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This is a list of everything we’d like to see happen on the Gold Coast in 2016, you know, the real stuff. The stuff that matters.

Dessert disguised as breakfast? We're helping you out with our fave pancakes, waffles, and crepes among the best breakfasts on the Gold Coast.

It may be something you do with hardly a second thought, but the way you order your coffee gives an astonishing insight into who you are as a human being.

No plans yet for the weekend? We got you. ‘Cause another week also means another swag of fab new Gold Coast joints to check out.

With Burleigh Social now an integral part of the Gold Coast’s café fabric, it was only a matter of time before the team were in search of the next project.

That said, autumn also happens to be perfect event weather and, as expected, this coming month is shaping up to be pretty sweet.

Hey there. Are you a zany funster like me? If so, your favourite day of the year is also April 1, aka April Fools’ Day.

Break out your gorgeous frocks for a glam all-afternoon-into-the-sunset party when Sunset Affair descends on the Gold Coast's QT Hotel this April.

Autumn weather is here and that means time to head indoors for a visionary feast on the big screen, all thanks to the 14th annual Gold Coast Film Festival.

Being the cheese enthusiasts we are, we are also firm believers in the fact that most things (including pivotal life moments) are made better with cheese.

So you can walk into a restaurant and take command of the wine menu, we're helping you out with an expert run down on your fave drop.

Want to day drink somewhere beyond your local park? Here's the best bars on the Gold Coast (and cafes, and restaurants), that totally have your back.

A stunning new venue is set to emerge this week, prepare to welcome Little Mermaid, your new home away from home. She's a beauty!

Trust us, these epic Cadbury Creme Egg cupcake creations are freaking delicious and will ensure a sugar rush straight to the head.

We’ve scoured the event program and done our research to bring you six events you shouldn’t miss at this year’s Gold Coast Film Festival.

Sleep at home, forgo the housework, remember to relax, and mission it to these activities local to the Gold Coast for an Egg-cellent Easter.

For all the indecisive but burger-hungry peeps out there, here’s our pick of the best sliders on the Gold Coast to slide-r down your throat this weekend.

We’re talking a totally luxurious, pamper-filled, indulgent, and relaxing few days in Bali’s super cool neighbourhood of Seminyak.

To help you break through the clutter, here’s a handful of totally worthy Gold Coast-based Instagrammers you should already be stalking.

I know you have a hard job, but I need you to do one thing for me: stop judging us. We are currently in the fifth circle of hell, hurtling through the sky in a metal tube filled with bad food, screaming babies, and recycled farts.

This week saw a fun hospo event promoting a little friendly rivalry, with the winner taking bragging rights as the best bartender on the Gold Coast.

Much like fashion, there are plenty of beauty looks that never step off the runway and find their way to the routines of everyday peeps.

The relationship with your hairdresser is possibly the most important relationship in your life and once you find “the one” you’ve got to lock 'em down.

The Gold Coast is #blessed to have a whole lot of waterfront. Our favourite way to enjoy it? Scoffing a meal while taking in the view from these hotspots.

Burleigh melts our hearts for many reasons, but none more so than its ridic choice of cool coffee haunts. So, who makes the best coffee in Burleigh?

You might be shopping online, but your hard-earned moolah is staying local when you purchase from these brands who are just making and sourcing rad stuff.

The wonderful world of dating is a tough one to navigate. When it’s good it’s great, but when it’s bad it’s so very very bad.

So you don’t end up on the floor with your heads in your hands overwhelmed by anxiety, we’ve rounded up seven of our fave NightQuarter food stalls.

Our friends at Balter Brewing have given us the scoop on where you can find their first ever beer pouring on tap. Let's make history folks!

The day has finally arrived! Our friends at Skull & Bones are opening a brand new eatery dishing up hot and saucy balls. Come get some!

You’ve resisted all the temptation (cleaning, ironing, paying bills; anything) to drag your butt from couch to gym, the least your workout could do is WORK.

