All That’s New and Exciting on the Gold Coast: July Update
July 10, 2012It may be winter but that hasn’t halted the fun factor on the Gold Coast with holiday-makers and weekend visitors guaranteed new and exciting things to see and do.
See below related activities that will ensure plenty of good times during your next Gold Coast getaway.
New Developments
Lantern Ghost Tours Opens In Surfers Paradise
Ripple Unveils Pregnancy Massage
Burleigh Full Moon Parties
Unlimited Golf: Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove
Dracula’s Cabaret Circus Launches ‘Transfusion’
Sea World’s Dinosaur Island
Win Half A Million Dollars With Wyndham Vacation Resorts
Alleys Restaurant Makes a Sustainable Difference
‘Your Heart, Your Brain, Your Health’ Specialty Spa Weekend (16-18 November)
Hello Gold Coast Launches iPhone App
School Holiday Fun
World Passes At Dreamworld and WhiteWater World
O’Reilly’s Fun-Filled Holiday Options
Winter Spectacular At Pacific Fair
Gold Coast Whale Watching
Overview
Gold Coast Whale Watching Operators
Foodie Experiences
Peppers Ruffles Lodge & Spa Nourishing The 5 Senses (14-15 July)
‘Triple S – sleep, sugar, stress’ (19-23 August)
Spa and Cuisine Weekend with Maggie Beer (7-9 September)
Cove Café’s Saturday Food Safari
Peppers Ruffles Lodge & Spa Gourmet Food Trail Package
Peppers Broadbeach Gourmet Food Trail Package
Awards
Paradise Resort Claims National Honours
Radisson Resort Gold Coast Claims TripAdvisor Accolade
Wyndham Hotel Surfers Paradise Wins TripAdvisor Award
Events
Barry Humphries Farewell Tour: Jupiters Theatre (25-31 August)
New Developments
Lantern Ghost Tours Opens In Surfers Paradise
There’ll be screams galore and ghoulish tales to be told with the timely Friday 13 July launch of Lantern Ghost Tours at Cavill Avenue on Queensland’s Gold Coast. There are more ghosts on the Gold Coast than you might think and they are desperate for their stories to be told! This new Gold Coast attraction offers small group tours of Australia’s most haunted locations and proudly works with the community, historians and mediums. Lantern Ghost Tours started in Melbourne, with tours of abandoned morgues and cemeteries at Williamstown, voodoo curses and family secrets at Eynesbury Homestead, opium dens and Jack the Ripper in Old Melbourne, and now the Ghosts of Surfers Paradise are ready to be revealed. There are limited spaces for the special Friday 13 July launch of Lantern’s Gold Coast ghost tours. Book now at www.goldcoastghosttours.com or phone: 1300 557 682
Ripple Unveils Pregnancy Massage
Mums-to-be can relax at home now and enjoy the experience of an in-home massage, as Ripple expands its pregnancy massage services. “Being a mum is magic, but pregnancy can put a big strain on your body,” said Alison Shaw, owner of Ripple Massage. “Muscles can ache, feet can get swollen and sometimes pregnant mums just need a little pampering and care. “Pregnancy massage relieves muscle spasms and cramps that come with carrying the extra weight of a bub and other physical changes that occur during pregnancy. “It also reduces the stress in the mother’s joints and other bone structures, and the health of both the mother and baby are enhanced by the increase of blood and lymph circulation, the reduction in edema and by increasing cellular respiration.” Ripple specialises in pregnancy massage, and its therapists are professionally trained to provide safe, relaxing treatments for all clients in their second or third trimesters. Packages include all the free day spa extras that Ripple has become known for, including cleansing facemasks and walnut exfoliation. www.ripplemassage.com.au
Burleigh Full Moon Parties
Burleigh Brewing is partnering with the all new Meesh’s Bar and Restaurant to throw monthly Full Moon Parties in the best location on the East Coast of Australia, Burleigh Heads! The Burleigh Full Moon Parties are set to become the hottest, must-attend functions on the Gold Coast social calendar. Only 200 tickets will be made available for each Full Moon Party. Tickets are $95 and include a full drinks and dinner canapé package – including Burleigh Brewing beers, of course! www.burleighbrewing.com.au
Unlimited Golf: Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove
Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove is a golfing mecca and now offers a golfer’s dream package, to play and stay with the new Unlimited Golf Package. Guests enjoy luxurious accommodation, daily buffet breakfast in Cove Café and access to The Country Club for all your fitness needs, before embarking on a full day of golf on either The Palms or The Pines courses each day of the stay. The Palms is a masterpiece from renowned Golf Course architect Ross Watson and has recently reopened after a redesign and full upgrade. The renovations also heralded a new $13 million Club House and Country Club to join The Pines, Sanctuary Cove’s private 18-hole championship golf course. Australia’s only Arnold Palmer signature course, this 100-hectare course was carved through an established pine forest and features corridor approaches to several holes, as well as six man-made lakes to enhance the golfing experience. www.sanctuarycove.regency.hyatt.com
