Australia's holiday resort, the Gold Coast offers miles of unspoiled golden beaches, fabulous inland waterways and a haven for golfers with more than 40 first class courses on offer.

This is the Miami of the Southern Hemisphere with its luxurious accommodation towers reaching for the sky along the pristine coastline. The climate is conducive to holiday making where residents and tourists alike experience not too hot summers and very mild winters.

The centre of this resort city is Surfer's Paradise which offers all manner of entertainment, shopping and fine dining. Night life is abundant with discos, girlie clubs, first class restaurants and a plethora of bars.

No visitto the Gold Coast could be complete without a boat trip along the myriad waterways looking into the back yards of the rich and famous. A cruise up the Broadwater, one of Australia's biggest protected inland waterways to Couran Cove for lunch is not to be missed.