Guidebook for Main Beach

Rebecca
Guidebook for Main Beach

Food Scene

Great location and acai bowls. Love the coffee too!
15 locals recommend
Beaches Off Tedder
5 Woodroffe Ave
15 locals recommend
Great location and acai bowls. Love the coffee too!
Best pies!!
12 locals recommend
Main Beach Bakery
24 Tedder Ave
12 locals recommend
Best pies!!
My fave cafe to drive to when I am on the coast! The food and the coffee is the best.
38 locals recommend
Grocer & Grind
1 Sunshine Blvd
38 locals recommend
My fave cafe to drive to when I am on the coast! The food and the coffee is the best.

Essentials

Australia Fair has Coles and Woolworths for groceries. Kmart and other retail outlets.
187 locals recommend
Australia Fair Shopping Centre
42 Marine Parade
187 locals recommend
Australia Fair has Coles and Woolworths for groceries. Kmart and other retail outlets.
This store has everything! A little pricey but very convenient! Great range of essential groceries, fruit and veg, newspapers and magazines etc.
Surf Newsagency
74 Seaworld Dr
This store has everything! A little pricey but very convenient! Great range of essential groceries, fruit and veg, newspapers and magazines etc.

Getting Around

Light Rail and Bus stop. It is a short 5 min walk to our place from here.
10 locals recommend
Main Beach station
10 locals recommend
Light Rail and Bus stop. It is a short 5 min walk to our place from here.

Shopping

Great, recently renovated and expanded shopping centre. Has all the high-end and international brands, as well as your "bang for buck" shops. Beautifully designed, indoor and outdoor shopping experience.
1254 locals recommend
Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
32 Hooker Blvd
1254 locals recommend
Great, recently renovated and expanded shopping centre. Has all the high-end and international brands, as well as your "bang for buck" shops. Beautifully designed, indoor and outdoor shopping experience.
Good selection of boutiques and cafes.
59 locals recommend
James Street
James Street
59 locals recommend
Good selection of boutiques and cafes.
If you love a good market, not fruit and veg, then you'll love the iconic The Village Markets. https://www.thevillagemarkets.co/
71 locals recommend
The Village Markets
1750 Gold Coast Hwy
71 locals recommend
If you love a good market, not fruit and veg, then you'll love the iconic The Village Markets. https://www.thevillagemarkets.co/

Parks & Nature

Beautiful nature reserve. Great for a leisurely walk or to take the kids for a play in the parks.
14 locals recommend
Macintosh Island Park
14 locals recommend
Beautiful nature reserve. Great for a leisurely walk or to take the kids for a play in the parks.

Entertainment & Activities

37 locals recommend
Sea World Resort
Seaworld Drive
37 locals recommend

Sightseeing

Popular Surfers Paradise. See the "Glitter Strip" first hand. Very touristy and usually busy.
451 locals recommend
Surfers Paradise
451 locals recommend
Popular Surfers Paradise. See the "Glitter Strip" first hand. Very touristy and usually busy.
This is the Gold Coast's tallest building. The view from the Sky Deck is an amazing 360 degree walk around view.
131 locals recommend
Q1 Gold Coast
9 Hamilton Ave
131 locals recommend
This is the Gold Coast's tallest building. The view from the Sky Deck is an amazing 360 degree walk around view.
Burleigh Heads beach is beautiful. Walk up to the point and watch the surfers then take the time to walk out and around the head land towards Tallebudgera.
260 locals recommend
Burleigh Heads
260 locals recommend
Burleigh Heads beach is beautiful. Walk up to the point and watch the surfers then take the time to walk out and around the head land towards Tallebudgera.