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Australia’s Gold Coast will entertain and excite when an array of world class international events and unique local celebrations showcase the diversity of this stunning city in 2008.
Whether you have a passion for fashion, sport, music, arts, culture, food and wine or you just like to have fun, the Gold Coast has an event that will allow you to celebrate it in style and surrounded by some of the world’s most picturesque settings.Saddle up and experience the high profile Bull Riding International and Country Music Spectacular in January or meet and greet world business pioneers at the VeryGC Global Business Insights in March.
Tennis, golf, business, surfing, literature or horse racing, whatever you desire the Gold Coast serves it up in 2008 and all complimented by the spectacular Gold Coast backdrop.
The line-up of upcoming events from January to March includes:
JANUARY
Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts:
30 December - 5 January
Crowne Plaza Royal Pines Resort hosts the best of women’s tennis with former champions including Dinara Safina, Lucie Safarova, Patty Schnyder and Ai Sugiyama.
www.tennisaustralia.com.au
Gold Beach Cricket:
9 - 20 January GOLD Beach Cricket brings the world’s cricket legends to an Australian setting – the beach. Twenty-five of the world’s best from Australia, England and New Zealand will be competing on Australian beaches in Coolangatta for the title of Gold Beach cricket Tri-Nations champions.
www.xxxxgoldbeachcricket.com.au
Bull Riding World Titles and Country Music Spectacular:
9 - 13 January
Held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre and presented by the National Finals Rodeo. World professional cowboys and cowgirls take on Australia’s toughest bulls for a world title. Enjoy live performances by top country music entertainers. Live video link to the Bull Riding World Titles, mechanical bull riding finals, and the Miss Gold Coast Rodeo final. Check out the latest outback clothing, 4WD equipment, saddlery plus much more.
www.nfrgoldcoast.com.au
FEBRUARY ANZ Ladies Masters Golf Tournament:
7 - 10 February
The richest women’s golf tournament in the southern hemisphere, the ANZ Ladies Masters will see almost 150 of the world’s best golfers from some 20 countries compete at Crowne Plaza Royal Pines Resort. Champion Karrie Webb has taken home the trophy in six out of her ten attempts. In 2008, the world’s best will return to challenge the title.
www.tagolf.com.au
Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Surfing:
23 February - 5 March
The world’s best surfers battle for supremacy in the first WCT sanctioned event of the year. The Quiksilver and Roxy Pro’s are staged annually on the Gold Coast where officials choose the location for the best surf. Australian women have held the Roxy Pro title for the past three years against intense international competition.
MARCH Gold Coast Triathlon:
1 - 2 March The Gold Coast Triathlon – Luke Harrop Memorial is a sprint event that attracts serious triathletes from Australia and around the world. The 2007 winners included Australian Brad Kahelfeldt, and Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist, and Liz Blatchford from the UK.
www.usmevents.com.au VeryGC Global Business Insights:
6 - 7 March A precedent has been set by VeryGC Global Business Insights 2007, which is now the benchmark for every Asia Pacific’s leadership forum to follow. Developing into a key global event, VeryGC Global Business Insights combines key international speakers and cutting edge commentary on global business issues, with the fun of worldclass golf.

