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This is why there are more Americans living in Australia, than there are Australians living in America.
Well given their population is 300 +million people that will statistically always be the case 😂 There are roughly 250,000 yanks living here (0.07% of their population).. if that many Aussies lived in the US it would be 2 million Australians. All good though i totally get your point I’m just being a nerd 😝
@@Dr_KAP That’d be 0.33 billion :) The insight is that there are very few countries where this occurs. A 2022 map which just resurfaced in the news had AU as the only one, but I didn’t check the source. Was just an appropriate topical jab :)
@@n_mckean yep as I said I knew what you meant- it’s more about the fact that there are more people moving from the US to Australia than vice versa, as opposed to the net number of people living in each country. I’ve seen a few references to the phenomena. All good 👍 yep got my decimal point in the wrong spot 🤦♀️ 😂
I thought it was because a green card is so hard to get in the US. The Gold Coast is pretty good but Colorado is stunning.
@@isstuff The E3 is almost as a good as a green card, just not so permanent :)
You know we’re spoiled when we turn our noses up at the Goldie. It’s a big tourist spot so it’s a bit gimmicky sometimes for us but it’s fabulous too
Because you probably go to Surfers 😂
It was referring to the Gold Coast as having a population of half a million people, though that video is from 9 years ago, the current population is about 732, 000. The population of Brisbane is currently about 2.5 million.
Yeah, that was a typo. Put the city's population together from the Gold Coast all the way to the Sunshine Coast, it is quite a few million. And the Olympics is coming there soon...
2½ Million. 😊
@@michaelpatnaude yes, 2.5 million
GC population is 732,000, Labor plans to bring that many people in as migrants in one year. Libs were doing the same number.
@@cranegantry868yeah Labor are insane .we can't even house our own people...I'm so angry with this government between housing and this voice garbage 😡
Ryan, the Gold Coast is okay for families. The Sunshine Coast, north of Brissy is a beautiful region. Quieter with beautiful beaches and surroundings. Go further north up around Airlie Beach and you hit the Wow factor.
Up around Whitehaven Beach would have to be the finest, whitest sand with crystal clear water.
You cant surf at Whitehaven beach and beaches are better at Gold Coast thats why there is more people there but also more attractions . Burliegh Heads and Kirra /Cooloongatta are hard to beat . Noosa and the beaches at the National Park are excellent if you can ever get a park !
Absolutely! The GC is ok for tourists and I'm not bagging it but it's just one of many regions with stunning beaches and beautiful hinterland. The Sunshine and Fraser Coasts are easily as beautiful and with a lot less unchecked development or crime.
@@davidmclauchlan8261 have you even been to FNQ??!! Its so breathtaking no one cares about the surf!
And that’s just QLD beaches. All great. But there’s Cottesloe in Perth, Glenelg in Adelaide, Smokey Cape NSW, Swansea in Tas all better than Broadbeach
When I was in the sunshine coast, there was an ad of sorts.
It said "the sunshine coast, a sunny place for shady people"
Never have I heard something so true.
I am currently sitting in the car park of Tallebudgera surf club, after a lovely meal with friends overlooking the ocean. This end of the Gold Coast ( Palm Beach, Currumbin,Tugun,Coolangatta) is truly paradise. It's beginning to be built up and overpriced, but if you face the ocean... there's nothing more beautiful on this planet! I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in this world! This beauty makes my soul complete. ❤️
Omg I love talle! As a Miami kid, sometimes me and my friends head over there and jump off the bridge after school. It’s surreal
Lookout. You have 700,000 immigrants heading your way (annually). They'll take everything. I'll send them all up to you. You need them more than Sydney and Melbourne (already swamped).
Lmao yeah palm
Beach… real paradise
I have lived on the Gold Coast almost my entire life.. and as a local I stick to the south end, it’s chill and more for the locals. I’m also so lucky with where I live on the GC.. I’m talking Robina, Bonogin, Mudgeeraba, Varsity Lakes area.. 2 minutes from the highway, Robina Town Centre, 2 train stations, Springbrook, 20-30 minutes from the beaches. Beyond blessed, I’m truly thankful everyday
Mudgeeraba and Varsity represent lol
The south end is definitely nicer. I try to avoid anywhere near the airport or freeways or main highways, and people drive like maniacs, it's noisy, if you live in a place like that, you don't want it all wasted on the sound of traffic.