With so much happening in and out of the water, we’re helping you out with a massive roundup of all the best events taking place over the Quiksilver Pro.

Here are just some of the things that drive us loco about our beloved Gold Coast.

'Cause you won't be content watching from afar on the beach, here's seven spots you may get lucky spotting a pro surfer during the Quiksilver Pro.

We’ve rounded up a whole swag of our fave ethnic restaurants to call on next time you need your fix. No expensive plane ticket required.

Let’s be honest, who the hell wouldn’t?!

It’s time to put those Lorna Jane quotes into motion, dust off your Nike kicks and jump back on the fitness wagon with a 2016 fitness bucket list.

We’ve taken it upon ourselves to list 19 sweepingly-generalised things you’ve probably said or done, if you are a lycra-clad, Fit-Bit-toting health nut.

Gold Coast's craft beer scene is on fire with the first of three massive events this year—the launch of Burleigh Brewing's new headquarters.

Lists of best chicken wing joints and guides to what's happening this weekend aren’t of much use when you haven’t got a buck in the bank.

Calling all gorgeous gals of the Gold Coast! Gather your squad ‘cause you’re not going to want to miss #ROXYfitness at it descends on Coolangatta.

We just got back from our epic jaunt in the Country Music Capital of Australia, Tamworth, with many a tale to tell, and many a recommendation too.

Summer: the season we love to love when it’s not here. Whoever came up with the phrase “Endless Summer”, had never lived through a true Queensland stonker.

We heart Japanese food! Without it, how would we find the prospect of raw fish so goddamn appealing? Get your fill with the best sushi on the Gold Coast.

Bleach* Festival returns and is a contemporary expression of music, dance, theatre, and visual arts proving just how cultured our coastal home has become!

March 1 marks the official departure of summer but it’s no reason to cry into your acai smoothie, here’s seven things to do on the Gold Coast this March.

We’ve rounded up the best places for a smoothie refuel after a sweat sesh, ‘cause nobody wants to go through all that pain for no gain, right?

Spice up your week by hunting down one of these off-the-beaten-path gems, pouring some of the best coffee on the Gold Coast.

Valentine’s Day might be behind us, but that doesn’t mean you should stop receiving beautiful bunches of flowers…

We’ve dined on dips, saganaki, slow-cooked lamb, and seafood to bring you our guide to five of the best Greek restaurants on the Gold Coast.

Today Uber is delivering cuddly puppies TO YOUR OFFICE in support of Purina Pets at Work Mission, and local animal shelters. Right here on the Gold Coast!

You heard it here first, we’re giving away a gorgeous dinner worth $200 to the Coast’s hottest restaurant.

To find the best damn Messina flavour, we conducted a very official internal survey to find out exactly what is the best Gelato Messina flavour.

Keeping track of all the fab new openings on the Gold Coast can be a full-time job, so we’re helping you out with eight new spots to hit this weekend.

Kick your diet to the curb for one day... with our pick of the best breakfasts on the Gold Coast for when you’re ready to have a total blowout.

Aside from the obvious (health, fitness, weight-loss) exercise is better for your beauty routine than all the expensive beauty products in the world.

That crisp blue note or handful of gold coins will never feel so good after reading this list of the best cheap eats on the Gold Coast for 10 bucks or less.

We paid a visit to one of the best restaurants in Broadbeach, Jupiters' highly acclaimed Japanese eatery, Kiyomi. Here's what we found.

Australians have a pretty sweet deal, in general, but that doesn’t stop us complaining about pretty much everything.

Despite our infatuation for Brisbane, we somehow managed to squeeze our long list of things we love about Brisbane into eight measly little points.

Despite our infatuation for Brisbane, we somehow managed to squeeze our long list of things we love about Brisbane into eight measly little points.

Here at Metropolist, we are continually on the hunt for the best Thai on the Gold Coast, and Pad Thai encapsulates everything we love about Thai food.

