Popular Gold Coast Australia Holiday Destinations – Burleigh Heads
Australia November 1st, 2009Visitors to the Gold Coast holiday will almost always the popular Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta but located in the middle of these two well known Gold Coast holiday destinations is the equally popular Burleigh Heads. Burleigh Heads National Park is home to a wide selection of native Australian wildlife and some stunning vistas. The walking tracks meander through the National Park are an attraction that every visitor should see. The stunning coastline that follows the National Park and the terrific vistas ensure visitors will want to return to Burleigh Heads.
The National Park is well known for its volcanic columns that reach down to sea level. The native aboriginal owners of this area were the Kombumerri people and they had named the rocky headland ‘Jellurgal’. There is a viewing platform in place and wheelchair access for so everyone can take in the views. Visitors will also see Australian brush-turkeys and their nesting mounds. Water dragons, seabirds and migrating whales are all part of the attraction that is Burleigh Heads National Park.
Lovers of contemporary fine art should visit the Corporate Art Centre which has an excellent and changing display. The Centre also sell and commissions home-wares and original artworks for personal collectors and large corporation collections. On the last Sunday of each month is the Burleigh Art and Craft Markets with more than 150 specialty stalls selling fresh produce, crafts, clothes, cakes and preserves and other items unique to Burleigh Heads.
Burleigh Heads offers some of the finest sandy beaches along the Gold Coast with at least one beach patrolled year round making it ideal for swimming and safe family fun. The restaurants, cafes and eateries along the beachfront offer some excellent cuisine that you may never have tasted before. For shoppers, between the local craft and art market and retail shops there is bound to be something to catch your eye. Most of the beaches in Burleigh Heads also include manicured parklands which make them ideal picnic spots.
Gold Coast accommodation in Burleigh Heads includes a good range of affordable and budget accommodation as well as luxury apartments, resorts and hotels that rate highly in facilities and comfort in Gold Coast hotels or Gold Coast resorts. Burleigh on the Beach Holiday Apartments, Ambience on Burleigh Beach, Burleigh Point Apartments, 2nd Avenue Beachside Apartments, Burleigh Beach Motel, Burleigh Gardens North Hi-Rise, Aussie Resort, Burleigh Palms Apartments, and Burleigh Surf Apartments offer accommodation that will suit any budget. Room configurations include single, double and triple bedroom apartments and suites with swimming pools, sauna, outdoor and indoor spa and barbeques some of the popular features in these hotels, apartments, motels and resorts in Burleigh Heads.
Other accommodation options for your Gold Coast holiday include the Koala Cove Holiday Apartments, Burleigh Terraces Holiday Apartments, Gemini Court Holiday Apartments, Hillhaven Holiday Apartments, Cashelmara Beachfront Apartments, Horizons Family Apartments, Indigo Blue Beachfront Apartments, Key Largo, Oceanside Cove Holiday Apartments and Outrigger Resort Gold Coast all with excellent facilities and with budget options.