Visitor Information -- Head to Gold Coast Tourism's Visitor Information centers to stock up on information and tourist maps before you set off. Brisbane Visitor Information Centre also has information. The Tamborine Mountain Visitor Information Centre is in Doughty Park, where Geissmann Drive joins Main Western Road in North Tamborine (tel. 07/5545 3200; www.tamborinemtncc.org.au). It's open Monday to Friday from 10am to 3:30pm, Saturdays from 9:30am to 3:30pm and Sundays from 10am to 3:30pm. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.

Getting There

From the Gold Coast, head to Nerang and follow signs to Beaudesert. The Mount Tamborine turnoff is off this road. Alternatively, take the Pacific Highway north to Oxenford and take the Mount Tamborine turnoff, the first exit after Warner Bros. Movie World. Many tour operators run minibus and four-wheel-drive day trips from the Gold Coast, and some run tours from Brisbane. Tamborine Mountain Tours (tel. 1800/826 267 in Australia or 07/5545 4321; www.tamborinemountaintours.com.au), offers a hop-on-hop-off tour of 17 attractions. It costs A$40 adults (A$65 with a pick up from Helensvale railway station or A$80 with transfers from your Gold Coast accommodations). Other tours include a 3-hour winery tour, which costs A$60 per person, while a full-day food and wine tour costs A$120. Pickups from your coastal accommodations is another A$40.

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