Gold Coast
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Gold Coast's listings skew heavily toward makers rather than heritage or lodging: craft studios and galleries form the largest cluster by far, with independent dining close behind and a dense run of breweries and distilleries through Burleigh Heads and Miami. Surf schools concentrate around Currumbin, while galleries and pottery studios gather in Southport and Broadbeach. The spread across more than forty towns and localities, from coastal strips to hinterland pockets like Mudgeeraba and Wongawallan, suggests a region built less around a single tourist strip than a scattered network of small operators — potters, brewers, nursery owners and surf instructors — working close to where they live.
Generated from 174 verified listings · Last updated 28 July 2026
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A selection of standout places across Gold Coast
Bamboo Down Under
Tucked into the hinterland at Wongawallan, this is a nursery built around a…
Food & diningT'ang Court
On the third floor of a Surfers Paradise tower, this contemporary Cantonese…
MakersGoldy Gallery
Goldy Gallery on Brisbane Road operates as a vibrant space for contemporary…
Wine & spiritsMount Nathan Winery
Peter Gibson established this vineyard on Mount Nathan's volcanic slopes in…
Museums & galleriesSurf World
Volunteers run Queensland's only surfing museum from a first-floor room at…
VintageScottys Trading
A family-owned Gold Coast institution since 1983, this second-hand furniture…
Wine & spirits
Aardvark and Arrow Brewery
Varsity Lakes, QLD
Located in Varsity Lakes, this boutique brewery serves the Gold Coast with fresh, preservative-free…
Balter Brewing Company
Currumbin Waters, QLD
A Gold Coast brewery in Currumbin Waters with a mission of "good beer with enjoyment." Features a…
Bett-A-Brew Beer & Wine Making Supplies
Parkwood, QLD
A comprehensive beer and wine making supply store in Parkwood offering everything from brewing kits…
Black Hops Brewery Biggera Waters
Biggera Waters, QLD
One of two Black Hops taprooms on the Gold Coast, this Biggera Waters outpost pours a brewery that…
Black Hops Brewing
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Started in a Burleigh Heads garage in 2015, Black Hops built its name on an Eggnog Stout and has…
Burleigh Brewing Company
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Eighteen years of independent brewing in Queensland, and Burleigh's calling card remains Bighead —…
Burly Distillery
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Burleigh Heads distillery turning out three distinct gins — Cucumber, Citrus and Berry — all…
Capricorn Distilling Co
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Named for the Tropic of Capricorn that runs through Rockhampton, this Burleigh Heads outfit makes…
Familiar Spirits Distillery
Burleigh Heads, QLD
The Butler's Gin, a Limoncello, a white cane spirit called The Gentleman Pirate — Familiar Spirits…
Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery
Miami, QLD
Miami distillery releasing a new small-batch spirit every month — gone when it's gone. The annual…
Hound and Stag Brewing Co
Arundel, QLD
An industrial-style brewery and taproom on Wrights Place in Arundel, on the northern Gold Coast,…
Iron Hills Meadery
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Toby and Katrina started with beehives. The mead followed. Their Burleigh Heads tasting room pours…
Museums & galleries
Booringa Heritage Museum
Coomera, QLD
A volunteer-run community museum preserving 130 years of heritage from the former Booringa Shire…
Gold Coast War Museum
Mudgeeraba, QLD
A private collection that opened at Mudgeeraba in 1975 and has grown across half a century into an…
HOTA Gallery
Surfers Paradise, QLD
The Gold Coast has long needed a cultural anchor that isn't a theme park. HOTA Gallery, housed…
HOTA Gallery Gold Coast
Surfers Paradise, QLD
The Gold Coast's answer to its own cultural ambitions, HOTA Gallery opened as part of a 17-hectare…
Samford District Historical Museum
Samford, QLD
On the first Sunday of each month, a blacksmith lights the forge at this open-air village museum…
Surf World
Currumbin, QLD
Volunteers run Queensland's only surfing museum from a first-floor room at Currumbin Beach, minutes…
Makers
19 Karen Contemporary Artspace
Mermaid Beach, QLD
Terri Lew opened this Mermaid Beach warehouse gallery in 2008 after selling her tourist magazine…
