1 Balwyn Court.Hello, and welcome to 1 Balwyn Court, Arundel, on Australia's Gold Coast. We are sure you will enjoy your time here. If you place your cursor over different parts of the map below you will see popup information (works in Firefox, Google Chrome, and sometimes in IE). Below that are handy links and information about places of interest near the house, along with maps, etc. All doors in the house have locks, and the front, back and garage entrance all have deadlocks.
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VIDEOS OF HOUSEShared areas Master bedroom Room 3 Room 5 Room 2
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PLACES OF INTERESTTHEME PARKS
Warner Bros. Movie WorldMovie World is is a popular movie related theme park, great for a whole day out, and is only 11 km from the house, a 13 min. drive. Here is the map, and the address is Pacific Motorway, Oxenford, Queensland, Australia. Their bookings number is 133 386. Administration: +61 7 5573 3999
Sea World Sea World is Allen's favourite theme park, but then he worked there. It is only 9.5 km from the house, a 16 min. drive. Here is the map, and the address is Sea World Dr, Main Beach Gold Coast Queensland 4210 Australia. Phone: +61 7 5588 2222
Dreamworld Dreamworld is Ying's favourite theme Park, and she takes tour groups to all the parks as a Tour Guide. It is 15.5 km from the house, a 17 min. drive. Here is the map, and the address is Dreamworld Parkway Coomera Queensland 4209 Australia. Telephone: +61 7 5588 1111 Toll free from within Australia: 1800 073 300
Wet'n'Wild Water World Wet'n'Wild is a great water park on the Gold Coast, just next to Movie World. It's ony 10.3 km from the house, a 14 min. drive. Here is the map, and the address is Pacific Motorway, Oxenford Gold Coast Queensland 4210 Australia. Phone: 133 FUN (133 386) or Admin on +61 7 5556 1660
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary houses a large collection of Australian native species. It is 36.8 km from the house, a 31 min drive. Here is the map, and the address is 28 Tomewin Street, Currumbin QLD 4223. Reservations: Tel 1300 886 511 General Enquiries: Tel (07) 5534 1266 International: 617 5534 1266 |
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GolfIn case you play golf, the house is across from the Parkwood International Golf Course, a 4 minute drive. This map shows the way. They also have Australia's biggest mini golf course "Boulders & Badlands", open 7 days a week and until 9pm nightly.
Shopping centres and cinemas
The closest shopping centre to the house is Parkwood Central Plaza, just 800 metres away, 2 minutes by car (see map), or a 640 metre walk (8 minutes) when you cut through the park (see diagram here).
Harbour Town Shopping Town is only 2.2 km from the house, a 4 min. drive. It has Woolworths, Dimmeys, a fruit market, clothes stores, nice restaurants, Reading Cinemas (our favourites), Dan Murphy's Liquor, and many other shops. Here is the map.
Westfield Shopping Centre is 8.3 km from the house, a 12 min. drive. It has K-Mart, Target, Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, and many other stores, Here is the map. A more complex way (to avoid possible, but unlikely, traffic jams) is here.
Australia Fair in Southport is 5.5 kms, a 12 min. drive. It has K-Mart, Coles, Woolworths, Birch Carroll & Coyle Cinemas and many other stores. Here is the map. An altnernate route is here.
Arundel Shopping Plaza is 3.9 kms, a 8 min drive. It is a lot smaller than the ones listed above, but still has Coles shopping centre, chemists, a medical centre, fruit shops, take away pizza, liquor store and others. Here is the map.
Liquor Stores Dan Murphy's is just 5 mins away. Here is the map. If it is closed, try Cellarbrations, Arundel, at 7-11 Brown St. Labrador. They are open 7 days a week until 10pm each night. Here is the map. Ph: 5574 4854 Bus Stops and bus timetables This map shows you the two bus stops near the house. Going north ("A"), buses 709 or 719 will take you to Harbor Town Shopping Centre. 709 will take you to Helensvale Station and Westfield Shopping centre. From Helensvale Station you can catch a bus to Movie World, Dreamworld or Wet'n'Wild. Going South ("B"), bus 715 will take you to Southport and Australia Fair. You can catch a bus or tram there for Surfers Paradise. Bus 709 goes to Griffith University Station. For exact bus, tram and train timetables, details and directions please see translink. Input the address 1 Balwyn Court, Arundel, and type in your destination for the results. |
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Park Free barbeque facilities just a 7 minute walk from house Park, playground, basketball hoop, tables, free electric BBQ, toilets, etc., just a short walk from house. Click here to see photo and here for directions (one minute drive - four minute walk).
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Swimming poolsThis route takes you to the car park at the Southport Aquatic Centre. They have an Olympic pool, diving pool, two heated children's pools of different kinds, and another indoor heated pool. Next to that same car park location there is a brand new barbeque area with tables and free electric barbeque cooking facilities, children's playground and the spit, with a beach. Walking south from there you will find a free children's water fun area, with pools and waterfalls, etc., and further south is a new pier, and parks, and more play areas with some interesting free rides for kids.
Seafood This map shows the way to Charis Seafood. Around lunchtime each day they feed the pelicans and there is a seawater pool to swim in, a small beach and a park. This is fun for children, and the food is good. Another good seafood takeaway is Harbour Seafood Market (map), just across from Harbour Town Shopping Centre. |
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The Green and the Gold.The Gold Coast is often called "The Green and the Gold" because there are mountains and rain forests that run alongside the golden beach, just a short drive away.
Popular attractions there include 'Natural Bridge' (map)
South Stradbroke Island Looking for a big golden beach with practically nobody around? Just a short distance from Southport is South Stradbroke Island, and you may take a Broadwater boat taxi (map) or a Ferry (map) to that location.
Surfers Paradise at night Aside from the restaurants, there are some fun activities in Surfers Paradise at night. There is a place called "Infinity" in Surfers Paradise open until 10pm There are some rides in Surfers too, open at night. Surfers is becoming rowdier late at night, so we usually leave it by 10 p.m. or so. |
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Currumbin Aboriginal Day/ Night Group TourAboriginal Tours is between 3pm and 6pm (map). The tour starts with a cuddle with friendly koalas (Souvenir photo included), followed by a live Aboriginal dance show, and hand feeding “free-range” kangaroos. Feed the wild lorikeets which have been an institution on the Gold Coast for the past 67 years before heading to the Sanctuary Café Deck for your traditional Aussie BBQ Buffet. Your journey finishes with an Aboriginal Ochre Ceremony and a farewell Dance performance. See more photos here.
There are also the Glow Worm tours that take you up to the mountains at night time, and down into the natural bridge cave to view the glow worms. This is very popular and a number of different companies operate such tours. Here are three, though you might like to check out others: Tamborine Mountain Glow Worm Caves and |
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Other thingsAquaDuck is a bus/boat with tours - it's been here a long time and seems quite popular.
There are many other attractions – see them here.
Of course the oldest most popular spot is the Surfers Paradise beach itself (map). Caution: parking officers are ready to pounce if you forget to feed their hungry parking meters. To avoid them you may consider private parking, like this carpark. |
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