uhm good place to goto is pancakes in paradise its nearby(unlim pancakes for 8.50) . http://www.aztecmontezuma.com.au/pancakes.html . (then the obligatory dreamworld movie world blah blah)
clubs, just walk around surfers you'll almost always find somewhere fun if your drinking loool. I'm generally in the beer garden / cocktails and dreams. (cheaper drinks at beergarden) and cocktails has techno / ministry of sound stuff. its always packed in there. other clubs... try sin city, the bedroom, shooters, twenty1 oh and generaly more people around friday/sat nights 930pm onwards. fishermans warf tavern on sunday night?. i dunno if i can suggest anything else, oh well, haha have fun.