Gold Coast/Main Beach

Main Beach is a coastal suburb of the Gold Coast, just north of Surfers Paradise. While it isn't known that well as its southern neighbour, it is still a very popular upscale tourist spot known for its Sea World resort and its long beach.

Get in

The main road to get into Main Beach is the Main Beach Parade from Surfers Paradise.

If you're using public transit, the 🌍 Main Beach light rail station of the Gold Coast's G:link LRT network is on the southern fringes of Main Beach. It's a bit of a walk to the rest of Main Beach, but it should take no more than 30 minutes for the average walker at the very max.

Hopo Gold Coast provides ferry services from G:link stations in Surfers Paradise and Southport to 🌍 Marina Mirage Wharf and 🌍 Sea World Wharf.

See and do
  • 🌍 Sea World, Seaworld Dr. Daily 9:30AM–5PM. A marine theme park mainly catering injured marine wildlife, the park has several rides, attractions, shows and many marine attractions showcasing marine Australasian wildlife (updated Feb 2022)
  • 🌍 Federation Walk Coastal Reserve. A coastal reserve with a mix of subtropical landscape including littoral rainforest, native grasslands, and pockets of wetlands and many of the wildlife found in these biomes. (updated Feb 2022)

Buy
  • 🌍 Marina Mirage (Marina Mirage Shopping Centre), 74 Seaworld Dr, ☏ +61 7 5555 6400, . 10AM–6PM. An upscale shopping mall with boutique stores and waterfront dining. It's, unfortunately, a bit car-centric. Still, it's walkable from the nearest G:link stop (≈20 mins) – however, the Hopo GC Ferry between Sea World and Surfers Paradise stops by Marina Mirage, but services are infrequent. (updated Jul 2023)

Eat

Tedder Avenue between Hughes and Cronin Avenues is home to an upscale shopping and dining precinct with boutique stores, cafes, and restaurants. Although not pedestrianised, it's still a very pedestrian-friendly street (for Australian standards outside Sydney) and is connected to the bus network via the 704.

Drink

Sleep

Accommodation at Main Beach tends to be expensive and the only accommodation that can be found here often are above $200 the very minimum – for more budget options, some of the inland suburbs will have a lower price range, but at a compromise of losing very convenient access to the nearby beach.

Connect

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