Dracula’s Cabaret Circus Launches ‘Transfusion’
Transfusion, the latest production from Dracula’s Cabaret Circus on the Gold Coast, injects the audience with a hypnotic dose of 21st century pop-acid vaudeville. This fast-paced variety show takes the audience on a thrilling journey that combines side-alley spectacle, novelty comedy acts and all the ‘wow’ that you would expect at a rock concert. Transfusion is a carefully choreographed evening of entertainment that includes aerial acrobatics with a fetish twist and freak show madness, in a jazz club atmosphere. The live music begins with smoky soul, leads into rave party DJ rhythms and reaches its crescendo during the retro rock finale. Dracula’s is re-branding to incorporate the title “Cabaret Circus”, which is more apt in capturing the energy and outrageous antics of the wait staff and cast. www.draculas.com.au
Sea World’s Dinosaur Island
Sea World on Australia’s Gold Coast has stepped back in time more than 65 million years with the launch of a brand new interactive animatronic dinosaur attraction that takes visitors on a journey into the prehistoric world. Sea World’s Dinosaur Island is a multi-faceted dinosaur experience with a stunning indoor display featuring feathered dinosaurs, a full sized skeleton and real dinosaur fossils along with outdoor forest featuring 14 amazing life-size dinosaurs. Walk among the enormous herbivores and the fierce carnivores that inhabit Dinosaur Island, including a massive Tyrannosaurus rex, a Triceratops and a vicious Velociraptor. Some of the dinosaurs even have special interactive panels so you can be the master of their movements. www.seaworld.MyFun.com.au
Win Half A Million Dollars With Wyndham Vacation Resorts
Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific is pleased to announce the launch of its new competition which will give one lucky person the chance to win $500,000 cash on top of a guaranteed holiday package to the Gold Coast. The “2012 Win with Wyndham Competition” offers the chance to win a seven-night holiday package for two adults at Wyndham Surfers Paradise as well as the two-night accommodation and airfare package to the Gold Coast for the lucky winner to participate in a game of chance to win the major cash prize on 28 March, 2013. The prize draw winner will be asked to choose one out of 200 bags and only one of the bags will contain the cash prize, giving them a one in 200 chance of winning the $500,000. www.win500000cash.com.au
Alleys Restaurant Makes a Sustainable Difference
The chefs at Alleys Restaurant, Currumbin RSL have created a vegetable and herb garden at the Club with seasonal menus to suit. Inspired to support local producers; much of the produce, if not from the veggie patch, is sourced locally with benefits noticed through tastes and the flavours. Club CEO Anne Stovin is a firm advocate for sustainable living and in 2009, together with key staff, embarked on a journey to make the Currumbin RSL more sustainable. Initially focusing on water, energy and waste management, the Club has now moved its focus to Alleys restaurant, with ‘Slow Food’ being the order of the day. The inclusion of a worm farm on the grounds in late 2011 has not only assisted greatly in waste management but is also a great source of fertiliser for the veggie patch. There’s already another vegetable garden in the process to keep up with demand and a compost area is also under way. www.currumbinrsl.com.au
‘Your Heart, Your Brain, Your Health’ Specialty Spa Weekend (16-18 November)
Leading Sydney based cardiologist Dr Jason Kaplan and neurologist Dr Raymond Schwartz will facilitate this innovative new program at Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat. They will share a holistic and realistic preventative action plan that will provide guests with the knowledge and tools to take control of their heart and brain health. Guests will learn about cardiovascular disease prevention, the biology of optimism and its effects on heart and brain health, together with how to stay cognitively well as we age. Just $195 additional to the regular weekend package. www.gwinganna.com
Hello Gold Coast Launches iPhone App
Hello Gold Coast is proud to announce the launch of their new iPhone app. The app is available in the iTunes Store. This fantastic app makes for a great resource for holidaymakers, showcasing many of the attractions, activities, restaurants, car rental companies and whale watching operators that the Gold Coast has to offer. Also included is a favourites section, to help you plan your Gold Coast holiday. There is a calendar of events so you can see what will be happening during your stay, a ‘nearby’ feature to show you what attractions are close to where you are staying, general information, maps and much more… Download it now, it’s FREE!! And enjoy your Gold Coast holiday. www.hellogoldcoast.com.au
School Holiday Fun
