Surf’s Up Destinations: Gold Coast
Australia’s Gold Coast Lights Up the Break
Love it or hate it, the Gold Coast is one of Australia’s icons. Bronzed lifeguards, bikini-clad meter maids, tanned tourists draped with gold jewelry, high-rise apartment towers that cast long shadows over parts of the beach … but the glitz, the glitter, and the overdevelopment pale as soon as you hit the beach. The white sands stretch uninterrupted for 43 miles, making up for the long strips of neon-lit motels and souvenir shops. Since the ‘50s, Australians have flocked to this strip of coastline, and that hasn’t changed. (via Frommers)
standing on the break by monkeyc.net on Flickr.
