Category: Gold Coast News
-
SCHOOLIES ORGANISERS PLEASED WITH BEHAVIOR SO FAR
Tens of thousands of schoolies have left the glitter strip – but it’s not over yet with those from New South Wales and Victoria taking their place. Overall organisers were pleased with behaviour – but emergency services remain on high alert.
-
GOLD COAST’S FIRST DIGITAL BUSINESS MAGAZINE TO LAUNCH THIS WEEK
A young Maudsland woman has created the Gold Coast’s first digital business magazine. Asha Peck – founder of ‘Girls in Business’ – will launch the online publication next Thursday, after spending the last year supporting women through a Facebook group that already has around 15 thousand members. For more information and to read the magazine,…
-
GOLD COAST PETROL PRICES HIT ROCK BOTTOM
Some welcome news for motorists – petrol prices on the Gold Coast have hit rock-bottom – after record highs only a few weeks ago. But as Jordan Fabris explains, you need to be quick to snap up the bargains before prices go back up.
-
SCHOOLIES AND POLICE CLASH ON THE GOLD COAST
Schoolies have clashed with police in Surfers Paradise, resorting to violence as a teenager was arrested. It comes as shocking vision was posted on social media of a young man being ‘glassed.’
-
MIAMI MAN ESCAPES CONVICTION OVER ILLEGAL GUN
A Miami man who owned an illegal gun of the kind used by police in the United States has escaped a conviction. The weapon was uncovered during a raid in a Burleigh industrial shed.
-
CLEAN UP CONTINUES AFTER WILD WEEKEND STORMS
The city is still cleaning up from a powerful weekend storm that damaged buildings and toppled trees. Dumping dozens of millimetres of rain in a matter of minutes.
-
LOCALS IN SHOCK AFTER DISCOVERY OF BABY GIRL’S BODY ON GOLD COAST BEACH
Gold Coast residents are in shock following the discovery of a baby girl’s body on the beach at Surfers Paradise. The nine-month-old was found on the edge of the surf, alone in the dark, just after midnight, her parents were later located suburbs away.
-
LIFE CHANGING FLIGHTS TAKE OFF FROM GOLD COAST AIRPORT
The dream of flying came true for sick and disadvantaged kids today as part of a national charity effort. ‘National Funflight Day’ took off from Coolangatta Airport for the first time, bringing big smiles to little faces.
-
HOUSEBOAT ENGULFED BY FLAMES ON GOLD COAST
A 60-year-old man has lost everything, after his house boat exploded into flames at a popular fishing spot on the Gold Coast.
-
‘SEA SLUG CENSUS’ ASSISTING WITH MARINE RESEARCH
The annual ‘sea slug census’ is in full swing with dozens of people helping count the sea creatures this weekend. Slugs are being monitored from South Stradbroke Island to Cook Island – with 25 species counted today at Burleigh. It’s the third year the census has been held to assist with marine research at Southern…