Coolangatta, Australia Travel Blogs

Queensland East Coast
Jun 14, 2009 (69 photos)

... 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
Dec 18, 2007

... 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 ill.

oucih oucih
Nov 14, 2009 (18 photos)

mick fanning's home ....

Surfing
Mar 1, 2006 (5 photos)

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). ...

Coolangatta
Feb 25, 2006

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 time. ...

life's cool in cooly!!!
Mar 5, 2008

... 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
May 18, 2008

... 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 Gold Coast Airport is small ...

Richard's Hand
Feb 28, 2006 (1 photos)

... 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
Feb 28, 2005 (8 photos)

... 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
Sep 13, 2008

... 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 ...

Our trip to the Gold Coast
Apr 22, 2008 (52 photos)

... 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
May 18, 2008

... 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 you& ...

Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta
Feb 16, 2007

... 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 ...

The not so golden Gold Coast
Jan 22, 2005 (2 photos)

... 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, you ...

Surfing At Last!!!!
Sep 29, 2008 (14 photos)

... 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 ...

Nov 10, 2009
Nov 10, 2009 (32 photos)

srfanje, valovi, sonck, plaza
Feb 3, 2006 (3 photos)

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 nekaj ...

Crikey!: A Trip to Brisbane and the Australia Zoo
Dec 8, 2004 (10 photos)

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
Feb 11, 2006 (2 photos)

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 ...

Coolangatta
Feb 9, 2007 (4 photos)

... , 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. However ...

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Jun 12, 2007

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Missing
Dec 15, 2002 (5 photos)

... me and it was also the thrill that i was, in some ways "amongst the clouds". Disembarking from the plane at Coolangatta airport semi freaked laura. simply because you had to alight the plane via a staircase (or glorified ladder). After losing our ...

The last week of Qld
Jul 17, 2004

... 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 evey ...

The party moves to Coolangatta
Feb 4, 2009

Another party night and hangover.  Well worth it.

Ooh yeah the Goldy
Jul 7, 2004

... 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 holiday ...

Swells up!
Jul 10, 2004

Well finally, after all the talk and dodgy predictions we have some swell! Yesterday you could see it building a bit so I had a bit of a grovel at D'bah. Went out to Jupiters Casino for some beers with Chris and Richard last night but took it easy on the ...

Gold Coast Airport Motel - Beginning
Sep 15, 2008

We arrived at the Gold Coast reasonably early and just relaxed in the Hotel, overall quite a boring night!

Arrival back in Aus
Oct 25, 2008

I didn't sleep all night, didn't have enough RM left to get a Media player and that random $50AUD note that had been floating about went missing. Oher than that we had a smooth landing at OOL and were back on Australian soil in no time. I was ...

Brisbane - Coolangatta
Dec 9, 2005

Coolangatta  in summer what a great place. lets go swimming Yeah

How I love 7.30am starts...
Aug 7, 2009 (4 photos)

... descent left us both with ear aches - something I have never had a problem with in the past. Took hours to unblock! Coolangatta was a balmy 23oC on arrival and the Byron Bay minibus arrived as booked. The Gold Coast looks as though little has changed in ...