Hi all!!
I've had a few PM's regarding the pricing I provide about accommodation and I thought I'd elaborate a bit on what I'd posted.
* The accommodation that my wife tracked down was through Quickbeds. There seemed to be plenty of apartments and hotel rooms available. Note that as it's school holidays here in Queensland and New South Wales at that time, most of the apartments have a set number of nights minimum stays. The apartment we booked had a two night minimum stay but there were some that required a seven night minimum. We could have got a hotel room with breakfast included at a cheaper price but with four of us the extra room made sense.
* For those coming from interstate, a good search zone would be between Jupiter's Casino at Broadbeach in the south and Cavill Avenue at Surfers Paradise to the north. This is about 2 kms either side of the conference venue which I consider a pleasant walk. I've attached a map to this post which should help people trying to book accommodation. Both Wotif and Quickbeds have maps of where the properties are situated and you can used the attach to give you a reference point.
I hope this information is useful and that people's stay in the Sunshine State is a pleasant one!!
Cheers,
Mario