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Explore the Gold Coast with a 24 hour ticket aboard an open-top double-decker bus. See all the main sights as you hop on or hop off at any of the 20 stops and you can visit such places as Seaworld, Pacific Fair, Marina Mirage, Tedder Avenue, Hard Rock Cafe, Infinity, The Wax Museum, Ripleys and the Casino.
Listen to the English commentary and learn interesting facts. Spend as much or as little time at places of interest before jumping aboard for the next stop!
Ticket prices:
$30- Adult
$15- Child Leave a Comment Theme: BusPhone: 1300 139 282
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Gold Coast bus services run 24 hours a day and can get you to at least the main street of most suburbs and shopping centres.
Services throughout the Gold Coast and Tweed are operated by Surfside Buslines which offer a 24 hour service along the highway. Look for the stops at 300 metre intervals.
Timetables are available through the Surfside Buslines website.
To catch the bus you need to wait at a bus stop and hail the bus as it approaches you. You need to have the cash fare, ticket and your concession card ready as you board.
Express buses to the theme parks are also available from Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, Southport to Runaway Bay.
Connections to Queensland Rail services are made at Robina Station, Nerang Station and Helensvale Station. Leave a Comment
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Trains run at regular intervals from Brisbane to the Gold Coast. Bus connections to Surfers Paradise are available from the Helensvale and Robina stations.
Phone the Trans Info Hotline on 13 1230 for up to date information on train and bus services. Bus connections are also available from Nerang Railway Station to Surfers Paradise. Visit the Queensland Rail website for a current train timetable.
The estimated travelling time from Robina to Brisbane is 60 minutes. Trains run from approximately 5am till midnight. Leave a Comment
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Back in the old days when I was a kid, we took many family holidays at the Coast. Travel in those days was by the train hauled, usually, by two elderly PB15 steam engines. At a little bush siding the line split, one track heading to Southport and the other to Coolangatta and Tweed Heads. There was a lengthy break while the engines rearranged themselves, one to each line, with the appropriate carriages. It was all rather relaxed, so the passengers would get out to stretch their legs and it was common practice to take the billy to the engine for water to make tea. Bygone days indeed!
In later years, ‘progressive’ politicians closed the railway and sold the land, which occupied one side of the main street of Coolangatta: shops replaced the station. Of course, eventually there was a realisation that a railway to the Gold Coast had been a good idea, so a new one was built, with trains running from Brisbane Airport via Brisbane to the Coast. Except that they don’t run all the way to the Coast, they now stop at a place called Robina, a sort of western suburb somewhere behind Southport. If you travel by train, I guess there are buses or taxis from there to your destination. Since beginning to prepare this page, I have read that the highway between the Gold Coast and Brisbane is projected to become Australia’s busiest road within a few years: not surprising, given the inadequate public transport. Theme: Train
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Journey to Gold Coast start from here.
You can take bus or taxi for main area. Surf side bus or shuttle bus are available. It takes 30mins and price is $13. Taxi is about $35 for Surfers Paradise. Leave a Comment
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During my stay, I found the public transport in Surfers to be pretty good. Buses come very frequently, and it is one of the easiest ways to get somewhere in the area!
I found that not many had wheelchair access (therefore making life pretty difficult with balancing a pram, a kid, and ten million shopping bags) but as I have mentioned earlier, the Gold Coasters are such a friendly mob that I was never short of somebody offering me a hand. In fact, on one occasion I hadn't even started attempting to board the bus when a young lad of about 15-16 hopped out and helped us on.
Just when I thought good manners had died, people like him lift my spirits. Leave a Comment
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By Air : The Domestic airport is at Coolangatta, at the southern end of the Gold Coast and services flights from major Australian cities and regional centres. International flights arrive at Brisbane Airport and there is a coach transfer or taxi's that will take you to your Gold Coast accommodation.
By Rail : A suburban rail service runs from downtown Brisbane through Helensvale and Beenleigh to the Gold Coast. You can then catch a coach from the Roma St Transit Centre in Brisbane to the Gold Coast. There is a direct overnight train from Sydney to Murwillumbah and then you can catch a coach to any major centre on the Gold Coast. Daily interstate coach services arrive and depart from the Surfers Paradise Bus Station
By Bus : If you are not driving yourself, there are buses which operate a 24 hr service along the highway. There is a surfside bus which runs Monday to Saturday from 6.00am – 7.00pm.
Monorail runs from The Oasis Shopping Centre to The Casino at Broadbeach.
Pedicab : This service is fairly inexpensive and operates mainly around Surfers. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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The gold coast airport acually is in NSW, but that can be overlooked, you can also take the bus or train there.
Take the bus, they go very frequently, or if you are staying close to the centre, just walk. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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Public Transport on the Gold Coast is probably the worst in the country. Although the coast now has three different train stations - they are at least 20 mins drive from the main Gold Coast Highway (along the beach). You will find the easiest way to get around is by bus, but the don't go that regularly. This is one thing the Gold Coast needs to work on!
Website: http://www.surfside.com.au/
Includes daily timetable
Website: http://www.transinfo.qld.gov.au
To get prices / timetables on trains around Gold Coast, from the Gold Coast to Brisbane and from Gold Coast to Brisbane Aiports (both Domestic and International) Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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You can catch a train from Brisbane Roma Street Station to Robina, and transfer from there by bus to Surfer's Paradise, where the heart of the Coast is. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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