Gold Coast : Night Life
The Gold Coast has been called the lifestyle capital of Australia, and you don't have to look far to see why. This lively coastal paradise remains the top holiday spot in the country and whether you're a local or a visitor, there's nothing quite like life on the Gold Coast.
After a day sun, surf or parrot-covering, there's a huge choice of nightlife, from comedy to cabaret, fine dining to disco to dance extravaganzas.
For gamblers Conrad Jupiters is a one-stop entertainment complex. Jupiters Casino has more than 1100 gaming machines and 90 table games. There are live stage shows in the Las Vegas-style showroom, Fortunes Nightclub and half a dozen restaurants. There is free, nightly, live entertainment at Southport RSL, the most modern and glitzy club in Australia. Standards are comparable at Surfers Paradise RSL and both offer inexpensive food and drinks at club prices. If you like roasts, many RSL clubs excel, offering well-cooked, tender meat with crisp potatoes and other baked vegetables. I'm yet to find one, however, that serves peas that aren't watery.
For those who can remember spinning that fantastic black plastic with the hey-diddle-diddle, hole in the middle, you can trace the music from the 1950s to the 1990s at The Base Dinner & Show Club. For non-baby boomer readers, the previous sentence referred to vinyl records, which were . oh, never mind. You'll find characters, food, drink and stand-up comedy at Crazies Comedy Box in Broadbeach, just behind the casino. For a more refined evening, head for the Gold Coast Arts Centre on the banks of the Nerang River for classical music, theatre and ballet.
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