Surfers Paradise is around an hour’s drive from Brisbane, so a rental car is handy if you want to explore once you’re there.

Mr Triguboff also launched a more personal sales campaign this year, selling off his long-held Main Beach penthouse after ... leader was named in the Gold Coast Business Excellence Awards Hall ...

These in-between festive days, bookended by Christmas and New Year, are the official start of high-season silliness for the Gold Coast’s tourism industry, and this week is as intense as it gets.