Mantra Gold Coast

... say, but at the tender age of 26 I'm just too old for drinking all day and all night which is the general mantra of the Gold Coast (and if you can combine drinking and gambling at the same time, all the better!).   We didn't really do much ...

Got a coach the short hours trip down from Brisbane to Surfers. The sky is clear blue and it is full of the beautiful people. I booked into my studio hotel room on the 15th floor. Gorgeous views over the ocean and a lovely balcony to sit on and have a ...

... days, in the meantime the flood crises worsened and Brisbane was under water followed by Victoria, it was lucky we moved to the Gold Coast as a lot of the towns we drove through on the Sunshine Coast later flooded. The weather improved for the last 5 ...

... if you're not flying and once at the Gold Coast airport I was off the plane and had my luggage within 15 minutes. From the Gold Coast airport I took a shuttle to my hotel. In the bus, I was trying to remember where I stayed my last time in Surfers ...

... short drive from Byron Bay to Surfers which left us the rest of teh day to actually do things apart from drive. We drove along the gold coast highway until we got to Surfers, we were expecting it to be a bit like Blackpool but i think its more like Miami. ...

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 ...

We had a great time revisiting all of the "worlds" on the Gold coast again. Wet & Wild was our favorite or should I say Pam's favourite as the rides were more “subdued”. Pam says she can’t make sense why people pay top dollar to ...

... stuff and head to my 5 star hotel - yes 5 star!! I have bagged this place for about 45 quid a night. Its called Mantra Legends hotel and I walk into air conditioned bliss, a giant foyet with a rather large terrace to the left with a gorgeous swimming ...

It seems a familiar place to be now, the day before the flight, booked into a hotel down the coast somewhere having packed our bags that day in an almost automatic fashion and as of the last trip having a Mini Cooper S sitting in the hotel car park to ...

... Roger and his wife Kathy and son Glen and had lunch with them at surfers. By the way if any-one want to stay at the Mantra apartments/ hotel (as pictured) we can get you in at a very cheap price (More then 50% off the standard price... that's more then ...

Woke up excited about my day at the water park, packed and left for the bus stop. When I arrived there were a million other people going my way. When the TX2 bus arrived, the pushing started. People eyed each other up as if readying for a gun fight and ...

Lazy day today. Forgot to mention that yesterday when i went back to the room for lunch I left my book on my sun lounger - when I returned i learned that it has 'blown away' and all the pages had scattered over the pool area and into the pool. Some lady ...

I woke up nice and early after a really long sleep in my giant bed with no earplugs and proper air conditioning. I had a proper cup of tea and muesli in front of the TV (in bed) and then showered and went out with a bag of clothes. The plan was to post ...

tbc ...