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Lol, definitely avoid doing this.

My experiences are largely of Hope Island & Paradise Point. Paradise Point: on man made waterways so lots of rentals with pontoons, esplanade with coffee shops and restaurants, large open park beside water with enclosed bay swimming area, all in all lovely community feel, St Francis Xavier primary in Runaway Bay is just fantastic with good facilities and a good head master Hope Island: again a lot of man made waterways and a few golf/tennis resorts in gated communities, a high proportion of retired folk zooming around on golf buggies, has a Florida holiday resort feel to it. it's a popular area, pretty but just not my cup of tea. Good luck.

Absolutely not. I would not recommend sedation to any adult or child for a long haul flight. Everyone on such a flight should be maintaining healthy levels of fluid intake and moving regularly (to bathroom to void said fluid!) in order to reduce the risk of deep venous thrombosis. It is not uncommon for kids to have paradoxical hyperactivity following anti histamine use. Allergies are a less common side effect. It's a lottery with the kids and long haul flights. Our 3 year old had a ball with his inflight entertainment. Our 4 year old was largely OK, got a wee bit grumpy at Singapore for an hour or so.

Thanks for the recommendations. In the end we went with Gold Coast holiday lettings. I'm sure it won't surprise you that the rent was a good bit more expensive!

For a family of 7 arriving in the Gold Coast later this week (2/8/2012). If anybody has anything we would love to hear from you.

Hi all, We require a 3-4 bedroom house for short term rental from 2/8/2012 for a family of 6 (3 kids- 5, 3 & 7/12), my mother is the 6th. Preferred location is the North Gold Coast but surroundings are definitely a consideration. Rental$600-$1200 per week. If anyone has anything suitable I would love to hear from you. We have been on the usual websites which have given us some good options but just thought I would try here as well as "life in queensland". Kind regards Geoff