Did Shakespeare stop drinking at 2am? Einstein? Churchill certainly didn’t. Queensland's new lockout laws are set to take effect from July 1.

We love debunking a good myth ‘round here and none more so than those pesky perpetrators that have to do with our favourite topic: food, glorious food!

With the Gold Coast already garnering a reputation for our café and coffee culture, we can soon add an emerging craft beer capital feather to our cap, too!

What can you tell us about our rich history, landscapes, or population? Here's 11 interesting facts about the Gold Coast—some of which might surprise you!

The fun-loving crew from Not Tonight and The Cambus Wallace are bringing a swath of cool to the Chinese New Year celebrations at Southport’s Chinatown.

Just when we thought the Palm Beach scene had sufficiently heated up, along comes new kid on the block, Hendrixx Espresso.

Don't go through the unnecessary (and very real) pain of choosing a single dish, when you can opt for one of the best banquet deals on the Gold Coast.

Smart-phone life is about to change as we know it. A big call, but easily valid considering there’s a possible SEVENTY FOUR fresh coming our way this year!

Valentine’s Day is the most repugnant celebration of the year if you’re single, so here's 15 ways to spend your time if you’re alone and loveless.

The rise of activewear has really got us wondering: have fitness levels skyrocketed or has our dedication to an appropriate dress sense seriously plummeted?

Guys say it's great to be single, but 90% of the time they are lying. We're here to help you out with the single lad's guide to Gold Coast bars.

Teasing us with pop-up dinners through the month of February, the Gold Coast's fave vegetarian restaurant is soon to open in Miami—Greenhouse Canteen.

One of your fave coffee bean roasters and brunching joint is now open for dinner, and contending with the best restaurants in Surfers Paradise.

We're helping you out with eight hidden gems worth a gander if you find yourself in the northern end of the Gold Coast.

Aren’t bartenders great? They have funky haircuts and mad tatts, and they give you drinks when you ask for them.

It’s only February, and Brisbane has already undone her belt buckle, giving us yet more choice for filling our bellies and spending our hard-earned cash.

After a series of sugar highs and lows, we've rounded up some of best Nutella dishes for you this World Nutella Day! Thank the hazelnut gods!

Embracing our cuzzie bros living on the GC (42,000 in the 2011 census!), we’ve found the best places for home-style Kiwi kai flavours on Waitangi Day.

So you’ve got a fancy dinner, picnic, or special event in the works? Let us help you out with a round up of the best gourmet delis on the Gold Coast.

We're rounding up the best dog-friendly spots on the Gold Coast, so you'll know where to head for a coffee or swim with your four-legged pal.

Gold Coasters have become quite the perceived cliché—tanned, beautiful people with blonde hair and low IQs, but they’re so much more than that.

A pedicure does wonders for the soul, as does its more vertical friend—the manicure. Here's who offers the best manicures and pedicures on the Gold Coast.

To help you decide how you’re going to spend your precious 48 hours, we’ve curated our fave things to do in Noosa in this handy little guide.

Juicy, tender, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. When it comes to the best steaks on the Gold Coast, we know who takes the cake.

To give your palate a helping hand sniffing out the top shelf dishes on your next day trip to the city, we're bringing you the best new dishes in Brisbane.

Got some downtime? Here are 7 Netflix documentaries that have to be seen to be believed. Binge watch alert.

Today Exotic Pets (proudly) Presents its first ever Gold Coast pop-up— Aloha Bar and Dining. Are. You. Ready??

Sure, you go for brunch at a hipster café, you drink craft beer, and voted for Kendrick Lamar on the Hottest 100, but we know it’s all just a mask you wear.

To help you avoid the egg on your face (lol), we present this list of nifty little natural beauty hacks that'll change your life, without making a mess.

When a re-heated Four‘n Twenty simply won’t do, you can’t go past our pick of the best pies and sausage rolls on the Gold Coast.

Familiar faces fronting the team are four of the Gold Coast’s proudest achievements—pro surfers Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Bede Durbidge, and Josh Kerr.

