Things to Do
BUNGALOW 6 IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN
Carool NSW
Being only a stones throw from the Gold Coast, should you decide to leave the mountain, there are plenty of fun and interesting things to keep you busy.
Potager Resturant
A Kitchen Garden is a gem in the mountains! Winner of various culinary awards since opening a couple of years ago, the owners and staff go out of their way to make your dining experience memorable.
Much of the produce comes from their very own kitchen garden. They don’t grow everything they serve, but they serve everything they grow. There’s nothing like picking something fresh from the garden and you’ll often see their kitchen team out there picking before or during service.
They also like to hold special events. Every few months they will host a degustation dinner, or a long table lunch, or some themed dining experience. Make sure you sign up for our newsletters to keep informed about upcoming events as they often sell out with 48 hours.
If you’re thinking of going to Potager, I strongly recommend booking in advance. The’re online reservation system will give you instant confirmation.
Phone: (07) 5590 7403 or
Website: www.potager.com.au
502 Carool Road,
Carool
Gold Coast Skydive
Gold Coast SkyDive is the only tandem specific sky diving operation on the Gold Coast. Located in Coolangatta, only minutes from the Gold Coast airport, they are one of the rare companies in Australia with a permit, allowing them to land on the crisp clean beaches of Kirra Beach.
These guys can offer you a full photo and video package on the day. Throwing yourself out of a perfectly good plane at 12000 feet? You must add this to your ‘list of things to do’ whilst here! Gold Coast Skydive operates 7 days a week.
Phone: 07 55991920 or Website: www.goldcoastskydive.com.au
Coolangatta Whale Watch
From May through October, Coolangatta Whale Watch operates whale watching cruises Wednesday through Monday.
Their 65ft purose built watamaran the “George Bass” has numerous viewing platforms which will allow guests to get a personalised cruising experience with uninterrupted viewing.
In the off-season, CWW run snorkelling tours from Coolengatta, snorkelling out at the Cook Island Marine Reserve, a small protected island just off the coast with a large pupolulation of sea turles.
An abundance of soft and hard coral gardens, groper, damselfish, lion fish, clown fish, kingfish and schools of baitfish can be seen.
Phone: 0403 920 922 or
Website: https://www.coolangattawhalewatch.com.au/
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is considered one of the best mother nature experiences on the east coast. Heaps to do and plenty of ‘getting close to the animals’. One of the few places in Australia you can actually hold a koala as well as snakes and baby crocodiles and feed the big mob of local kangaroos.
The big crocs are out on display with an educational show most afternoons. Get down there early and feed the lorikeets in the open air feeding circle. Add to this the eagle and dingo encounters and the Aboriginal night corroboree and you are spoilt for choice with things to keep you busy whilst in Coolangatta.
Phone: 07 55341266 or Website: www.cws.org.au
Surfing Coaching & Lessons
Another ‘must do’ on the travellers list is the all important surf lessons and what better place to do it that one of Australia’s best breaks —Snapper Rocks (just ask Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore — it’s their home break!).
And who better to be coached by than Australia’s world coaching champion Dave Davidson of Gold Coast Surf Coaching. Dave is a former professional surfer who has been coaching Gold
Coast and QLD junior surfing teams for 10 years, was Australian team coach and recently coached Peru to win the 2010 I.S.A World Title.
He’s been teaching people to surf for 25 years in arguably the best learn to surf location in Australia, if not the world. If he can’t get you up on a board then no-one can!
Phone: 0417191629 or Website: www.goldcoastsurfingcentre.com
Hot Air Ballooning
The Gold Coast and Coolangatta is not all about the surf and ocean. We are surrounded by the stunning hinterlands that take in the Currumbin Valley Hinterlands, Springbrook National Park and the iconic Mount Warning – the very first place you can see the sun rise in Australia every morning.
What better way to see it all than in a hot air balloon! Balloon Down Under is the only ballooning business on the Gold Coast to be acknowledged by the tourism industry for excellence.
An early morning pick up from an agreed location will get you to your take off point followed by a complete experience of setting up the balloon, preparing for take off and enjoying the spectacular views of the area. Drifting gently over the Gold Coast landscape for one hour allows you ample time to take in the panoramic views of the Gold Coast from skimming over the tree tops to up to 2,000 feet high.
Finish this exhilarating experience with a gourmet champagne breakfast before being dropped back in Coolangatta. Another one to tick off the bucket list!!
Phone: 07 55004797 or Website: www.balloondownunder.com.au
Stand Up Paddle Boarding (SUP)
Done the surf lesson? Looking for something a bit different? A new challenge perhaps? This is the latest craze to hit the ocean and you can do it right nearby at Currumbin Beach with Gold Coast SUP.
Stand up paddle boarding was first used as a method of transport for the people of Polynesia, but these days it has been turned into a wicked ocean sport.
Paddle in the beautiful, clear waters of Currumbin Creek and take in the amazing coastline of the Gold Coast on one of their quality SUP’s
Phone: 07 5525 7003 or
Website: http://goldcoastsup.com.au/
Theme Parks
Whilst you are in the Coolangatta area you can have the best of both worlds—the serenity and the action! The relaxed lifestyle of the beach and hinterland, and just up the road the ‘must do’ theme parks which so many come to visit.
Dreamworld, Movieworld, Wet n’ Wild & Seaworld are all within a stone’s throw of each other.
Simply jump on the TX1 bus from Griffith Street, Coolangatta (outside Bakers Delight) at 8.15 am or 8.45 am. The TX1 bus returns from Dreamworld at 4.45 pm or 5.10 pm calling in at Wet‘n’Wild water park 4.58 pm or 5.23 pm then Movieworld at 5.05 pm or 5.30 pm.
https://themeparks.com.au/buy
https://www.dreamworld.com.au/
Surfers Paradise
How about a little day trip up to Surfers?
You can visit Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, Infinity, Haunted House, The Wax Museum or King Tutts Putt Putt Golf.
Getting there and back is easy with a regular bus service that runs 24 hours a day every 30 minutes.
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not – www.ripleys.com/surfersparadise/
Infinity – www.infinitygc.com.au/
Draculas Cabaret Restaurant – https://www.draculas.com.au/
The Wax Museum – http://www.waxmuseum.com.au/
King Tutts Putt Putt Golf – https://kingtuttsputtputt.com.au/