I agree Currumbin is the best 👌
@@matthewspencer7849 I'm in Mudgeeraba too! Lived here for 15 years, you can't beat the Gold Coast, best place to live.
The Gold Coast is pretty full on. A far cry from the kilometres of beautiful sand dunes it was in the 60's before development. It's okay for a holiday or a day trip if you live in Brissy.
its nice sitting on the beach with the huge shade from the skyscrapers. A bit too touristy for me. Sunshine coast is much nicer imo
100% agree
Most Aussies consider the Gold Coast as a holiday destination, rather than a place to live. It’s a popular place to go to get away from the cold winters in the other states. It has everything that a tourist wants and more
True, but there are plenty more amazing warm places in WA too I’m just biast haha 😁
with a population of over 700,000, not so sure if that's the case.
Well my whole family including relatives lives on the family lives on the Gold Coast but we holiday on Broadbeach every year for blues on broadbeach
Plenty of beaches with headland surf breaks all through new, no crowds, no box gellyfish
Happy Arvo we have it al
Australia has so many beaches that if you visited a different one every day it would take you a whole year to see them all. *edit* wow was I wrong. It’s actually 32 years!
32 years actually.
@@Rick-da-scale wow! Thank you.
@@pauljstephens There’s 2 or 3 videos about Australia that mention the same thing. 👍
My home. I am a proud Queenslander and love that all this is a one hour drive. To the coast, to the mountains, to the city. More affordable than Sydney or Melbourne and a little bit more relaxed :)
I lived on the Gold Coast or the Goldie for 20 years. It really is a lovely place to live. Surfers Paradise, Main Beach and Broadbeach are really for the tourists except on Friday and Saturday nights when the pubs and clubs are pumping. Otherwise there isn't much reason for a local to go there. The best places for mine are the hinterland national parks. So peaceful and green and a great way to reconnect with nature. There aren't too many places where you can go for a picnic lunch in a world heritage listed rainforest then drive to the beach and watch the world's best surfers compete in a world title event but I have done just that.
it's a good place, there's a lot of pretty grimey night club's and drunk people though so look out for that (all in surfers paradise). I live in Goldy and the best part about it is the bushwalking and all the waterholes and waterfalls in the hinterland. The nicest suburb that has things going on is burleigh, full of really cool surfie people and chill bars with a bit of live music, good scene down there if you want more of a local feel.
Agree, love all the amazing trails nearby ❤
My dad has that view from his mountain property. The ocean is beautiful. My great grandparents had it originally as their dairy farm. The place certainly looks different now 😂
As a local boy of 62 years, and have lived and travelled all over the world. This is the fucking best place on the planet.
Thanks legend, for reacting to my home town, the Goldie. It really is an incredible place to have grown up surfing every day. You gotta include the Goldie on your trip down when you visit! Xx
Love the Goldie, have holiday's there frequently but it is nowhere near the best beach in Oz. Jervis Bay area in southern NSW is STUNNING!
Ryan there are nice areas within a few hours drive from the GC that provide a lovely lifestyle.The heart of the GC can feel overly pitched to tourists not locals.
Exactly
Byron Bay is becoming the same too lol...
As an Aussie who lives in Queensland.
Gold Coast is now virtually the southern area of Brisbane.
To be honest it's way to overpriced you are better off going further north
Fr I live on the gold coast and go on holiday here every year
The Sunshine Coast is cripplingly expensive.
@@xymonau2468 What do you call cripplingly expensive, just looked up recent sold properties they are cheap compared to Sydney, you get a beautiful 4 - 6 bed house with views / pool for the same as you will get a 3 bed dilapidated crap hole in Sydney with no view.