As most of you will be knee deep in frivolous celebrations come lunchtime, we’ve rounded up six of our fave cafes open to kick-start your Australia Day.

This month the best restaurants in Broadbeach welcomed a new team member. Garden Kitchen & Bar is the sassy new addition to Jupiters.

We’ve scrounged together 50 things to do on the Gold Coast that are fun, sometimes tasty, and maybe even free!

Gold Coasters, shake off your sandy feet and get ready to welcome new Mermaid Beach watering hole, Après Surf.

Eff the Year of the Monkey (what did he ever do for you anyway?), 2016 is the year of LIFE OPTIMISATION. Because it's in caps, you know we mean business.

Hunting for the best pub meals on the Gold Coast? We've got you covered! We aren’t talking fancy pants fare here, just good old-fashioned pub grub.

Prepare for serious heart-palpitations Gold Coast beauty mavens, because this is BIG.

Want to avoid the Bintang singlets and bogans? Use our handy jam-packed Bali bucket list before getting your sunburnt ass onboard your flight home.

Give yourself 48 hours, and with our handy guide to Byron Bay, let us help you devour the hippy slash surf culture the town is famous for.

While we a) all have faces and b) hair, there’s the indisputable truth that a haircut that works for one person's face won’t necessarily suit another’s.

Whether you are here for a good time or a long time, you can find some damn fine drinking establishments tucked inside our many (many) hotels.

Love pizza, pasta, and all things Italian? Meet your new best friend, Gemellini, who's fast ranking among the best Italian restaurants on the Gold Coast.

Our love-affair with the gorgeously refreshing acai bowl shows no bounds. We've hunted down 7 of the best acai bowls on the Gold Coast. You're welcome!

Gold Coast's craft beer cred is booming, with three local lads soon to open their very own Burleigh-based micro brewery producing Black Hops craft beer.

We’ve hand-picked some cracker first date ideas on the Gold Coast to help you appear like the most thoughtful and effortlessly cool single person left.

Broadbeach's best restaurants have a new team member! Originally hailing from Brisbane, Hatch & Co. rocks Jamie Oliver-style family share plate dining.

We know we’re not the only ones addicted to the liquid morning gold, so we’ve taken a stab at finding the best coffee in Currumbin. Happy caffeinating!

Here’s our handy guide to help you rock the notoriously tricky beach wedding dress code.

Purchasing a car can be a very careful decision, while at other times your car kind of picks you. Want to know the story of what your car says about you?

Man-trends. They don’t emerge as frequently as lady-trends (otherwise known as fashion trends) but they tend to stick around for longer.

From food trucks to taquerias and cantinas, to even the non-Mexican varietals, everyone is jumping on board the taco train.

Hungry to eat out more often, but your sorry-ass bank balance isn’t playing ball? We're here to help with the best dining out deals on the Gold Coast.

A fabulous New Year has landed, delivering a special gift for Gold Coast foodies as Rick Shores joins the ranks of the best restaurants in Burleigh.

Next time you’re craving perfectly poached eggs smothered in deliciously creamy hollandaise sauce, head for the best eggs benedict on the Gold Coast.

For some of you it might be too late, but we can still save some of you with our ingenious and scientifically proven hangover cures.

So you’re not wandering around lost and confused in search of a coffee fix or fabulous feast on the first day of 2016, here's 9 places open New Year's Day.

Make the most of our sunny slice of paradise—with our hit list of 38 awesome things to do on the Gold Coast before summer is over.

We're bringing you our pick of Surfers Paradise's fattest feeds; that’s carbs, cheese, meat, sugar, and fat, AKA the binge eater’s food pyramid.

Whether a humble twig sarong structure on the beach or glamping, camping is all the rage. Get outside with the best camping trips from the Gold Coast.

We're taking a break from a few worn culprits and welcoming some exciting alternatives. Here’s eight food trends we’re predicting we’ll be eating in 2016.

