Quick Trips to Airport, Theme Parks

Need a lift to the airport this holiday? Quick Routes provides private pickup and delivery to Gold Coast or Brisbane airports.
Company visiting for the summer holiday? Quick Routes is offering a 20% discount on all Theme Park transfers for travel 20^th December until 10^th January.

Browse their site and book now for their “no worries” service. They even can take you to Byron Bay for a short getaway and leave the driving to them.

Kitesurfing Pro Riders to Compete at Main Beach

For the first time in its eight year history, the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association World Tour is coming down under. The event will be hosted at Narrowneck, Main Beach on the Gold Coast, Queensland between the 5th - 12th December 2010.

As the final stop on the 2010 World Tour, the men's and women's World Champions will be crowned and it looks likely that Australia will see it's first ever World Champion take the title on home turf.
Visitors to the event can expect a visual spectacular as the worlds best kitesurfers compete for the wave, freestyle and race titles with a `surprise' event thrown in for the spectators enjoyment. The race event will see up to 200 kitesurfers on the water at one time making it the largest ever race event to be held in Australia. To compliment the main event, competitors will also battle it out in a number of display competitions such as the Big Air, Kite Cross, Best Trick and fastest Kiter disciplines.

Locals and visitors can check out other Gold Coast Events here.

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This week, there's news from Dreamworld, Australia's favorite theme park...home of Pi, a newborn Sumatran tiger.

Just in time for the Summer holiday season, Dreamworld is launching several new Australian themed shows, a new outdoor sheep sheering arena and a brand new cinema complex.

Start your day at the all new Dreamworld Cinemas located near the Main Street Fountain where you can catch the ‘Australia, The Great Southern Land’ film each day at 10am.

The 30 minute film focuses on the four themed territories that Dreamworld showcases: The wetlands of Kakadu, the Rainforests of the Daintree, the Outback, and Koala country.

To celebrate all that is summer and the unique Australian culture, the nation’s favourite theme park is currently putting the final touches on the new Dreamworld Woolshed located between Billabong Restaurant and the Australian Wildlife Experience.

A 400 seat undercover arena, the Woolshed will be home to a variety of farm yard animals, commonly found on Australian farms, and the brand new Australian Sheep Shearing show. Featuring a host of true blue Aussie blokes, these genuine shearers will keep the crowds laughing while they demonstrate life on an Australian farm.

The Australian Sheep Shearing Show will open on 26 December with three shows a day at 10am, 11am and 2pm.

Continuing in celebration of Australia’s traditional culture Dreamworld is launching a captivating Aboriginal show, Dreamworld Dreamtime, this summer, featuring stories, songs and dance spoken and performed by members of the regions Koombamerri tribe.

Long long ago when the Dreamtime first began, the Koombamerri people roamed the area of the Gold Coast and gathered around the Coomera River, creating stories, songs and dances that echoed every occasion: stories about hunting, songs about animals, and dances that celebrate the spirituality of the land and its legends.

Guests will watch as the Koombamerri Dreamtime Dancers showcase the movements of their totem the eagle that soars above the earth signalling the start of the fishing season, listen to the haunting sounds of the didgeridoo against the quick beat of the clapsticks, and be mesmerised by a culture that demonstrates a traditional Aboriginal method of firelighting by rubbing two carefully chosen sticks together.

Catch Dreamworld Dreamtime from 20 December – 28 February* at 10.40am and 11.40am each day.

These new shows add to an entertainment packed day at Dreamworld where adrenaline seekers can test out their tonsils on the Big 6 Thrill Rides and families can enjoy all the fun and giggles in Nickelodeon Central and Wiggles World. If you want water spills then head next door to WhiteWater World.

Vroom. Vroom. Versace.

Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast is celebrating its tenth birthday as the only Versace branded hotel in the world (but another opens in Dubai in August 2011). 
In a destination like no other, guests can tailor their stay to suit their lifestyle and mood. Just one of many WOW Packages is the Roman Holiday.

Inspired by the adventures of ever stylish Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in the original Roman Holiday movie, guests are able to create their own personal Italian getaway adventure.

Equipped with an ‘insiders’ map of secluded, romantic coastal locations and a delectable Italian gourmet picnic hamper, guests escape on bespoke Palazzo Versace Vespas.

Sounds like fun for locals, too.  Take the scooters for a spin and upon return relax in the Versace bar for a C'est La Vie attitude adjustment.