Tangalooma Departures

View over Tangalooma Beach on Moreton Island from an apartment near the Jetty

Located in Pinkenba on the Brisbane River, the brown sign for Tangalooma Departures takes you to the ferry terminal to travel to Moreton Island, specifically to Tangalooma Resort. It should be without saying, the departure terminal is not the focus for this destination. It is the beautiful Moreton Island and the Tangalooma Resort the ferry … Read more

Spicers Hidden Vale

Entrance to Spicers Hidden Vale near Grandchester, west of Brisbane

Spicers Hidden Vale is a resort in Grandchester, a small town west of Brisbane along the Cobb & Co Tourist Drive . The tourist route starts from Ipswich and continues through to Toowoomba along an old Cobb & Co route and the first main line railway in Queensland which first terminated at Grandchester Railway Station … Read more

Hope Island Resort

Hope Island Resort entry fence

Hope Island Resort is a gated community with facilities such as a marina, half-Olympic pool, golf course, and tennis. The golf course, Links Hope Island, is an 18-hole 72-par course. The course has natural and man-made hazards with 128 bunkers. The main resort is Azzura Greens Resort. The resort has a beach lagoon pool, 20m … Read more

Sanctuary Cove

Marina, boardwalk wharf, and pier, at Sanctuary Cove

Sanctuary Cove is a completely self-contained gated community on Hope Island in the Gold Coast. It has entertainment facilities, its own shopping centre, boating marina, and golf courses. Launched in 1986, Sanctuary Cove was the first of its type of developments in Australia. It has expanded over the years to include a holiday resort and … Read more

Royal Pines Resort

Royal Pines Resort

The Royal Pines Resort at the Gold Coast is 5 minutes from Metricon Stadium, around 15 minutes to the beaches, shops, and attractions at Surface Paradise, and close to the beautiful Gold Coast Botanical Gardens . The resort is surrounded by a 27-hole golf course, for those who fine 18 holes just are not enough. … Read more