Rainbow Bay, Gold Coast

Name: Rainbow Bay
Address: Gold Coast, Australia

#67 among attractions in Gold Coast

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Rainbow Bay is a bay, beach and locality at the southern end of Coolangatta within the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. ()

Coordinates: 28°9'46"S, 153°32'49"E

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Rainbow Bay – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Point Danger, Jazzland Coolangatta, Gold Coast/Tweed Heads, Snapper Rocks.

~1380 ftE
Observation decks and towers, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Point Danger, Gold Coast
7 min walk • Perched on the coastal headland of the Gold Coast, Point Danger stands as a sentinel overlooking the azure waters where the Coral Sea meets the Tasman Sea. Home to a prominent lighthouse, this iconic location is not only a navigational aid but also a symbol of the...
0.8 miSW
Music venue
Jazzland Coolangatta
21 min walk • Jazzland Dance Hall, also known as Jazzland Dance Palais, was a dance hall located in Coolangatta, Queensland. The venue was built in 1928 and was used as an entertainment venue throughout the first half of the twentieth century.
1.2 miS
City, Area
Gold Coast/Tweed Heads, Gold Coast
31 min walk • Tweed Heads is a town in New South Wales. It is located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire, next to the border with Queensland and adjacent to its "twin town" of Coolangatta, which is a suburb of the Gold Coast.
~970 ftE
Surfing
Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast
5 min walk • Snapper Rocks is a small rocky outcrop on the northern side of Point Danger at the southern end of Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is a famous surf break and today the start of the large sand bank known to surfers as the Superbank.
0.8 miSW
Area
Coolangatta, Gold Coast
20 min walk • Coolangatta is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is the Gold Coast's southernmost suburb and it borders New South Wales. In the 2016 census, Coolangatta had a population of 5,948 people.
0.4 miSE
Surfing
Duranbah Beach, Gold Coast
12 min walk • Duranbah Beach, officially known as Flagstaff Beach, is the northernmost beach in New South Wales. Located in the Tweed Shire, Duranbah Beach is situated between the mouth of the Tweed River and the rocky headland Point Danger which also marks the Queensland-New South Wales border.
~910 ftS
28°9'55"S • 153°32'49"E
Eden Tower Apartments, Gold Coast
5 min walk • Tower
0.5 miSW
Surfing
Greenmount Beach, Gold Coast
13 min walk • Greenmount Beach is a beach located in Coolangatta on Queensland's Gold Coast in Australia. Greenmount Point is a coastal headland separating the Coolangatta stretch of beach to the west and Rainbow Bay to the east.
1.3 miSW
Sport, Sport venue
Len Peak Oval
34 min walk • Len Peak Oval is a multi-sports venue in Coolangatta, a suburb in the Gold Coast, Australia. It includes an Australian rules football ground and has the unique distinction of being located less than 50 metres from the Queensland-New South Wales border.

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Which popular attractions are close to Rainbow Bay?

Nearby attractions include Eden Tower Apartments, Gold Coast (5 min walk), Snapper Rocks, Gold Coast (5 min walk), Point Danger, Gold Coast (7 min walk), Duranbah Beach, Gold Coast (12 min walk).