located directly above Paradise Centre Shopping, your personal balcony is guaranteed to have either stunning hinterland or magnificent ocean views. Laze around the pools on top of the Paradise Centre shopping complex. Your private walkway will take you directly to the beach.
Star Rating: 4.5

Surf Regency Apartments
Surf Regency is a beautiful apartment resort, overlooking the patrolled surf beach and is only two blocks to Cavill Ave the heart…
Star Rating: 3.5

The Breakers Apartments
The Breakers offers 3 types of accommodation: Apartment, Superior Apartment or Cabana. All units are furnished and fully self-contained fitted with all standard household amenities including Microwave and Dishwasher.
Star Rating: 4

Top of The Mark Surfers Paradise
Top of The Mark Surfers Paradise

Address: 3 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD, 4217

Accommodation Description

The Top of The Mark is situated in the centre of Surfers, just moments away from world-famous restaurants and nightclubs, yet the building is perched 5 storeys aloft on top of a rooftop garden. Top of the Mark has you in the heart of busy downtown “Paradise” but nicely relaxed above the bustle of the city. All apartments are modern in design and very spacious and comfortably furnished to ensure a relaxed holiday atmosphere.

Room Facilities

  • 1 & 2 bedrooms apartments
  • Fully equipped kitchen
  • Direct Dial Phones & Intercom
  • Private Balcony
  • Washing Machine & Dryer
  • Iron & Board

Property Facilities

  • Large heated outdoor pool and spa
  • Outdoor entertainment & BBQ area
  • Children’s wading pool
  • Half size tennis court
  • Games Room and Sauna
  • Reception & tour booking desk

Extra Information

  • Central Surfers Paradise
  • 2 min walk to patrolled beach
  • Located 50 minutes drive south of Brisbane
  • Coolangatta Airport: 25 kms / 30 min drive
  • Theme Parks: 20km / 20 mins drive
  • Coolangatta Airport: 25km / 30 mins drive
Getting to the Gold Coast
Getting to the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is approximately 80 kms south of Brisbane and 950 kms north of Sydney.

Getting To The Gold Coast By Bus/Coach

There are a number of coach services that pass through the Gold Coast. There are regular services from Brisbane, Byron Bay, Sydney and other major centres. There are bus transit centres in Coolangatta, Surfers Paradise and Southport. Travel time from Brisbane is around 1½ hours and from Sydney, an express coach service takes around 14 hours.

Getting To The Gold Coast By Train

The Gold Coast is connected by rail to Brisbane’s Roma Street and Central stations. The closest railway stations servicing the Gold Coast include Nerang, Helensvale and Robina – there are connecting shuttle bus services available from the station to Surfers Paradise and other Gold Coast centres. Airtrain also operates regular rail services from Brisbane Airport to the Gold Coast which take approximately 90 minutes.

Due to a difference in the gauge of the railway between New South Wales and Queensland, there are no Interstate direct rail links to the Gold Coast. Trains depart daily from Sydney and terminate at Murwillumbah (around 30 mins south of Coolangatta).

Getting To The Gold Coast By Air

The Gold Coast Airport at Coolangatta is serviced by domestic and international flights. Most services are one-class, but many also offer business class travel. There are regular daily domestic flights from Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide & there are connecting flights to all other Australian cities. The trip from Sydney takes around 1 hour 25 minutes, around 2 hours 15 minutes from Melbourne & around 2 hours and 10 minutes from Adelaide.

International flights arrive from Auckland, Hamilton, Dunedin, Palmerston North & Christchurch in New Zealand. There are also flights arriving on the Gold Coast via Cairns from Japan (Osaka, Nagoya &Fukuoka), Taipei, Hong Kong & Singapore. Brisbane’s International Airport also provides links with the USA and Europe.

Self Drive

The major route from Sydney to the Gold Coast is via the Pacific H’way which is currently undergoing major upgrades and conditions vary. Use the following table to plan your trip and ensure that you “stop, revive, survive” every 2 hours.

Gold Coast to  Distance in Kms  Driving Time
Sydney  947  11 hr and 25 minutes
Canberra  1251  15 hrs
Melbourne  1840  22 hrs and 10 minutes
Brisbane  80  1 hr

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  • Gold Coast Accommodation – A comprehensive guide to accommodation on Australia’s Gold Coast including hotels, motels, resorts, self-contained apartments and holiday units.
  • Gold Coast Visitor Information – This section of the website provides general visitor and tourist information about the Gold Coast including links to more information.
  • Gold Coast History – A brief look at the Gold Coast’s colourful history from a no go zone in 1874 to a popular vacation resort area of international standards today.
  • Public & School holiday dates – An accurate and up to date ready reference for dates of Public and School Holidays/vacations in Australia.
Springbrook National Park - Waterfalls and Forests
Springbrook National Park – Waterfalls and Forests

Plunging waterfalls, cool forests, rugged gorges and remnants of early foresting history await you at Springbrook National Park in the Gold Coast hinterland.

