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Journal

Longer pieces for readers who like the background before they book. Each note lists its sources.

The Star Grand or Dorsett for two nights?Two very different rooms behind the same casino. A side-by-side for couples on a budget weekend.Broadbeach on foot, from the lobbyThe walks that work without a car: beach, footbridge, shops, tram.From Jupiters to The Star: forty-one years on Broadbeach IslandQueensland's first casino, a name from the goldfields, a theatre rebuilt and four hotels.The licence, the Special Manager and your stayWhat the Queensland Government decided in September 2026, in plain words.

We add a note when something changes that matters to a stay — a new hotel category, a new tram line, a decision about the casino licence — and date it. Older notes are corrected rather than quietly rewritten; where a fact changes we say so at the top.

Sources read for this page on 29 October 2026 (official pages unless marked secondary):

Room request desk · The Star Gold Coast

Ask our desk for a room on Broadbeach Island

Three short steps: dates, the room you have in mind, where to reply. Our desk takes it from there.

  1. 1 · Dates
  2. 2 · Room
  3. 3 · You
When, and how many of you
Which room, and anything we should know
Where we should reply

How it works: the request goes to this site's booking desk, not to the hotel. We check availability and the current rate with the hotel's reservations team or a booking partner and answer by email. We never ask for card details here, and a request is not a booking.

If your request turns into a confirmed stay, the hotel or the booking partner that completes it pays us a commission. You pay nothing extra for asking. How we earn.

Received. Our desk now checks the dates with the hotel's reservations team or a booking partner and replies by email, usually within one business day. Nothing is booked or charged until you say yes to an offer.

Request a room