@@-PORK-CHOP- Well, most decent properties on the Sunshine coast are close to the million mark if they are in towns or with minor acreage. It's a big area, but I'm talking about the strictly coastal and built up areas. Nambour, which is not desirable, but which has a train station, has nothing much under half a million. You can't compare anywhere with Sydney. Sydney is one of the most expensive cities in the world. But I have never earned enough at one job to buy a house on the Sunshine Coast. Rentals are also crippling. They were tolerable when I first lived there, if you were working. Nothing for poor people, though. And crippling is still crippling even if there is something even more crippling elsewhere.
Or you can go further north to places like Rockhampton, Mackay and Townsville and pay like a quarter of the price you pay on the Gold Coast, Sunny Coast or Brisbane. Plus you get bigger areas of land, there are much smaller areas if a town is more your thing
There is an understandable, constant debate about which stretch of beaches is the finest in Australia. For those who love company and lots of facilities, Gold Coast probably wins. For surfers, maybe Victoria. For those who enjoy family-friendly sand with fewer crowds and fun surfing, it must be the Sunshine Coast.
I don't think you can leave W.A. out of the mix, not from there, but just saying. 😊
Sunshine Coast, Airlie Beach, Hamilton Island etc.
@@taniaPBearin Australia, most fatal shark attacks are in WA.
@@ladytyphon7261 I'm in Australia, just not W.A. Historically, they've had far less attacks than N.S.W or Queensland, it's only more now because they don't have shark nets out there drowning all the sea life.
@@taniaPBear I thought there was an alternative shark-repelling sonar that kept the sharks away but didn’t kill other sea life? Maybe it wasn’t viable 🤷♀️
I live on the Gold Coast. It is beautiful, winter now at 22-24 celcius each day. Water is cold in winter but we often see people swimming and we just know they must be from Britain or Tasmania or Melbourne. Lots of theme parks, mountains, beautiful beaches and restaurants.
I’m Australian, I love it I wouldn’t change it and I am glad so many want to know more about this great place.
The spectacularly beautiful hinterland is enough of a reason to visit the Gold Coast, even if you never set foot on the beach. Absolutely gorgeous.
What you said was a river, maybe, but is part of the canal system throughout the Gold Coast - with homes having waterfronts and some have jetties - allowing you to sail from your backyard, navigating the canals to the ocean.
The hinterland is spectacular. The scenic rim. Ex-volcanic
The Gold Coast is like the Florida of Australia. It has the same kind of weather, lots of theme parks and is a frequent holiday destination for us Aussies
And best of all no alligators ❤
Not as heavy on the retirees.
and not as many gold coast man stories as there are florida man stories haha
Tiger Island, but no Tiger King.
Not even close. For starters, one is a city, the other is an entire state. It’s not a retirement destination. It’s not tacky. It’s not famous for being the home base for really simple minded people.
This is where I live !!
It truely is paradise 🙏🏼🇦🇺🙏🏼
Actually I think Newcastle NSW has the best beaches. Caves beach, Lake Macquarie is also a great tourist attraction.
They are amazing
Unfortunately due to huge development the coastline has been over run by huge high rises etc. 40 years ago it was great to go on holidays too still had that sea side vibes about it with not many high rises I think the highest was about 4 stories.. one place we avoid now too over crowded & so expensive to stay..
I was going to say the same. I remember when the beach wasn't overshadowed by tall buildings. Kinda ruined the vibe, IMHO.
On another note, several generations of my family lived on Tambourine. Stunning place. (Their old homes are still there). Although, the population up there has really grown, I still feel the old charm of the place, last time I was up there.
I hope you come to Oz one day. A world of difference, beauty and wonderful place to live.
I've only been in that water once. And it was amazingly warm!
My grandad was a bit of a playboy back in the day and was a restaurant owner with golden lobster as the big thing - he also had an affair with the mayor's wife.
My grandmother was a one time owner of the pink poodle 😂
I live in brisbane but work in the Gold Coast, which I drive an hour to every day.