Covering land on and around Springbrook Plateau, the 2720ha park protects rainforests, eucalypt forests and the headwaters of rivers flowing to the Gold Coast.

Springbrook lies on the Scenic Rim, a chain of mountains stretching across the Queensland-New South Wales border. Walking tracks ranging from easy to challenging take you to lookouts, waterfalls and ancient forests.

Springbrook is about 90 minutes from Brisbane and 45 minutes from the Gold Coast. The park has three sections: Springbrook Plateau, Mt Cougal to the east and Natural Bridge to the west.

At 900m above sea level, Springbrook can be cool even in summer. Rainfall averages 3000mm a year, mostly from December to March. Drier months from May to October are probably the best time to visit. Holidays and weekends can be crowded.

Related Links:

  • Gold Coast Accommodation – A comprehensive guide to accommodation on Australia’s Gold Coast including hotels, motels, resorts, self-contained apartments and holiday units.
  • Gold Coast Visitor Information – This section of the website provides general visitor and tourist information about the Gold Coast including links to more information.
  • Gold Coast Regional Information – Regional information about the main towns situated on the Gold Coast as well as information on the Gold Coast hinterland.
  • Gold Coast Things To Do – A user-friendly guide to theme parks including Dreamworld and Movieworld as well as tours, activities and other things to do on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Gold Coast Maps
Gold Coast Maps

This simple map gives you a quick overview of where the Gold Coast is located in relation to the States and Capital cities of Australia.

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A detailed Southport Street Map.

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detailed Main Beach Street Map.

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A detailed Surfers Paradise Street Map.

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A detailed Broadbeach Street Map.

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A detailed Mermaid Beach Street Map.

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A detailed Palm Beach Street Map.

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This simple map gives you a quick overview of beaches on the Gold Coast.

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Gold Coast Beach Map (16kb)

Natural Bridge (Arch) - Springbrook National Park
Natural Bridge (Arch) – Springbrook National Park

Natural Bridge is one of the most popular parts of 2954ha Springbrook National Park.

Natural Bridge (also called Natural Arch) nestles in the scenic Numinbah Valley near the Queensland-New South Wales border. See the picturesque rock formation, stroll through the subtropical rainforest and have a bush picnic. Underneath the bridge lives a colony of glowworms, tiny stars in the dark.

Natural Bridge is about an hour’s drive from the Gold Coast or two from Brisbane. In a day you can also visit more of Springbrook National Park and Lamington National Park, or cross the border to New South Wales parks.

Together, these parks are the heart of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia) World Heritage Area. Tamborine National Park is also close.

Sheltered in a subtropical rainforest, Natural Bridge receives 1500mm of rain during the hot, humid summer. Winter days are often clear, crisp and sunny. Can be cool any time.

Related Links:

  • Gold Coast Accommodation – A comprehensive guide to accommodation on Australia’s Gold Coast including hotels, motels, resorts, self-contained apartments and holiday units.
  • Gold Coast Visitor Information – This section of the website provides general visitor and tourist information about the Gold Coast including links to more information.
  • Gold Coast Regional Information – Regional information about the main towns situated on the Gold Coast as well as information on the Gold Coast hinterland.
  • Gold Coast Things To Do – A user-friendly guide to theme parks including Dreamworld and Movieworld as well as tours, activities and other things to do on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Gold Coast History
Gold Coast History

The Gold Coast has become one of Australia’s most popular holiday playgrounds, a long way from the days when Captain Cook passed the coast in 1770 and named Point Danger and Mount Warning. The Gold Coast region was first put up for sale in 1874 when it was little more than a picturesque collection of lagoons and mangrove swamps with rivers and creeks meandering their way out to the ocean at Southport. By 1884, the Gold Coast was already becoming a popular holiday destination and Cobb & Co. started running regular coach services from Brisbane to the developing Gold Coast region. Further strimulation to the area’s development occurred in 1889 when a rail link between the Gold Coast and Beenleigh was completed. The rail link was removed 65 years later in 1964.

James Cavill was instrumental in the growth of the region when he built the Surfers Paradise Hotel in the early 1920s. He purchased the land in Elston (now known as Surfers Paradise) in 1923 for a princely sum of £40 (about $200). A bridge replaced the old horse ferry crossing the Nerang River in 1925 and in an effort to attract the more mobile and lucrative holiday market, the town of Elston (previously known as Meyers Ferry) was renamed “Surfers Paradise” in 1933 after the hotel Cavill had built 10 years earlier.

