The Gold Coast is home to a whole heap of local celebrities, and surprise surprise they all love the place. We put them in front of a camera and they went nuts telling us what floats their boat about the Gold Coast - this wasn't paid, it's not scripted, its just real people telling you what they dig about their home town.

Pro surfer Bede Durbidge gives you the low down on the best breaks, Television Identity Shelley Craft gets excited talking about her favourite haunts for brekky, lunch and dinner, and swim coach supreme Dennis Cottrell tells you why he reckons the Gold Coast is the breeding ground of champions.

Great Australian (and mayor!) Ron Clarke drops some hints on where to get out and about, and the gorgeous Surfers Paradise Meter Maids give you the skinny on where to party like its 1999.