O que acontece em Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise), Austrália, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Australian summer holidays, Summer holidays em Austrália

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Cyclone and storm season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Bluebottle season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Australian summer holidays (15 Dez – 26 Jan)

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Cyclone and storm season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Bluebottle season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Easter and autumn school holidays

• Feriado

  Easter and autumn school holidays

  25 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmentePáscoa e Semana SantaLotado

  Two weeks of Queensland school holidays wrapped around Easter, and the only time outside summer the theme parks queue for an hour a ride. Trading is restricted on Good Friday; the beaches are not. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Cyclone and storm season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Bluebottle season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Easter and autumn school holidays, Autumn / Easter break em Austrália

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Easter and autumn school holidays (25 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)), Cyclone and storm season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Movimentado — Blues on Broadbeach

• Festival

  Blues on Broadbeach

  12–20 Mai · normalmenteFestival de músicaLotado

  Four days of free stages through the Broadbeach streets and pubs in the middle of May, which fills a suburb that is otherwise between seasons. Accommodation there goes months out; Surfers next door does not. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — Winter (July) break em Austrália, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Natureza

  Humpback migration

  1 Jun – 15 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de baleias

  Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily. July to September is when they are hardest to miss, often from the headlands alone.

Lotação máxima — Gold Coast Marathon, Winter (July) break em Austrália

• Festival

  Gold Coast Marathon

  4–5 JulEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentosReserve cedo

  Two days of racing along the beachfront in the first weekend of July, with about thirty thousand entrants. The oceanfront roads from Southport to Burleigh close for the mornings. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Humpback migration (1 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Movimentado — Pacific Airshow Gold Coast, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Pacific Airshow Gold Coast

  10–20 Ago · normalmenteGrande festivalLotado

  Three days of display flying over Surfers Paradise in the middle of August, watched free from the sand by a couple of hundred thousand people. The esplanade is shoulder to shoulder by mid-morning. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Humpback migration (1 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Movimentado — Spring break em Austrália, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Humpback migration (1 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Gold Coast 500, Spring break em Austrália

• Festival

  Gold Coast 500

  23–25 OutFim de semana de automobilismoLotadoFechamentos

  Three days of touring cars on a street circuit through Surfers Paradise and Main Beach in late October. The beachfront roads close for the week of build-up and the noise reaches the towers behind. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Humpback migration (1 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Movimentado — Schoolies

• Risco

  Cyclone and storm season

  1 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de ciclones

  Cyclones themselves rarely reach this far south, but their remains and the east coast lows that follow strip the beaches most summers, and the afternoon storms shut the theme park rides for an hour at a time. Fonte ↗

• Risco

  Bluebottle season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmenteInsetos e doenças

  Summer northeasterlies push rafts of bluebottles onto the open beaches and the lifesavers close them for the afternoon; a bad weekend runs to hundreds of stings on this coast alone. The sheltered points fare better. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Schoolies

  21 Nov – 12 DezFérias escolaresLotado

  Three weeks from mid-November when school leavers take over Surfers Paradise in tens of thousands. The beachfront is fenced and policed nightly, and families move up the coast to Burleigh and Palm Beach for it. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Humpback migration (1 Jun – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Schoolies, Australian summer holidays

• Feriado

  Australian summer holidays

  15 Dez – 26 JanFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  Six weeks when the whole east coast is off school and Surfers, Broadbeach and Burleigh are booked out. Apartment rates roughly double and the Gold Coast Highway is solid from late morning. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Cyclone and storm season (1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Bluebottle season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Schoolies (21 Nov – 12 Dez)