I in film and tv on a crew, and we film heaps down there for American shows, I also work for the biggest radio station down there and get to be part of every cultural or fun event happening around the city. It’s pretty sick.
And what a gloriously accurate shot of surfing in that area, when the first wave featured shows a blatant drop-in. This probably means nothing to you Ryan, but the great waves have turned into human soup.
Surf rage. It's a major thing at Coolie.
Cute, I took a deep breath of air on Tugan beach earlier; it was a little windy. I live on the GC myself (yes, it is a city, a long stretched out city). That central area in the film is Surfers Paradise, which is far from paradise in my opinion, it's a tourist trap and a party district.
The Southern suburbs like Burleigh, Coolangatta and Kirra are lovely, and, yes, it is winter and the water IS warm, still barely under 20 degrees.
You are right, you do NOT want to know what real estate is like here. No, you really don't...
But, aside from that it is as close to paradise as anywhere I have ever lived.
Check out Turquoise Bay near Exmouth in Western Australia. Pristine. In my opinion, this beach is much nicer than Gold Coast or Surfers which is nice enough, but crowded and touristy. If you want to visit Queensland, I would suggest Mission Beach is a beauty, mate! 😊 but you gotta take note of signs for croc habitats. We don't get crocs in our beaches in Western Australia. But higher up in Northern Territory, its croc country again. WA has miles and miles of stunning beaches with the whitest sand... AND NO CROCS! Also check out Lancelin (as well ast beautiful water, the dunes here are a must for sand surfing/dune buggies/4wd etc ), Ledge Point and Coral Bay. You won't be disappointed.
This is where live right now and have done since 1985. My Great Grandparents are bured in the cemetary at Coolangtatta,
oh bud...I felt that moment where you got really emotional but you held it...there is beauty in so many places in the world...I hope you get to visit many when you can...
The thing I enjoyed most about my Gold Coast holiday was being somewhere nice and warm and going for a walk on the sunny beach, every morning, in August, when it was cold, wet, and wintry back home in Adelaide. Like most of Australia, we're blessed with some gorgeous beaches, too. In the central metro area here (where I live) we have Glenelg, Brighton, Grange, Henley, Semaphore, Somerton, Seacliff, to name just a few. The main difference is that the Gold Coast faces east, whereas our beaches face west, so theirs get the sunrise, and ours get the sunset. Personally, I prefer having the sunset because I have more time to enjoy it. The only time I get up in time for a sunrise is when I have to get ready to go somewhere (which is not usually near the beach).
I've lived on the Gold coast theres plenty to see and do.
The rainforests are beautiful.
I now live in the Clarence valley N.S.W again where I grew up, which has better beaches, river and beautiful places to visit and eat.
If you have the opportunity to look up the Clarence Valley, do it 😁
Beautiful Yamba, Palmers Island, Harwood Island, Maclean, Iluka etc.
Love watching your videos
I notice you didn't try and say Grafton was any good. In fact you didn't even mention it.
@@Michael-D.-Williams you just did😁
@@tamosullivan1318 I just thought it was funny the way the promotion of the beauty of the Clarence Valley skips over the major city.
Yamba is beautiful, I've been camping there a few time.
@@AnaDizzy it is😁 Have you done the ferry to Iluka ?
It was great growing up on the Gold Coast as a teenager in the 80's. I left 35 years ago to live in Victoria but recently moved back to the southern part (Coolangatta) but it's too hot for me. Also too noisy, bright and touristy. I'm now back on the wild coast of Phillip Island where you get 4 distinct seasons, amazing wildlide and a world heritage surf beach on my doorstep. We Aussies certainly are spoilt for choice though. Hope you make it over here one day Ryan!
I would love to go to Victoria some day.
Check out the Daintree, where the rainforest meets the sea.
Yay! You've done a review of my town! I live in the heart of Surfers Paradise. It's as beautiful as it looks.
I’ve spent a lot of time in the Gold Coast. The best beaches in Australia are on the Sunshine Coast. Mark my words. I’m born and bred here.