3Beaches Textiles
Coomera, QLD
Gold Coast designers Sonya Romeo and Niamh Brennan develop outdoor fabric collections—think…
ALOW Gallery
Mermaid Beach, QLD
Sarah and Jarrad Miller built ALOW out of their print production business, We Sell Prints — which…
Anthea Polson Art
Main Beach, QLD
Anthea Polson has been placing contemporary Australian art and sculpture into private and corporate…
ArtVo Gold Coast
Robina, QLD
An immersive 'trick-art' gallery inside Robina Town Centre, on the ground floor beside Lush. Eight…
Birkbecks Jewellers
Southport, QLD
Victor Birkbeck opened on Nerang Street, Southport in 1912. Four generations later, mother and…
BSP KnifeWorks
Maudsland, QLD
Brent Parnell makes knives by hand at Maudsland, in the Gold Coast hinterland, working mostly to…
Clay and Sip
Oxenford, QLD
Small pottery studio in Oxenford running hand-building workshops where the vibe is deliberately…
Clay and Sip Gold Coast
Hope Island, QLD
Small pottery studio in northern Gold Coast running hand-building workshops where the stated goal…
Colin Sweeney Art Gallery
Southport, QLD
Colin Sweeney's Stevens Street gallery in Southport spans abstract, collage, portrait, landscape,…
Creative Space Custom Joinery & Furniture
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Creative Space Custom Joinery & Furniture brings expert woodworking to life in NSW, crafting…
Currumbin Woodworks
Currumbin Waters, QLD
Since 1975, this Currumbin Waters workshop has built solid timber furniture for homes, commercial…
Shops
Bamboo Down Under
Wongawallan, QLD
Tucked into the hinterland at Wongawallan, this is a nursery built around a single, deeply…
Flor Wine & Grocer
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Tucked into a small arcade off Park Avenue, this is a shop built around a single conviction: that…
Gold Coast Tropical Gardens
Carrara, QLD
At Carrara, just back from the Nerang River, this is a nursery built around a single conviction:…
Green Life Garden Centre
Mt Nathan, QLD
A garden centre in the Gold Coast hinterland at Mt Nathan, stocking palms, flowering plants and…
Instant Jungle Palms Nursery
Labrador, QLD
Two acres of Labrador given over to palms and tropical foliage, where fronds crowd in beside water…
Kira & Kira Store
Miami, QLD
On the Gold Coast Highway in Miami, this retail showroom carries furniture from Ethnicraft, Tolv…
Photosynthesis
Southport, QLD
This family-run shopfront specialises in self-watering plants, pre-made terrariums and…
Quince Fromagerie & Cellar
Tugun, QLD
Tucked into a Gold Coast Highway strip in Tugun, this is a shop built around the idea that a good…
Spectrum Plants
Wongawallan, QLD
Tucked into the hinterland at Wongawallan, this family-owned nursery has built its reputation on…
Food & dining
Alvins Wine Bar
Paradise Point, QLD
A neighbourhood wine bar on Falkinder Avenue in Paradise Point, at the northern tip of the Gold…
Balboa Italian
Palm Beach, QLD
An Italian restaurant on the Gold Coast Highway, serving food classically Italian in inspiration…
Barrow
Nerang, QLD
A garden-filled country kitchen in the Gold Coast hinterland, plating honest, comforting food with…
Both Espresso & Wine
Runaway Bay, QLD
A Runaway Bay double act from local founders, running as a morning espresso bar and easing into a…
BSKT
Mermaid Beach, QLD
A family-owned, health-minded cafe at Nobby Beach on the Gold Coast, open from dawn for all-day…
Burleigh Baker
Burleigh Heads, QLD
A Burleigh Heads sourdough bakery hand-forming naturally leavened loaves and baking them on a stone…
Burleigh Gelato Co.
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Family-owned gelateria in Burleigh serving authentic Italian-style gelato, made with less cream and…
Cardamom Pod
Broadbeach, QLD
On the Gold Coast Highway at Broadbeach, this vegetarian eatery has built a following well beyond…
Custard Canteen
Palm Beach, QLD
A standalone Palm Beach cafe and bakery on the Gold Coast Highway near Tallebudgera Creek, baking…
Doko Demo V
Burleigh Waters, QLD
Set in a sunlit corner of Burleigh Waters, away from the beachfront crowds, this cafe reads…
Farmers Market
Burleigh Heads, QLD
A Saturday market held in the grounds of the Burleigh Heads State School, on the corner of Lower…
Gal.B Korean BBQ
Surfers Paradise, QLD
The Gold Coast has no shortage of tabletop grills, but the locals who fill this Southport strip…
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