Mention the Gold Coast region and various images come to mind - stunning beaches, mountain getaways, exciting theme parks, sun-kissed locals, sophisticated style - the list goes on. The Gold Coast truly offers something for everyone. The beachgoers are as beautiful as the beaches, and the surfing is some of the best in the world.

Follow The Adventures of 5 Sydney boyz on holidays on the Gold Coast. See what mis-adventures they get up to on the videos below...

Join them and blog your local area on QGuide.com and win great prizes.

So come experience the contagious excitement, glorious weather and natural beauty of the Gold Coast. It's where you'll want to return over and over again.

The Dreamworld and White Water World theme parks (both at the same location) were an absolute BLAST!! After arriving at the Gold Coast the night before (having escaped a busy Sydney work week, we took a relaxed morning swim at the beach then headed by hire car to the two theme parks.

We arrived at $8 Million The Holden Driving Centre after our Dreamworld adventure. We spent the first 20 minutes with Belinda at the Supercheap Auto Racing V8 Supercar Race Team Workshop.

Après une dure semaine de labeur pour tous, le moment tant attendu arrive enfin

Twenty minutes from Surfers Paradise (Gold Coast), you will find a world of thrill, surprise and adrenalin fun.... Dreamworld...
One day is not enough!

The Dreamworld and White Water World theme parks (both at the same location) were an absolute BLAST!!

Champagne glass towers to Champagne oyster shooters... read what the boyz got up to at Lauxes Champagne Salon

440hp of pure adrenaline wet fun! High speed cruising from the mangroves of Gold Coast to the Millionaire Mansions along the Sovereign Islands

The multi-award winning Songbirds in the Forest Restaurant is part of the Songbirds Rainforest Retreat located on 50 acres of pure lush rainforest. If you want to really indulge, experience one of the six luxurious two person villas hidden in the rainforest behind the restaurant or simply try their day spa or yoga classes.

Voted the Best Way to View the Gold Coast, I had to try it myself. Ventured up in an open cockpit plane from my father's war pilot days - and survived a half dozen loop de loops over Dreamworld!

If you love waterfalls as I do then you will love this track. It has so many stunning falls. It is a difficult walk and I recommend it only to the reasonably fit as it takes a while to complete.

The area isn't called Surfer's Paradise for nothing. When the conditions are good, they are good for miles and miles and miles.

This track rises up past numerous waterfalls and then into the clouds, the home of the giant Antarctic Beech. Some of the trees here are over 1000 years old.

Kirra is the southern stretch of the Gold Coast and boasts excellent breaks for experienced surfers. Join the locals and hire a surfboard, you'll never know what fun you're missing out until you try it!

Burleigh Heads is south Gold Coast and nestled beneath the rolling Burleigh headland, which is studded with distinctive pines and pandanus palms. Walk the tracks of the spectacular National Park!

Set in the World Heritage Lamington National Park, the O'Reilly family run the Retreat which offers guesthouses or luxury Rainforest Canopy Suites and Mountain Villas.

If you've had a stressful week, swap the mobile phone and highway noises for the rainforest sounds of silence.