There are definitely some do’s and don’ts to a successful New Year's Eve. So with that, here are our tips to avoid a horrendous night you'll want to forget.

Invented to wake you up and then *uck you up—we’ve got you covered with the Gold Coast best espresso martinis. You're welcome!

When you’re a kid, Christmas Day is without question the best day of the year. Why? Because it’s FRICKEN CHRISTMAS DAY and everything about it is awesome!

Like to think of yourself as a GC breakfast connoisseur? Tell us just how much of a best breakfasts on the Gold Coast boss you are!

So you're single? It's time to get back out into the dating world sister, with our guide to the best Gold Coast Bars when you're ready to mingle.

The infamous crew at Ze Pickle have teamed up with Doughnut Time to create one hell of mad feed, giving Gold Coast's best burgers some stiff competition.

We can’t get enough of water plunging off cliffs and into rock pools, we’ve rounded up the best waterfalls you can swim in on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.

We’ve tasted our way around town to bring you eight of the best bacon and egg rolls on the Gold Coast. Ready for your mouth to water?

Enjoy a tasty cold one (or six) well into your summer's eve—here's our pick of the Gold Coast’s best craft beer bars, for your drinking pleasure. Cheers!

We’re giving away two precious cases of the limited release beer, just in time for Christmas!

Bringing its talents south to the burger-loving Gold Coast crowd, newcomer Betty's Burgers wants to play among the best restaurants in Surfers Paradise.

At Metropolist, we've put our thinking caps on and jotted down the most important parts of Gold Coast life in 2015. THE most important stuff, trust us…

Don't let a foamy washing machine ride in the surf spoil your holiday. Instead, stay glamorous and hit up the Gold Coast's best hotel pools!

Want to sink a coldie or three with absolute uninterrupted beach and ocean vistas? Then call on our pick of the Gold Coast surf clubs with the best views.

With the humble milkshake officially making a massive comeback, have dessert for breakfast with our pick of the Gold Coast's best milkshakes.

To ensure this ‘eve doesn’t become another anticlimactic let down, we’re sorting you out with eight of the best New Year’s Eve parties on the Gold Coast.

Get excited peeps! From the team behind Etsu Izakaya and Commune Cafe, the Gold Coast gets a new pop-up bar just in time for summer. Aloha!

Like a dog with a bone, we’ve sniffed out the best puppy personalities, and what they say about their owner. #woof

Visiting loved ones on the Gold Coast this holiday season? We've done up a handy guide on how to be a "perfect" houseguest, so you won't get the boot!

With more than 40 new hospitality venues bursting open their doors this year, we've rounded up our pick of the Gold Coast's best new openings of 2015.

Here’s our advice on what not to do, so your hair stays absolutely fabulous, today, tomorrow, and forevs.

Need a helping hand to wear that paper crown without a scowl? We’ve prepped a list of Christmas movies that’ll have you whistling Jingle Bells in no time.

One of the Gold Coast's best Italian restaurants is gaining a twin brother, with Gemelli set to open a new pizzeria and wine bar in Nobby Beach.

A hot new player on the dining scene, Rick Shores is opening soon and ready to play with the best restaurants in Burleigh.

New on the scene, Bin 232 is upping the ante of Pacific Fair's dining offerings and is set to contend with the best restaurants in Broadbeach.

Gold Coast’s deserving northerners just got their very own night market. And it is epic! Join us as we check out Helensvale's new NightQuarter.

We’re helping the dude in your life out with the ultimate Christmas gift guide, chocked full of the stuff he totally wants to find under the tree.

In honour of our fine coastal home, we’ve come with 43 things that are so definitively Gold Coast, we just wouldn’t be the same without them.

When one of the hottest Gold Coast restaurants expands to open an adjoining tequila bar, you know you’re in for a treat. Enter BonBon Bar.

We’re totally digging the hippie vibes and health conscious ways of the Gold Coast’s best vegan and vegetarian restaurants.

If it wasn't already shaping up to be your busiest month, we've just made life more complicated with the best things to do on the Gold Coast in December.

