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Burleigh Heads National Park
The Burleigh Heads National Park is a small but diverse forest reserve with several graded walking trails around the rocky headland. The natural rock slides and water cascades at the Currumbin Rock Pools are wonderful in the summer months.
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Currumbin Rock Pools
The natural rock slides and water cascades at the Currumbin Rock Pools, within the Burleigh Heads National Park, are wonderful fun in the summer months.
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Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
There are three wildlife sanctuaries in the Burleigh Heads area. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is an excellent spot to see Australian native animals, including tree kangaroos, koalas, emus, wombats and other cute and fuzzies. They're joined daily by flocks of brilliantly coloured rainbow lorikeets, which take great delight in eating out of your hand.
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David Fleay Wildlife Park
Opened by the doctor who first succeeded in breeding platypuses, the David Fleay Wildlife Park is an important breeding centre for the duck-billed creatures. It's also home to many other native Australian animals and places a strong emphasis on education and conservation.
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Dreamworld
Dreamworld is one of the Gold Coast's major theme parks and home to the Big Five Thrill Rides, including the aptly named Giant Drop and Tower of Terror.
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Farmers Market at Marina Mirage
Near the start of the walk is the upmarket shopping and dining complex Marina Mirage; a farmers market is held here on the first and third Saturday of each month.
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Federation Walk
The ocean side of the spit, which extends north from Main Beach, is home to uncrowded beaches and excellent surf. From here you can see across the channel to South Stradbroke Island and it's a popular fishing spot. A fig tree opposite the entrance to Seaworld marks the start of the Federation Walk, a pretty 3.7km trail that winds its way through patches of littoral rainforest and down to the Gold Coast Oceanway.
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Gold Coast Art Gallery
The excellent Gold Coast Art Gallery features two main galleries displaying works by established Australian and international artists. Of particular interest is the annual showcase by students from the Queensland College of Art.
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Marina Mirage
Near the start of the walk is the upmarket shopping and dining complex Marina Mirage; a farmers market is held here on the first and third Saturday of each month.
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Q1 Observation Deck
For perspective of a different kind, take a trip in one of the world's fastest elevators to the Q1 Observation Deck that soars 322.5m above sea level. There's a cinema on level 78 and a Skybar on level 77.
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Sea World
A huge aquatic theme park, Sea World has loads of animal performances, including twice-daily dolphin shows, sea-lion shows, shark-feeding, dugongs and the real crowd-pleasers - resident polar bears. You'll have to set a schedule though - the waterslides and rollercoasters are agonizingly addictive.
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Springbrook National Park
Springbrook national park is perched atop a 900m (2952ft) high plateau, which, like the rest of the McPherson Range, is a remnant of the huge volcano that once centred on Mt Warning in NSW. The park's vegetation is cool-temperate rainforest and eucalypt forest, with gorges, cliffs, forests and waterfalls, numerous walking tracks and several picnic areas.
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Warner Bros Movie World
Warner Bros Movie World is a favourite Gold Coast theme park that offers movie-themed shows, rides and attractions including the kid-favourite Looney Tunes Village.
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Wet 'n' Wild
Whirlpools, slippery slides, white-water rapids, tube rides and the newly opened Extreme H20 Zone are just some of the attractions you will find at Wet 'n' Wild.
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Wyndham Cruises
A number of cruises depart from the marinas at Main Beach to explore the Gold Coast waterways. Wyndham Cruises operates two-hour cruises up to and around the Broadwater, including morning or afternoon tea.
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