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Top Hotels in Coolangatta
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Outrigger Coolangatta
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Bay Of Palms Resort Gold Coast Coolangatta
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Coolangatta Airport Hotel
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Coolangatta
Travel Blogs from Coolangatta, Australia
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Queensland East Coast
... of snakes and birds (including Cassowaries - the largest flightless birds in Oz) 2/6 Left our homely spot and drove through Brisbane to Coolangatta on the NSW border to attend the 10 day 'Wintersun' retro 50's festival. We were told of the event by people ...
Coolangatta
... went to bed as they were feeling ill. 19th - 21st December Didn't do to much these days although me and Shaun travelled up to Surfers Paradise to book an apartment for Christmas as we'd decided Coolangatta wasn't much fun. Ewan was still pretty ...
Wild Child
Today is my first day at Currumbin Wildlife sanctuary where I am volunteering for the week. I think I have decided that this is my vocation in life and I shall persue this when I get back home, if I come back home!!!! The days started at 9 am ...
Surfing
Tues 28th Feb Watched the surfing today at Snapper Rocks which helped to lift our spirits a bit. Got there about 11.45 and within the space of an hour and a half we saw the No1,2& 3 surfers in the world (Kelly Slater, Andy Irons and Mick Fanning). ...
Cool Man!
... every year and you really don't want to be where they are. This meant I had to find somewhere else to stay, so I chose Coolangatta which is just above the New South Wales Border. In fact, you can walk to the border and jump across it, which ...
Coolangatta
Sat 25th Feb Left Noosa for Coolangatta after having a really relaxing week in beautiful surroundings which helped to recharge our batteries. Noosa is one of the few places we have stayed at where we had the feeling that we could spend a lot more ...
life's cool in cooly!!!
... and of course the worlds top men and women surfers (coincidentally, the world number 1 men and women surfers are both coolangatta locals). so the last few weeks you cant go anywhere without bumping into kelly slater or mick fanning, layne beachley, steph ...
Coolangatta Hotel
We decided to spend 2 nights in Coolangatta, it was easy and cheap to take a taxi from the Gold Coast Airport to the hotel which was the Mantra Beach Resort Coolangatta, the rate was very good. The hotel was lovely and it was so quick to get there as the ...
Richard's Hand
... left the hospital feeling pretty depressed but at least didn't have to pay for treatment, due to the reciprol arrangement between Australia and the UK. Didn't feel like doing much that evening apart from catching up with friends and family on the phone ...
Porpoise Spit Road Trip
... the showers, somewhere free tonight me thinks. Free indeed but first we had to do the remaining 70 kilometres north to Coolangatta just inside the Queensland border Sarah was behind the wheel and I just watched the world go by. Beautiful country, here ...
Two words everyone - Gold Coast
... I have never seen before. I'm in the heart of the Gold Coast about 100km south of Brisbane in a laid back city called Coolangatta. Right up the road is another city named Surfers Paradise and you can figure that one out. It's spring here ...
Cool beach, cool waves, cool weather, Coolangatta
We then headed to Coolangatta to Kirra Beach, (another famous surf spot apparently) and checked in for three nights. Thankfully on our third day, the sun finally shone so we extended our stay for a couple more nights. My surf spot secrets magazine from ...
Our trip to the Gold Coast
... and we see them around our house sometimes. I mention it here, because it was amazing the numbers of them up in Coolangatta. They are quite talkative in the morning and evening, and we were walking home from dinner one night and the sound was ...
Over the border
... but someone's got to do it. We walked along some of the beaches, heading from North Kirra to Kirra, then down through Coolangatta and to the Greenmount Headland. The walk over the headlands was really pleasant and the views of the beaches really make ...
Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta
... wine $10 for about 4 litres! It's all the rage with skint backpackers!!!! Anyway moving on, next was Coolangatta - I absolutely loved the place. Those of you who know my obsession with Flamborough Head will appreciate it when I say ...
Uluru, Australia to Coolangatta, Australia
... uneducated guess on where to stop during my early flight planning but after talking to ferry pilots taking small planes to Australia, they said Coolangatta (YBCG), more commonly known as Gold Coast, was the place to go for a GA-friendly airport with low ...
The not so golden Gold Coast
... , but we still managed to have a good time thanks to a chance encounter. We slept in a beach front car park in the town of Coolangatta. We awoke to a friendly Italian, Alberto, who had slept in his VW bus next to us. It all started with, "Good morning, ...
Surfing At Last!!!!
... we eventually found the campervan and decided to head towards Byron Bay. We stopped half way at a beautiful surf beach in Coolangatta called Snapper Point. It's a world class surfers beach and you could see why! Awesome! We spent the evening watching the ...
srfanje, valovi, sonck, plaza
Kako nesramno, da ze tok casa nisem pisala ane :) tkolele ... dogaja se marsikaj, predvsem zadnje tri dni, ko sem kot kura letala od msta do mesta ter ugotavljala kaj in kako ter prestvala denarce ter se drzala za glavo. Da strnem celotno zadevo v ...
Crikey!: A Trip to Brisbane and the Australia Zoo
Jess' Take: Hi everyone. Croft and I are in Coolangatta at the moment updating from his Uncle's place but this update will be mostly about Brisbane and the Australian Zoo (home of the Croc hunter). Brisbane is a pretty big city that has some nice ...
se vedno na plazi
zakaj nic ne pisem? zato, ker se nic ne dogaja in ker se privajam na cas, ko bom brez interneta, telefona in elektrike - kar me zna zadet kmalu. Mal spreminjam svoje travelplane, grem najverjetneje prej iz Avstralije na papuo, salomonove otoke (ce bo ...
Time change
Coolangatta/Tweeds head is where QLD meets NSW and the time changes. There is no border or big sign, just a statue in the middle of a roundabout highlighting oneside QLD and the other NSW. We arrived at 12 noon and went to an information centre where ...
Coolangatta
... However, there were some pros there surfing and they made it look easy. Because of this two week, yearly event, Coolangatta has become somewhat commercialized. Skyscrapers line the beaches and shops and restaurants plague the streets of this tiny city. ...
SNAKE ....
... So that was it .. my first Australian Snake .. and it was quite small ... but who cares about size!! hahahaha ... I got the bus to Coolangatta ... i told you to remind me not to get on coaches again!!! bleugh .... it was very very hot today .. so i ...
The last week of Qld
... all those attempting to tan up on the sand below. Byron Bay was the call for Tuesday. Its only a 35 minute drive from Coolangatta at 140kmh but it seems a world apart. Away from the hustle and bustle of the Gold Coast with helicopters flying overhead ...
Ooh yeah the Goldy
... Monday starting at Tweed Heads and checking all the surf spots and sights between there and Southport(North). Tweed Heads (NSW) and Coolangatta (Qld) are actually twin towns, but Coolangatta being a part of the Gold Coast is really touristy and full of ...
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