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Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast
Australia's premier water park on the Gold Coast featuring giant water slides, wave pools, and aqua-play areas.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Surfers Paradise
Queensland, Australia · Oceania
About Surfers Paradise
Surfers Paradise works well as a base: 5 minutes from Broadbeach Waters, 26km from Springbrook National Park.
Surfers Paradise is in Queensland, Australia, with about 31,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Broadbeach Waters, about 4 km away.
Surfers Paradise (colloquially known as Surfers) is a central suburb of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Surfers Paradise had a population of 26,412 people.
The suburb has many high-rise apartment buildings and a wide surf beach. The feature of the heart of the suburb is Cavill Mall,Read more
which runs through the shopping and entertainment precinct. Cavill Avenue, named after Jim Cavill, an early hotel owner, is one of the busiest shopping strips in Queensland, and the centre of activity for night life. One of the features of the area is the Surfers Paradise Meter Maids designed to build goodwill with tourists.
Surfers Paradise is the Gold Coast's main entertainment and tourism centre and the suburb's many high-rise buildings are the best known feature of the city's skyline.
In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Surfers Paradise was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "location".
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Surfers Paradise?
Within an hour or so of Surfers Paradise: Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast (15 km), Warner Bros. Movie World (16 km), Dreamworld (19 km), Springbrook National Park (26 km).
Where is Surfers Paradise?
Surfers Paradise is in Queensland, Australia, about 4 km from Broadbeach Waters.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 31,073
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Queensland
- Timezone
- Australia/Brisbane
- Coordinates
- -28.0027, 153.4300
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Worth the detour from Surfers Paradise
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Warner Bros. Movie World
Gold Coast movie-themed park featuring rides and attractions based on iconic Warner Bros. films and characters.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Dreamworld
Australia's largest theme park on the Gold Coast with thrill rides, wildlife encounters, and family attractions.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Springbrook National Park
Rainforest plateau in the Gold Coast hinterland with sealed access to Purling Brook Falls and the Best of All Lookout car parks.
26 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Surfers Paradise
- 71 kmStory BridgeBrisbane's heritage-listed 1940 steel cantilever bridge over the Brisbane River, drivable on the Bradfield Highway and climbable on guided ascents for skyline views.
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