Gold Coast launches Go Gold Coast Month with dog yoga attempt
More than 100 people and dogs rolled onto mats at Kurrawa Park for a 30-minute Doga class that launched a July of free and low-cost citywide activities.
Kurrawa Park in Broadbeach filled with mats and dogs on June 26 as the City of Gold Coast opened Go Gold Coast Month with a half-hour Doga class led by a trained instructor from She’s Spicy Pilates. More than 100 people and dogs took part, turning the launch into a live demonstration of the city’s push to get residents moving.
The attempt did not top the current Doga benchmark of 408 people and dogs, set in Edmonton, Canada, in 2019. Even so, the Gold Coast used the spectacle as a launch-day drawcard for a program that begins July 1 and runs through July, with city materials describing it as an invitation to “get moving and connect.”
That broader calendar is the point of the stunt. The city says Go Gold Coast Month is built around free and low-cost sport, fitness, recreation and wellbeing activities across the city, and its Active & Healthy program alone offers more than 350 weekly activities in parks and community facilities. The month’s lineup stretches well beyond dog yoga, with social skateboarding, baseball, golf, mountain biking, rock climbing and sport-themed library events all on the bill.
The city is also promoting practical access, not just one-off sessions. During Go Gold Coast Month, residents can access council fitness centres, including gym entry, group fitness classes and aquatic facilities where available, alongside the wider schedule of free and low-cost activities. The program’s tone is family-friendly and broad enough for all ages and abilities, which is why the Doga launch matters beyond the photo opportunity: it introduces a format that already has a place in the city’s wellbeing calendar.
For dog owners, the message is clear. Doga is no longer being treated as a novelty side act, but as one more way to pull people into the Gold Coast’s July program. Guinness World Records’ records pages continue to track yoga-related records and explain how to attempt one, which helps explain why a 30-minute class in Broadbeach could double as both a community event and a record chase, with the real prize waiting in the rest of the month’s free and low-cost sessions.
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