Property prices began rising sharply after WWII as there was an involuntary moratorium on the development and would-be developers could see an opportunity to cash in on a Post War boom. The greater region was given its modern moniker in the early 1950s when a journalist discussing the rising property values metaphorically referred to the area as the “Gold Coast”. The ensuing development boom of the 1950s saw a rush to build large beachfront holiday apartments to support the now rapidly growing tourist market. By the 1960s the beachfront had all but been completely developed and the urbanisation of the surrounding farms and wetlands began.

Gold Coast Aboriginal History

The Gold Coast region was known to local Aborigines as “Umbigumbi” and “Kurrungul”. The traditional borders of the Gombemberri people of the Gold Coast extended from the Tweed River in the south along the Coomera River to Numinbah Valley. Some historians estimate that Aborigines have been coming to the Gold Coast for over 10,000 years. They came to the Gold Coast from Bundjalung, south of the Tweed River, and from as far north as Maryborough in the north. They would visit the Gold Coast for festivals and tribal ceremonies, fishing, subtropical fruits and bush tucker and to harvest a special hardwood that they used to make boomerangs.

Related Links:

  • Gold Coast Visitor Information – This section of the website provides general visitor and tourist information about the Gold Coast including links to more information.
Gold Coast Entertainment & Nightlife
Gold Coast Entertainment & Nightlife

From themed sports bars to alternative venues beating out the funky house and disco classics, the Gold Coast’s thriving Club scene has something for everyone. There are countless bars, restaurants and nightclubs with quality bands and DJs performing across the Gold Coast. For those not so into the music scene, there are Cigar Lounges, cabaret clubs and hotels/pubs with pool tables. You’ll also be happy with the great range of tap beers, fine wines and cocktails available at reasonable prices.

Surfers Paradise is the Gold Coast’s main bar and nightclub precinct with a number of establishments along with Orchid and Cavill Avenues.

Gold Coast Nightlife Directory

Capitol Bar & Lounge

The Capitol is a place where creative and free spirits meet in an environment where the quality of design, music, dishes and beverages, and guests rule. Long before lounging proved to be the latest trend in New York, relaxing in high quality and above all surprising environment has been pivotal at the Capitol.

Melbas Restaurant, Cocktail Bar & Nightclub

Dance with the hottest crowd in town on the large dance floor and podiums, or maybe a game of pool is more your style. With its large bars spanning the entire length of the club and stunning waitresses ensuring you are looked after, you are guaranteed fast and efficient service.

The Clock Hotel

There is always something happening so come along and have some fun. Come and see all the major sports events live on the big screen or have a flutter on the live daily races in our new TAB and upmarket sports lounge.

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  • Gold Coast Restaurants – An overview of the Gold Coast’s culinary delights, including links and contact details for the best restaurants in the region.
Gold Coast Car Hire
Gold Coast Car Hire

There is a range of car hire options on the Gold Coast, most of which will arrange for your car to be picked up from Gold Coast (Coolangatta) Airport. There are also a number of transfer services available from the airport to your accommodation and elsewhere. Browse through the services and transport information below.

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  • Gold Coast Accommodation – A comprehensive guide to accommodation on Australia’s Gold Coast including hotels, motels, resorts, self-contained apartments and holiday units.
Gold Coast Real Estate
Gold Coast Real Estate

The Gold Coast property market has become one of Australia’s fastest developing markets with new developments occurring all the time and some of the more established properties along the coast exchanging for record prices. For those that are attracted to the action of a city, but like to balance it with lifestyle, the Gold Coast is high on the list of preferred places to live. Browse through our directory below for the latest property sales, rentals and holiday accommodation.

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  • Chevron First National – Surrounded by an array of properties from luxury waterfront homes and duplexes to a wide variety of residential and investment properties.
  • Gold Coast Property Centre – Our Sales and Display Office. Located right in the busy heart of Surfers Paradise, the office attracts a wide range of people every day.
  • Gold Coast Prestige Real Estate – The premier online luxury real estate service on Australia’s famous Gold Coast.
  • Raine & Horne – Broadbeach – Located in a high profile location between the major banks at the entrance to Niecon Plaza.
  • Mona Kennedy Realty – Your first choice for the highest quality realty within Australia’s premier lifestyle address – The Gold Coast.
  • Realty on Main – Specialising in lifestyle investments in and around Main Beach on the Gold Coast of Australia.
  • Ray White Surfers Paradise – Services all aspects of real estate, including residential unit and house sales, prestige homes, commercial sales and leasing and property management.

Related Links:

  • Gold Coast Accommodation – A comprehensive guide to accommodation on Australia’s Gold Coast including hotels, motels, resorts, self-contained apartments and holiday units.
  • Surfers Paradise Accommodation – The heart of the famous Gold Coast coastal strip. A major business and leisure centre providing a range of accommodation options.