Joanna James
Queensland's Gold Coast is a fabulous location for families that travel as it has an array of activities that would keep everyone happily engaged for several hours at a time. Here are five family-friendly activities that you can include in your itinerary.
Located within a driving distance from properties such as Avani Broadbeach Residences, Springbrook National Park, a site that boasts of an astounding natural phenomenon – glow worms. There are only two countries in the world where you can explore large colonies of glow worms in their natural habitats, creating mystic auras around them as the night falls. The Gondwanan rainforests provide the ideal conditions for these beings to thrive, in forms of moist rock structures and cave systems. Travellers can look forward to a bushwalk in the dark toward this natural wonder in the Gold Coast and watch the glow worms light up caves like thousands of twinkling stars, amid the distant sound of the cascading waterfall.
The Gold Coast boasts of the best collection of theme parks in the whole of Australia, with features like mind-blowing rides to humongous water slides. Families can also look forward to visiting Sea World, where everyone including children can have up close and personal experiences with dolphins, watch penguin feeding, and other interactive sessions including marine life. If there are any movie fans in the family, then a trip to the Movie World shouldn't be missed. Pose with your favourite character of the Suicide Squad or even Bugs Bunny, the all-time childhood favourite. Families with little kids can also partake in the Yogi Bear 4-D experience at the Roxy Theatre.
Australian wildlife can be best explored at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where travelling families can expect to enjoy live bird shows, explore crocodiles in their natural habitat, plus learn about the fascinating history of the Aborigins at the Aboriginal Dance Show. Your little ones will have the time of their life at the chance to cuddle a baby koala bear or interact with the resident kangaroos of the sanctuary. During the wildlife hospital tour, you will be walked through various medical procedures offered for injured animals and visit rehabilitation areas where the staff will share their love for wildlife with you.
With nearly 800 kilometres of cycling paths incorporated into the city's town planning, Gold Coast is the perfect location for a bike ride with your loved ones. You may have to grab a bicycle and a bikeway map from one of the rental services such as Beach Bikes and explore the stunning beachscapes and suburbs of Broadbeach to your heart's content.
Located at Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, Aussie Waterballs is a fun amusement ride where families can roll around in huge transparent balls on water. Each person in the family can climb inside one of these clear inflated balls and be launched into the water for a fantastic laugh-inducing adventure. Riding the Aussie Waterballs is considered as one of the best things to do in Broadbeach.
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