Surfers Paradise is the tourist center of the city, with a skyline of high-rise hotels and apartments. Many popularised attractions within Surfers Paradise includes the Gold Coast Meter Maids – girls in bikinis who originally went around helping people place coins in their parking meters. Now the meter maids’ main purpose seems to be to look pretty and accept gold donations for a photo taken with them. Even in the colder months of June, July and August, they will be in their gold bikinis and some furry boots and jacket.
Surfing lessons are hosted all along the coastal area, and there are many brochures and information booths advertising various surfing coaches and surf schools. A great introduction to getting used to boards and the water, however, may be Boogie Boards or Body Boards, which do not require you to stand up straight on a board when riding the waves.
Some people like more of a motor thrill with their water sports, however, and a really fun activity for them may be the Extreme Jet-Boat Thrill Ride, which allows you to do slides, turns and all kinds of tricks, as well as soak in the grandness of some of Gold Coast’s most expensive real estate and super yachts along the broadwater.
Scuba-diving, skydiving, bungee jumping and pretty much any other extreme thrill or water sporting activity you can think of, Gold Coast will have it. The city practically exists to ensure that you have the kind of holiday where you can just have fun and feel alive. Other less thrilling yet equally recreational activities available are golf, mini-golf, tennis, horse-riding, and many other leisurely activities.
For a full day of rollercoasters and the like, you can choose from theme parks: Seaworld, Movieworld, Dreamworld, White Water World, and Wet ‘n’ Wild. There are also plenty of Fun Passes or Super Passes to obtain which allow you access to the parks for 5 days or 14 days at discounted prices.
Seaworld has magnificent dolphin and water sport shows, and Movieworld allows you to join tours which explain to you the ‘behind the scenes’ of moviemaking. Dreamworld has been the host of Australian Big Brother since its first season, and has many major thrill rides, as well as the famous Tiger Island, where you can take a photo with a tiger. (It’s always most exciting when there are a litter of new cubs!) White Water World and Wet ‘n’ Wild are both water parks, which are excellent in the scorching summer heat.
For the really little ones, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is a great animal sanctuary where you will be able to get very close the kangaroos and pet them as if they were your family pet. Really fun little train ride that goes around the park and some traditional Aboriginal dance shows.
Next door to Movieworld, is the Australian Outback Spectacular, presented by R.M. Williams. It’s a dinner and show package which features some of Australia’s finest stunt riders and horsemen, and includes a free souvenir Stockmen’s hat! The show provides a great sense of the Australian bush culture, and serves traditional Australian BBQ food as part of the authentic flavoured meal. (Yes, Kangaroo meat and other interesting flavours are featured on the menu).
As well as water sports and theme parks, Gold Coast has a beautiful, lush hinterland and mountain range area, including Springbrook National Park, which has an impressive 100 metre high waterfall nestled in the heart of an hour-long bushwalk trail. The national park also has amazing 2000 year old Antartic beech trees. In the evening, the grotto hosts tours to see beautiful glow worms light up the night like moving stars.
For more hardcore bushwalking, try a Lamington National Park Full-Day Tour, which takes you on 6 kilometre trek through the World Heritage rainforests of Lamington and Mt Tamborine National Parks. As the largest area of protected subtropical rainforest in Australia, Lamington National Park is pristine with lush greenery and a gorgeous s

Browns has the perfect spot for holidaying on the Gold Coast. QLD's largest shopping centre Pacific Fair is opposite, Jupiters Casino and the Broadbeach cafe and restaurant precinct is a short stroll, and to top it off the beach is at the end of the street!
Conveniently located 2 minutes from the Gold Coast Convention Centre this Broadbeach motel offers the most convenient accomodation while attending a conference.
Browns at Broadbeach is recognised for its individual characteristics. Having not only been commended for being one of the long lasting famous moteliers along the Gold Coast Highway but also valued for being the only motel that provides spacious units, a comfortable atmosphere and a family orientation.
If youre wondering how to get round the Gold Coast, then think no further than the bus stop located directly outside the motel or one of the Gold Coasts largest bus terminals located across the road in Pacific Fair shopping centre. Only 20 minutes, a direct bus route from the Coolangatta airport to the motel. Alternatively, enjoy the Brisbane Airtrain direct from the Brisbane airport to the Gold Coast.
If watersports are more your idea of a good time, you'll love the Gold Coast's 35 patrolled beaches and 300 sunny days a year.
Boating is a popular past time on the Gold Coast. Why not enjoy a boat cruise through the broadwater, the ocean or some of our 446km of canals and tidal rivers? Better yet, why not try casting a line - we have beach, river and deep ocean fishing.
If you prefer to relax and pamper yourself on holidays, why not check out some of our 3,500 shops or perhaps spend a lazy afternoon lunching at one of the fine restaurants or cafes the Gold Coast is renowned for.
The young (or the young at heart) will enjoy our famous theme parks. Dont forget we can organise tours to all of the Gold Coast and Hinterland attractions and arrange transfers with shuttle buses through our tour desk.

