# Notes from the property.

Local guides, planning notes, and dispatches from life on the quiet end of the Surfers strip.

- [Pacific Airshow Gold Coast 2026: room to watch from the quiet end](/experience/blog/pacific-airshow-2026/)
  
  The Pacific Airshow returns to Surfers Paradise on 14 to 16 August 2026. Marriner Views sits at the quiet southern end, in 180-square-metre apartments two to a floor, with the flying visible up the sand and a heated pool for when it lands.
  
  [Read](/experience/blog/pacific-airshow-2026/)
- [The Gold Coast Show 2026: a long-weekend base on Fern Street](/experience/blog/gold-coast-show/)
  
  The Gold Coast Show runs 28 to 30 August 2026 at Broadwater Parklands, and the Friday is a Gold Coast public holiday. Free entry, three days of rides and fireworks, and room to spread out afterwards on Fern Street.
  
  [Read](/experience/blog/gold-coast-show/)
- [Crafted Beer Festival 2026: bring the group, keep the apartment](/experience/blog/crafted-beer-festival-broadbeach/)
  
  The Crafted Beer \& Cider Festival returns to Kurrawa Park, Broadbeach, on Saturday 12 September 2026 – ten years of craft brewers, food trucks and live sets, an easy trip south from Fern Street for a group that wants room to spread out afterwards.
  
  [Read](/experience/blog/crafted-beer-festival-broadbeach/)
- [Groundwater 2026 from Fern Street: walking distance to a free festival](/experience/blog/groundwater-2026/)
  
  The Groundwater Country Music Festival returns to Broadbeach on 16 to 18 October 2026, free across more than a dozen stages spread through the suburb. From Marriner Views the festival precinct begins at the southern end of the next block.
  
  [Read](/experience/blog/groundwater-2026/)
- [Gold Coast 500 2026: walking distance, sleeping distance](/experience/blog/gold-coast-500/)
  
  Room to cook, room to crash, two apartments to a floor. For the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500, 23 to 25 October 2026, a 180-square-metre base on Fern Street is a group's headquarters between sessions, a fifteen-minute walk south of the cordon.
  
  [Read](/experience/blog/gold-coast-500/)
- [The Gold Coast Marathon recovery base between two beaches](/experience/blog/gold-coast-marathon/)
  
  The ASICS Gold Coast Marathon returns 3 and 4 July 2027. Six km from the start, Marriner Views trades proximity for the richest amenity set on the coast: a heated pool, spa, sauna and steam room, 180 m2 apartments, and cross-breeze nights built for pre-race sleep.
  
  [Read](/experience/blog/gold-coast-marathon/)
- [Whale watching from Surfers Paradise, June to November](/experience/blog/whale-watching-surfers-paradise/)
  
  The humpback run passes the Gold Coast from late May to early November. From a 19th-floor balcony you can watch most of the season without leaving the building, with a boat from Main Beach when an hour on the water appeals.
  
  [Read](/experience/blog/whale-watching-surfers-paradise/)