I live in Redland Bay, which is a 45 min drive from the Gold Coast. My daughter lives at Hope Island which is a suburb of the Gold Coast. It is a beautiful part of the world :)
Reading so many of these comments saying that most Australians think the GC is considered a place to visit rather than live makes me laugh. I’ve lived on the GC for over 20 years and in that time I rarely visit the spots the tourists go. There is so so much more to the GC it’s truly beautiful and if you go to the places the locals go you’d experience a very different thing. I wouldn’t live anywhere else than the GC it’s chill, with a little bit of everything, rainforests, beaches and rural living. Love it!
The main river at Gold Coast is the Nerang River, further north is the Logan river and south is Tallebudgera Creek . Head south over the QLD NSW border for the Tweed River.
I’ve lived on the Gold Coast my whole and definitely take it for granted, don’t realise how good we have it sometimes
There are so many beaches that are just as beautiful as the Gold Coast in Australia.
This is My Home. I love it here and have lived here for 19 years ❤❤
My home.
Grew up in Surfers Paradise & Southport on the Gold Coast.
We call ourselves Coasties 🇦🇺👍❤️
We have a Shark net on our Beach to keep tourists safe.
So I’m from Victoria and the Gold Coast is definitely lovely but for me the best beaches will always be in WA. There are so many different beaches around the state with a variety between popular tourist beaches or secluded gems. If you ever visit Australia highly recommend WA.
Local GCer here! Thanks for checking us out 😊
Yes, the water is warm in summer, and the waves waves is a very special place called rainbow bay
The Gold Coast is my ideal holiday destination as it has everything. Think of Surfers Paradise (which was originally just a collection of shacks for Surfers to get away from it all) as like Miami, FL. The Gold Coast was originally just a region made up of smaller towns but it all got incorporated together a few decades ago once the tourism boom took off. That tall building you saw was Peppers and is is a hotel but it does have permanent accomodation too. Most of the tall buildings are hotels or holiday apartments and Peppers is the second tallest building in the city, the view was from the Q1 building which is the tallest in all of QLD. I go up there every couple of years and if I had the couple of million dollars I would move up there permanently from Adelaide as the air quality is so good and whenever I am on holiday up there I never have problems with my Asthma like I do down here.
Thank you so much for this video. I live on the Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane. It is expensive here, but it really is paradise. I can't wait to share your reaction with my kids. I have travelled a fair bit and they don't believe me when I tell them how truly blessed we are to be here.
Yeah. I live on the Gold Coast in Mermaid Waters it’s a great part of the world. Genuinely beautiful so good.
The crappies thing about the eastern seaboard is that their beaches get covered in shade in the afternoon by all the high rises.
Here in WA our beaches are all bathed in sunlight all day as we only have about 3 high rise buildings on the beach as a part of our local building ordinances. As a result we have warmer water.
I like the shade the high rises give in the afternoon on a hot day. You can choose the shade or the sunny areas between the shadows. really nice if there is a gentle breeze as well.
I grew up on the Gold Coast. Was amazing. Live in England now but never stopped calling Australia home
Toddlers love Rainbow Bay just near Coolangatta & Snapper Rocks. It is a north facing bay with shallow pools to splash in. The break can be very long so surfies' paradise. Whale watching a pleasant pastime during Winter.
I live on the Gold coast. My daughters school is an island. The shopping centre has a beach and waterfalls.
Im so blessed to live on the Gold Coast, water temp is around 25c ( 77F ) depending on time of the year
Early morning it's cold in WA BUT warms up as the day progresses
Hey! Check out some amazing beaches in Western Australia, notably, Smiths beah in Yallingup, Cottesloe Beach and all of the coastline in Esperance 👌
Hi Ryan, I live in Brisbane, near the Hold Coast. It is winter here and we are still wearing tshirts and shorts. Come here for a holiday
Went outside and took the breath, felt pretty good
The opposite side of my street is Surfers Paradise (10 minutes walk to the sigh) and our side is Broadbeach :) We love it here & go to the beach every morning. You should really visit sometime. Let us all know so we can meet you!
