Melanie’s guidebook

Melanie
Melanie’s guidebook

Neighbourhoods

Visit some of the best neighborhoods on the Gold Coast
Miami is where my home is located. It is a small, family friendly suburb that has everything - beach, bars, live music, great eating places, skate park, pool and supermarkets like Coles and Aldi.
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Miami
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Miami is where my home is located. It is a small, family friendly suburb that has everything - beach, bars, live music, great eating places, skate park, pool and supermarkets like Coles and Aldi.
Burleigh Heads is famous for pumping surf breaks, fragrant pine trees, top-notch dining and one-of-a-kind fashion boutiques.
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Burleigh Heads
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Burleigh Heads is famous for pumping surf breaks, fragrant pine trees, top-notch dining and one-of-a-kind fashion boutiques.

Safe beaches to go swimming

The following are beaches I highly recommend for swimming because they are protected and patrolled by lifeguards. This means they are also popular so if you want a good parking spot you have to get in early :-)
Paradise awaits at Tallebudgera Creek, one of the Gold Coasts most pristine waterways. Tallebudgera Creek is a great place to cool off on a hot summer’s day. You will find patrolled beaches on the south side of the creek, outside of the front of the Tallebudgera Recreation Centre. Echo Beach on the North side is another great place to relax and swim and is usually more quiet, but unpatrolled.
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Tallebudgera Creek
1544 Gold Coast Hwy
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Paradise awaits at Tallebudgera Creek, one of the Gold Coasts most pristine waterways. Tallebudgera Creek is a great place to cool off on a hot summer’s day. You will find patrolled beaches on the south side of the creek, outside of the front of the Tallebudgera Recreation Centre. Echo Beach on the North side is another great place to relax and swim and is usually more quiet, but unpatrolled.
Rainbow Bay is in the Southern pocket of the Gold Coast situated next to world class surf beaches. The water is beautiful and calm in Rainbow Bay because it is usually protected from the wind. Also very popular so go early if you want a good spot.
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Rainbow Bay
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Rainbow Bay is in the Southern pocket of the Gold Coast situated next to world class surf beaches. The water is beautiful and calm in Rainbow Bay because it is usually protected from the wind. Also very popular so go early if you want a good spot.
Miami Beach is our local beach which we visit often. It's handy because you can usually get a carpark. There are toilets near Santa Monica Ave and at the south end of Miami near the surf club, next door to Piccolo's cafe. There are free bbq's near both of these toilets. If you walk up the hill you can see a great view of the coastline all the way north to Surfers Paradise and south Burleigh and beyond.
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Miami Beach
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Miami Beach is our local beach which we visit often. It's handy because you can usually get a carpark. There are toilets near Santa Monica Ave and at the south end of Miami near the surf club, next door to Piccolo's cafe. There are free bbq's near both of these toilets. If you walk up the hill you can see a great view of the coastline all the way north to Surfers Paradise and south Burleigh and beyond.

Food scene

Local favourite places to eat and drink
Family friendly night markets - food stalls, live music, licensed bar. Has big name touring artists or try Drag Queen Bingo
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邁阿密瑪凱塔
23 Hillcrest Parade
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Family friendly night markets - food stalls, live music, licensed bar. Has big name touring artists or try Drag Queen Bingo
Highly regarded vegan/vegetarian restaurant 2 min drive away
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Greenhouse Canteen & Bar
268 Gold Coast Hwy
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Highly regarded vegan/vegetarian restaurant 2 min drive away
Local cafe sells excellent coffee and food. Closed Sundays
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Hide N Seek Espresso
110 Mountain View Ave
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Local cafe sells excellent coffee and food. Closed Sundays
Local Thai takeaway
Thai I Am
1934 Gold Coast Hwy
Local Thai takeaway
Local boutique brewery, close to Miami Marketta. Family friendly
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Lost Palms Brewing Company
11 Oak Ave
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Local boutique brewery, close to Miami Marketta. Family friendly
Popular cafe
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Commune Cafe
1844 Gold Coast Hwy
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Popular cafe
Delicious japanese restaurant in our local shopping village
Little Itoshin Japanese Dining Bar
110 Mountain View Ave
Delicious japanese restaurant in our local shopping village
Popular italian restaurant
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That's Amore
110 Mountain View Ave
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Popular italian restaurant
High end seafood restaurant in Burleigh
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The Fish House
50 Goodwin Terrace
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High end seafood restaurant in Burleigh
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The Collective Palm Beach
1128 Gold Coast Highway
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Bars

Boutique distillary
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Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery
45 Lemana Ln
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Boutique distillary
Local boutique brewery
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Black Hops Brewery
15 Gardenia Grove
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Local boutique brewery
High end beachside bar
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Burleigh Pavilion
43 Goodwin Terrace
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High end beachside bar
Live music venue - funky space
Mo's Desert Clubhouse
36 Central Dr
Live music venue - funky space
Small hip bar
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The Cambus Wallace
2237 Gold Coast Hwy
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Small hip bar

Kid friendly activities

TreeTop Challenge - 譚博林山脈腎上腺素公園
Tamborine Mountain Road
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卡倫賓野生動物保護區
28 Tomewin St
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普特普特高爾夫美人魚灘
2492 Gold Coast Hwy
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SKYPOINT 星空塔觀景台
9 Hamilton Ave
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斯普林布魯克國家公園的天然橋
Bakers Road
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Couran Cove Resort
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熱帶水果世界
29 Duranbah Rd
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布洛德沃特公園
Marine Parade
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皮濟公園滑板公園
Bardon Avenue
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Shopping

Places to shop on the Gold Coast
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太平洋購物中心
32 Hooker Blvd
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Robina Town Centre
Robina Town Centre Drive
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Sideways Burleigh
1 Santa Maria Ct
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Harbour Town Premium Outlets
147-189 Brisbane Rd
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城市觀光建議

周邊交通資訊

Local transport around my area is not the greatest so we recommend hiring a car.

There is a regular bus line that runs up and down the Gold Coast Hwy and it is about a 20min to my place from the closest bus stop. There is a bus that passes closer but only a couple of times a day.
親子出遊

Loads of free entertainment. Check https://www.facebook.com/activehealthygc/

There are always free events on the Gold Coast so google search before you arrive if you want to find free events.
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Miami Marketta

One of the best family friendly venues on the Gold Coast and 1 min drive from my home. Has live music, food stalls and licensed bar. Go early if you are taking the family (5pm). Can get busy but generally easy to find table (you can make bookings for larger groups).