The Glitter Strip’s only tourist information centre is being scrapped, leaving visitors nowhere to go for face-to-face advice and help booking tickets to the city’s attractions.

Surfers Paradise is around an hour’s drive from Brisbane, so a rental car is handy if you want to explore once you’re there.

The zoo is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (however the zoo's website notes bedtime for some animals is 4:30 p.m.).