People swim all year round. It is currently winter, and I was at the beach today wearing a T-shirt and shorts and there were lots of people surfing and swimming.
I lived there for years and still have rellies at the Coast. I'm 30 minutes north now, half way between the Goldie and Brissy, best of both worlds. Cheaper too 😊
Brisbane has 2.2 million people.
"The Gold Coast" has half a million. It could (in a way) be compared to Orlando Florida. Tropical Hot, Humid, lots of theme parks, and like all of Queensland and Florida chock a block full of bogans. 😂
Sunshine coast up further is the best love it lol
you should check out Western Australia there's Perth itself but also the extensive coastline from down south near Albany all the way up to the Pilbara, Karijini national park and the gold fields . its the mining capital of australia and one of our best kept secrets .
Gday. Lived there for a few years. Only moved due to family needs elsewhere. It is as good as it looks as long as you have a decent job/wage, although inland suburbs not so $. Everywhere in this vid is within a 1 hour drive :)
The best beach in Australia is in Western Australia. Turquoise Beach in Exmouth, WA. WA has some of the best beaches in Australia. Turquoise Bay Beach was actually just voted 2nd most beautiful beach in the world.
Great vid, I should get there more often
There’s a vote every year by tourism Australia on the top 10 best beaches Last year it went to us (WA) this year is stokes bay kangaroo island. It’s Beautiful. Have a look 👀
The Gold Coast is like our version of Miami
I love the Gold Coast, but I wouldn't call it Australia's BEST beach! Wouldn't even put it in top 10 😅 (Although Tallebudgera Creek is gorgeous and around Currumbin)
Ryan take a look at the three largest sand islands on earth. Just north of the GC. Moreton (my personal favourite) Stradbroke and K'garri (formerly known as Fraser). They really are breathtaking.
Tasmania has best white sand unspoiled beaches! Huge sandhills to roll down into the water, refreshing 🥶😂
Theres a difference between popen oceanbeaches where the water hits the beach totally uninterrupted, and bay beaches where the beach is sheltered by land on 1 or 2 sides and the efects of the wind and currents are mitigated. Beaches open to the ocean are where surf occurs
I live 2 minutes from beach on southern end of Gold Coast.. my son and family are in process of moving up here from Sydney..My grand daughter is 13 and spent every holidays up with me and ea school holidays sine 10..she recently saw incidents at her school...public... that are worrying and told parents and as A grade student and lifestyle here so made the decision to move up..over the years she has made 2 lovely girls and have already planned things to do as teens living on the beach.Shes already got bike here and kids around here can walk or ride bikes around here safely from early age..I've just got her booked into private school that I will pay and hopefully have great teen life up here..She currently plays soccer which will keep up but summer sports at her school offers them surfing and board riding..her friend just moved up just over a mile from here and is on range over looking beach plus have horses.1 button from here to there..What a wonderful life away from Sydney ...plus have 5 cousins around her age in Brisbane and just short train ride away..Recommend Gold Coast life to raise family.
Gold Coast is beautiful ,water warm, you must come over one day. When the Gold Coast gets too hot and crowded head to the hills to cool down.
I’ve been on the Goldie for 48 years. It certainly has grown since we arrived. Some days it’s a shit show others Tis amazing. We are very lucky and have much to be grateful for. And your right, you don’t wanna know the house prices. Enjoyed your reaction, thanks mate !!
Interesting you asked about house prices - recent house on the beach near Elephant rock (mentioned in the video)just sold for $9.5 millionAUD. Loads of canals because it was all mangroves/coastal wetlands before development and canals were used to dry it out
And that's why Southeast qld is the best place to be 😊 I'd be happy it to show you and the family around if you were to come visit. I live on the north side of Brisbane. About an hour from the Sunshine Coast and 2 or so hours from the Gold Coast.
