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The Gold Coast has more to offer than just sun, surf and sand. After 50 years as one of Australia’s leading tourist hot spots, it has evolved into something much more. Where else can you go on wine trails, hike rugged mountains, jet boat and hug koalas all within 50 km of each other. Here is a list of some of the must-do activities:

The Gold Coast is famous for its many attractions and there are, in fact, so many that they have to be divided into different categories like extreme sporting activities, theme parks, historical attractions and museums just to keep them straight. Among the well known historical attractions is the Tamborine Mountain Pioneer Homestead, which is situated in the Tamborine District of Queensland’s McPerson Mountain Range and which gives visitors an idea of what it was like to survive in the district’s pioneer settlements of 170 years ago. Extreme sporting activities in the Gold Coast area include the Sling Shot Bungy, which is the only bungy jump on the Gold Coast, and which first hauls tourists 14 stories in the air and then lets them fly free.  Read more...