Like the devout food truck lovers we are, we lined up at windows across the region to bring you a list of our favourite Gold Coast food trucks.

We're helping you combat those low-on-cash blues with a seriously fun list of 25 things to do on the Gold Coast for under $25.

Burleigh’s much-loved pizzeria, Justin Lane has doubled in size, redecorated, and blown the roof off to deliver a sexy new open-air patio.

Dig out the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck cartoons folks ‘cause the Gold Coast is set to become the new ‘happiest place on earth’!

Metropolist has got the scoop on NightQuarter night markets - an exciting new event launching in Gold Coast's Helensvale this weekend!

There's nothing that screams summer like devouring a takeout seafood feast. So let us point you to those serving the best fish and chips on the Gold Coast.

Grab your friends and work your way around the Gold Coast’s café scene, with eight best breakfasts you must try before the end of 2015.

What do you do when rain drops keep fallin’ on your head? Let Metropolist guide you with the best things to do on the Gold Coast when it rains.

On our favourite research assignment to date, we happily drank our way up and down the beaches to bring you 10 of the Gold Coast’s best cocktails.

Brought to you by the creators of Miami's beloved Paddock Bakery, we check out Mermaid Beach's new Bam Bam Bakehouse.

From low-key escapes to happening joints, we’ve slept in every bed in town to bring you our pick of the best hotels in Broadbeach. Enjoy your stay!

Eating out doesn't need to cost a fortune when you've got our list of Gold Coast's best cheap eats to guide you. You can thank us later.

It’s 5pm Friday and your weekend calendar is looking bleak to say the least. You’re cancelling plans because, who even socialises IRL anymore? Netflixing and chilling, refreshing Instagram every 10 minutes. Sounds familiar, right?

We check out the latest addition to the Coolangatta dining scene: Mexican food and margaritas by the Beach Burrito Company.

We've found some of the Gold Coast’s best gyms and fitness studios to help make your beach body sizzle.

Right now, you’ll find a mind-blowing burger on every street, but here's our pick of six of the best burgers on the Gold Coast.

We've done the due diligence to bring you the lowdown on one of the best Hotels on the Gold Coast: whether you're sleeping, eating, drinking or beaching...

Check out seven of our fave Miami Marketta stalls to make sure you’re chowing down on food royalty.

Balance excessive cocktail and pancake consumption with this handy guide to the best holiday workouts.

The beach season is hotting up on the Gold Coast. Here are our best board shorts of the summer.

We've rounded up five of the best sunscreens that’ll help you put the slop in slipping, slopping and slapping this summer...

Located a mere 200-metres from the beach, the Sofitel Hotel Broadbeach is one of the Gold Coast's most alluring and awe-inducing hotels.

There’s nothing better than being at the beach, but the combo of all the elements (Salt! Sand! Sun! More sand!) can play serious havoc with your locks. And while we’re big fans of the tousled look, there’s a difference between being a bit windswept and having a bird’s nest perched on top of your noggin.

When spicing up your wardrobe and accessories for the next summer season, the humble beach towel shouldn’t just be an afterthought.

In recent years coffee culture has really come into its own on the Gold Coast and café haunts have impressively upped their game.

Times they are a changin’, with multiple noteworthy venues popping up along the sunny precinct. Check out the best restaurants in Palm Beach

QT Hotel Gold Coast is a hotel with a reputation that precedes it, being one of the Coast’s most hyped and acclaimed accommodation choices. But it’s not all talk–if you’re looking for a truly special hotel on the Gold Coast, QT is definitely one to check out.

We’ve tracked down this season's best bikinis on the Gold Coast for your shopping pleasure

Any beach babe worth her salt knows that running out of the sea with panda eyes is just not cool. True beach beauty means fresh skin, sun-kissed cheeks, and a good dose of SPF.

Sometimes, you don’t need to pack the car or splash out on an expensive flight for a little much-needed R&R.

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