My home town is not far from the gold coast and my math class used to take trips to the theme parks, I have no idea why but we weren't complaining 😂😂
G'day Ryan, first time ive seen you in days - I am in your country tonight, San Fran to be precise, after a 5 day 1087 mile road trip through the deserts of Nevada / Arizona / Utah ( so epic ) after 4 crazy nights in Vegas. Will be nice to see a bit of home here :)
I love Palm Beach and miles of sand. Just remember to swim between the flags as beaches are patrolled most of the year by the Lifesaver clubs
I live on the Gold Coast best place ever ❤
Same here 💚
Im lucky enough to be near Tamborine Mountain and Village 😁
Lucky Bay, Esperance, Western Australia, voted world's best beach this year, WA had the majorityof the top 50 world beaches this year.
Also, Misery Beach, Western Australia, world's best beach last year.
WA has another 10,000 beaches to choose from. Cable Beach? Turquoise Bay? Shell beach?
20 beaches on Rottnest Island alone could win it.
@@QuinctiliYes, WA is way underrated
@videoclips3143 I know people that live in WA. It's really beautiful, amazing colours. Would love to visit one day soon. 😁💚
@@flosslittle5231 drop in, I'll buy you a coffee.
I've only been to Queensland once, and I stayed at Surfer's Paradise. When I went to swim there the waves were so strong (compared to Adelaide anyway!) and what surprised me was how salty the water is. Of course it's saltwater, but it stung the hell out of my eyes and I got out of the water within about five minutes. It's a beautiful place though.
Fu** Queensland altogether never going back! Been twice, wedding and Christening, big Family scenes both times, didn't even get to put My big toe in the water, still salty about it 😔 gotta say though the people (not partners Family) on the sunshine coast were beautiful, friendly and so helpful 🤗
✌️❤️ from the sunny coast 😁
That's because it's one long beach with rips Try Sunshine Coast their beaches are bays much nicer to swim there
Anywhere on the north coast is beautiful. Great beach holidays.
I've just thought about it. We do have almost everything here. Even ranges mate. We cater for most people and have a zoo of locals mostly helpful.
You should check out a video on the Sunshine Coast next! It's where Steve Irwin's Australian Zoo is
As well as lots of great restaurants there’s also a casino at Broadbeach. We live about an hour away and it’s our favourite part of the GC. You could buy a nice 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment at Broadbeach for about $800,000 USD. Cheap as chips.
My lovely dad moved up there to Runaway Bay from Melbourne in 2000 and lived there u til we lost him in December. We went up there a lot to visit when he started to have heart issues and couldn’t fly anymore. It is lovely, the weather makes everyone be out and walking, or cycling, or anything outdoors. My son wanted to move there, but the traffic is insane and I just couldn’t do it. But that weather, wow!! I don’t want to go there anymore, too many memories of dad, and he’s not there to visit now. Will,probably never go again.
The Sunshine Coast and the Whitsunday are also worth checking out
the water is lovely and warm...southern strip of the coral sea...
The City of the Gold Coast - and hour’s drive south of Brisbane - is a lot like a mini-Miami (it even has a suburb called Miami) - and just like Miami - it’s where Melbournians (like New Yorkers) go to die. Queenslanders are happy to keep the tourists on the Gold Coast. (There are a bunch of theme parks.) If you want to see truly beautiful surfing beaches (with turtles and whales), drive an hour north of Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, where the lifestyle is much more relaxed, with villages nestled among ancient volcanic mountains, and everglades stretching for miles around the pristine beach towns (now suburbs) of Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Maroochydore and Noosa. (Just don’t tell the other tourists. Send them to the Gold Coast instead.)
back in the day my dad lived at tambourine village , he raised pigs. yeah some good things about the gc. i took my kids there more than once , a 12 hour drive back then. camping , shows, theme parks, 5 star hotels , food , hinterland , rain forest. but nowadays unless ur some professional , beyond reach. tourist from all over the world , rich ones.
Gold Coast is a region with a coastal area of about 70km. Brisbane population, 2 500 000.
Best places on the Gold Coast are the southern beaches (like Burleigh Heads and Coolangatta in the video) and the amazing Gold Coast Hinterland. I used to live in a beautiful place called Tallebudgera Valley and yes, we were almost always outdoors when we weren’t at work.