Tag: gold coast
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NEW LIFEGUARD PATROL AT KINGSCLIFF BEACH
Kingscliff Beach is about to become safer, with an increasingly popular stretch to be patrolled under a new trial. Tweed Coast Holiday Parks says it was forced to act, because more tourists are flouting red and yellow flags further south.
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DAVID MEAD A HAPPY MAN AFTER GETTING ENGAGED IN HAWAII
David Mead says he’d like to play in as many Rugby League Cups as he can. The Titans’ speedster relishing his role in the inexperienced Kumuls side.
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JOSH FRASER JOINS SUNS AS COACH
Josh Fraser came to the Gold Coast Suns to finish off his playing career, but that’s exactly where his coaching career will begin. Today Fraser had his first session blowing the whistle.
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ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONFERENCE ON GOLD COAST
The future of engineering education, is the subject of a three day conference in Surfers Paradise. University professors and students have gathered to discuss the best way forward. “The people who go out and design the roads, the phones, the powerlines, submarines, all these sorts of things – if we educate students better than they…
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THE GOLD COAST COMES ALIVE WITH CHRISTMAS CAROLS
The festive season has well and truly arrived on the Gold Coast – with several Carols events held across the weekend. The biggest at the Broadwater – where even the mayor tried his hand at spreading the Christmas cheer.
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INQUEST INTO TEENAGE LIFESAVER’S DEATH BEGINS
An inquest into the death of teenager Matthew Barclay during a Gold Coast surf carnival has been told conditions on the day of his death were relentless. Concerns were raised early on, but Matthew’s fateful race went ahead.
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LIGHT RAIL DRIVER EXCITED ABOUT NEW ROLE
From next year, we’ll all get to ride on the city’s new trams, but very few of us will be allowed to get behind the controls. Driver training is well under way, and today we caught up with one of the first recruits.
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TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB BARTENDER WINS AWARD FOR BEING ‘UGLY’
A Tweed Heads Bowls Club bartender has won a state-wide award, for being ‘UGLY’. It doesn’t sound like a prize anyone would want to win, but the recipient explains it was a cheeky competition, for a very worthy cause. “It actually stands for Understanding, Generous, Like-able You – really got everyone’s attention – LAUGH. It’s…
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STAR OF ‘THE BLOCK’ OPENS UP ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES WITH AUTISM
Having a child diagnosed with autism can have a devastating impact on the entire family. That’s something Trixie Johnson knows all too well – the star of ‘The Block’ opening up about her experiences on the Gold Coast.
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TRAGIC BALCONY FALL DEATH IN SURFERS PARADISE
A man in his 20’s has died on the Gold Coast, after falling from the ninth floor of the Surfers Plaza Resort. It’s believed he climbed through a window for a cigarette and lost his balance. The death isn’t being treated as suspicious.