Car Rental Gold Coast - Exploring Gold Coast

Typically Australian, if you drives 20 minutes in any direction by car the busy beaches soon turn into national parks. You’re guaranteed to never forget the lush foliage, towering cliffs or cascading streams when setting foot among Southern Queensland’s primordial rainforest giants, ancient sand dunes and wildlife-rich heathlands.

The choice for motorists – north, south or west – offers so many different options and environments that many people end up circling in and around the area for days, or even weeks, on end!

Journeying west into ‘the bush’ gives one a timeless drive through wide open farming lands and small town communities filled with friendly outback folk.

Driving south, one crosses back into NSW and the lush and mountainous Northern Rivers region. This is a very popular spot for surfers, party people and nature lovers alike. Here the towns of Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and the infamous Nimbin present you with coffee shops and wonderful international restaurants all set among sub-tropical rainforests, marine reserves and beaches galore.

Heading north to Brisbane, you can drive into the sprawling state capital’s beautiful CBD and spend an afternoon strolling, shopping and taking in the various museums and parks set by the river. Alternatively, the nearby Glasshouse mountains have a striking beauty, visually odd because of their finger-like form. Here you can also find Steve Irwin’s famous crocodile and wildlife centre.