Welcome to the new Seafood Discovery Trail,
your guide to exploring the abundance of
seafood delights delivered by the oceans, rivers
and waterways of the Southern Gold Coast and
Tweed regions.
Focussing on 35kms of coastline from Currumbin
to Cabarita, the Seafood Discovery Trail offers
an unforgettable culinary and activity-based
experience, incorporating everything from fine
dining restaurants and specialty cafes through to
our favorite fish and chip takeaways and fresh
seafood markets. You can even catch your own
ocean harvest on a deep-sea fishing charter or
haul in the crab-pots for a feast of local muddies.
Our comprehensive guide invites you to design
your own itinerary, combining leisurely restaurant
banquets and riverside picnics with fi shing trips,
ocean adventures and scenic river cruises.
In this idyllic setting of uncrowded surfi ng
beaches, quiet waterways and friendly seaside
communities, there’s no need to rush. You’ll fi nd
the choice of luxury resorts, cosy B&Bs, budget
holiday parks and beach shacks offer the perfect
excuse to extend your stay.
Not one, Not two… but FOUR new transparent slides will open at Wet’n’Wild this September.
The new ride ‘AquaLoop’ begins when the trap door is released and the rider plummets, accelerating into a massive vertical free fall drop and then up into a transparent looping slide! The slide is gut wrenching, heart-pounding and gravity-defying and takes riders to speeds of up to 60 kilometres per hour!
Wintersun in Coolangatta will include:
Wintersun Street Parade of floats, bands and fun on Saturday 12th June starting in North Kirra at 9:45 AM and travelling along Marine Parade to Greenmount, Coolangatta.
Hot Rod, Classic & Custom Car Show in the parks and streets of Coolangatta with about 1500 cars on show all day Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June.
Live entertainment in the parks and streets of Coolangatta with about 80 bands and performers all day Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June.
Hot Rod, Classic & Custom Car cruises on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM cruising the beachfront from North Kirra and travelling along Marine Parade to Greenmount, Coolangatta.
Wintersun 2010 starts on Friday 4th June and ends with the huge Best of Wintersun Concert on Monday 14th June. Wintersun is Australia’s leading annual Retro Nostalgia Festival. Featuring almost 1500 Hot Rods, Custom and Classic Cars, more than 100 bands and performers, dancing, movies, and competitions. The festival is held in the border coastal towns of Coolangatta and Tweed Heads on the New South Wales & Queensland border. Many events are free, some are in the streets while others are in the local clubs and shopping centres.
The Beach Boys will headline a new music festival set to coincide with the revamped Gold Coast 600 V8 supercar race.
The 600 Sounds music festival, to be held in the precinct once the day’s racing is complete, will also attract Empire of the Sun, Sneaky Sound System, the Angels, the Baby Animals and Noiseworks.
The Beach Boys have been named as the headline entertainment act at the Gold Coast 600 motor race in October.
The band’s Mike Love says the Gold Coast gig will be a one-off on this trip but they are planning another visit to Australia in 2012.
“It’s going to be fun – or should I say, Fun Fun Fun,” he joked.
“We sing the songs in their original keys and if you close your eyes it sounds just like the mid ’60’s when we’re singing California Girls, I Get Around, Fun Fun Fun, Help Me Rhonda, Do it Again and all that.
“We’re really obsessed with making those songs come to life like the originals and being true to their original forms.
“The subject matter of The Beach Boys was diverse. It was songs about things we knew from growing up in southern California, not too far from the beach.
“How do you get to the beach? In your car. What kind of car do you have? Well I’d like to have a Corvette, I’d like to have a Thunderbird.
Gold Coast 600 general manager Shane Howard said 600 Sounds would the bands play over three nights on two stages in the Broadwater Parklands precinct.
Tickets would allow entry to both the music festival and the V8 racing.
“The admission for each night of 600 Sounds is included in the same day ticket price, and with a unique racing format during the day followed by the nightly entertainment that ticket is amazing value for money,” he said.
Mr Howard said $49 would pay for a full day’s racing and six bands on the Friday.
Sports Minister Phil Reeves, said the event would be a “major boost” to the Queensland economy.
“It’s hard to predict what will be bigger, the roar generated from the V8s charging through the streets of the Gold Coast or the one that will greet Rock ‘n’ Roll royalty when the Beach Boys take to the stage,” Mr Reeves said.