Investing in Australian real estate then you need to consider the Gold Coast . Located on the southeast coast of Queensland, the Gold Coast stretches from Coolangatta and Tweeds Head in the south for nearly 60 kilometers northward to Surfers Paradise and Stradbroke Island. It is 80 kilometers south of Brisbane and has a sub-tropical climate, averaging over 240 sunny days a year. The warmest days are in the summer down under, from December to March. The daily temperature during this time averages in the mid 20s, but it is also a great time for beach activity in the spring and fall as well.
This stunning area of Australia has been voted in the top 10 growth spots in Australia and the median property prices are expected to jump from $425,000 – $625,000 by 2010. Gold Coast is the third largest film production center in Australia and Warner Brothers has a major studio just outside Gold Coast City. Housing is often located along canals and inland waterways that have been built and dredged just for that purpose. Learn more about

Brisbane tenants turn to the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, QLD (September 2007)
The Gold Coast office market is set to benefit from tight market conditions in Brisbane as a growing
number of firms evaluate space options outside the CBD.
In a new MarketView report, CB Richard Ellis said enquiries from Brisbane has been increasing,
particularly from businesses evaluating options for non-essential CBD operations.
‘’The Gold Coast vacancy rate remains close to its historic low at 5 per cent, and conditions are likely to
remain tight until at least the end of 2008 given the strength of enquiry from Brisbane and from new
businesses establishing on the Gold Coast to service the area’s infrastructure programs,’’ CBRE associate
director of research, Craig Godber, said.
‘’With record low vacancy in the Brisbane markets, enquiries from Brisbane have been increasing and
this is likely to continue for the next 12 to 18 months given new supply in Brisbane over this period is
already substantially pre-committed,’’ Mr Godber continued.
The MarketView report said the Gold Coast’s key fundamentals, including economic and population
growth, remained strong and continued to outstrip national indicators.
The Gold Coast City population had broken through the 500,000 barrier, with growth having averaged
3.3 per cent per annum over the past five years. The forecast was for the city’s population to exceed
762,000 by 2026.
In addition, business and consumer confidence remained high.
CBRE’s director, office services, Tania Moore said this would provide positive support for the Gold
Coast’s commercial property sector, even as the market braced for a surge in new office development.
‘’The main office precincts are expected to see around a 20 per cent increase in supply over 2007 and
2008,’’ Ms Moore said.

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variety of native Australian wildlife.
Four-wheel drive eco tours or outback eco tours are also available, which take you through Tambourine Mountain, and some shorter bushwalks. Kangaroos, koalas and other native Australian animals may also be spotted throughout the journey. Some tours offer other novel activities such as a lesson in boomerang throwing, or a refreshing swim in a cool mountain stream.
Another four-wheel drive tour that is really worth considering is the 2 Day Moreton Island 4WD Camping Tour. Moreton Island is renowned for sand tobogganing, as it has vast beach areas of sand hills which provides hours of entertainment for the young and young at heart. There are also beautiful rainforests to discover on the island, as well as lookout points with views of the Glasshouse Mountains.

The best views of the Gold Coast, however, may be from up above, in the delightful comfort of a hot air balloon. Always scheduled at sunrise, and dependent upon on the weather, when you’ve got the o-kay to go onboard, it is magnificent and extremely worth the wait. A luxurious champagne and breakfast package awaits you upon set down as well, which is a perfect finish to a truly romantic and fun-filled activity.

With all the fun of surfing, rainforests and outback spectaculars, however, naturally one may visit Gold Coast with the intention to shop til they dropped. And there are plenty of major shopping centres on the Gold Coast for all sorts of shopping styles. There is luxury shopping at Marina Mirage, which is also next to the famous six star Versace hotel; discount shopping at Harbourtown, and many other shopping centres such as Pacific Fair, Robina Town Centre, Oasis Shopping Centre, and Australia Fair Shopping Centre.
Whatever your preferences for a fun-filled or relaxing holiday, Gold Coast, with its beautiful, warm climate throughout the year, is sure to satisfy your holidaying needs and desire