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Beach parties Schoolies beach parties face axe
SURFERS Paradise residents may celebrate a rare victory over the schoolies with two bids for late night dance parties on the beach likely to be rejected.
One of the Coast’s best goes pop!
The latest pop-up at fine-dining eatery Fins features the best in Greek cuisine, writes Ann Wason Moore
Photos will take your breath away
A GOLD Coast photographer found his calling in the face of adversity and turned his life around with the help of a camera and the ocean.
From Surfers bar to Straddie bliss
THEIR romance didn’t get off to the perfect start but this couple have been together ever since and made it official with a wedding on South Stradbroke.
The Gold Coast’s top five hot dogs
KETCHUP with the latest food craze — everyone’s loving gourmet hot dogs. We find five of the best that cut the mustard.
What really killed Evita revealed
GOLD Coast woman Evita Nicole Sarmonikas had her right lung punctured by “an instrument” at least four times during buttock surgery in Mexico.
Vote for Coast’s best mechanic
WE ASKED and you told us — so now it’s time to vote for the best mechanic in the city as part of our weekly Best of the Gold Coast series.
Who is the Coast’s best mechanic?
FOR many of us they can be second only to God as they resurrect or keep alive our cars — we’re looking for your nominations for the best grease monkey on the Coast.
Gold Coast’s top 10 hairdressers
A PROTEGE of Stefan Ackerie, Queensland’s best-known hairdresser, has been voted by goldcoastbulletin.com.au readers as the Gold Coast’s number one.
Cheeky pigeons in supermarket feast
A BROADBEACH shopping centre is conducting a bird relocation program after a hungry pigeon flew into Woolworths’ bakery to feast on breadcrumbs.
Door-to-door dog rego checks mooted
A RETURN to an extended program of doorknocks by animal control officers to check on dog registrations is planned as a stink rises about uncontrolled pets.
Ultimate watcher keeps whales safe
SHE serves as a sentinel for thousands of whales which migrate through the Gold Coast every year.
Springbrook’s suicidal sex mammals
In a cool and misty sliver of volcanic rainforest on the Gold Coast, a quirky native mammal is in a tooth-and-nail fight for its very existence.
AWLQ’s Game of Thrones adoptions
TWENTY dollars is all it takes to adopt a furry best friend to cuddle up with this winter but be sure to visit the Animal Welfare League Que...
10‘Try before you buy’ cats
ANIMAL Welfare League offers ‘try before you buy’ cat adoption incentive.
13Every AWLQ cat up for adoption
EVERY cat and kitten up for adoption during the Animal Welfare League Queensland’s Empty the Shelters campaign.
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IRB racing Check out life saving’s high flyers
WHEN temperatures drop Queensland lifesavers turn up the heat with high-speed, high-flying Inflatable Rescue Boat races.
Marine frenzy Super dolphin pod spotted off Coast
A SUPER pod of more than 100 dolphins has been spotted off the Gold Coast today delighting whale watchers.
Nev Howard Fish and dive icon up for grabs
A block of leasehold commercial land on the western side of the Broadwater is up for sale. For 43 years it has been home to Nev Howard’s Southport Fishing and Dive Centre.
Poo-ches create Coast’s stinky beach
SOUTHERN Palm Beach is officially the Gold Coast’s stinker of a beach with 48 bags of dog poo picked up in one 45-minute period.
Come inside $6.5m beachside mansion
A MAIN Beach mansion has been sold at auction for $6.5 million during the weekend, breaking the record highest price for the suburb which was set in 2012.
Nobby Beach project bogged down
THE owners of apartments in Nobby’s Outlook, one-time glamour holiday resort overlooking the ocean at Miami, appear to be wedged between a rock and a hard place.
Hope Is town centre back on track
THE $1-billion Hope Island Town Centre project is back on track after years of delays as the city’s north becomes a hub of development.
Queensland dream homes for sale
FINDING a dream home is like looking for love and we all love to look at amazing property. Where’s the best?
Highbrow highrise set for The Spit
TWO sculptural residential towers and a world-class private cultural precinct are about to rise above Mariner’s Cove on The Spit.
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Photos will take your breath away
A GOLD Coast photographer found his calling in the face of adversity and turned his life around with the help of a camera and the ocean.
Gold Coast Light rail, Malcolm Turnbull GC’s tram is tip top, says Turnbull
THE Gold Coast’s $1.2 billion tram system has been dubbed the world’s best by one of its newest passengers — Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
MP’s deafening silence on cableway
MP Ray Stevens has been asked dozens of times to talk about a proposed Hinterland cableway, but he’s remaining tight-lipped, what is he hiding?
The unhealthiest restaurant in America
IT HOLDS the Guinness World Record for the most calorific burger, and two people have died eating there. But Heart Attack Grill claims it is fighting obesity.
Silent killer that strikes as you sleep
IT HAS no smell or taste. You can’t see it. And it can kill you in minutes. This is the danger Australians need to watch out for.
Real life ‘Mr Happy’ can’t stop smiling
MEET the real life Mr Happy, whose rare form of brain damage means he can’t stop smiling.
Brisbane’s median house price has dropped 3.3 per cent: REIQ
Good news for buyers: Brisbane’s median house price has dropped 3.3 per cent, according to the peak state body.
Come inside $6.5m beachside mansion
A MAIN Beach mansion has been sold at auction for $6.5 million during the weekend, breaking the record highest price for the suburb which was set in 2012.
Got $30,000? Our cheapest homes
WANT to grab a bargain house for under $30,000? It is possible but you just need to be prepared to travel ... and spend a bit of time renovating.
‘My life in the dangerous wild’
THIS woman travels the world visiting uncharted wilderness, and is known as the ‘real-life Indiana Jane’. She reveals her most dangerous moments.
Man to live on terrifying island
LOCATED on an uninhabited island in treacherous waters lies a haunted lighthouse with tales of mysterious deaths, would you be brave enough to live there?
‘Blood everywhere’ in rollercoaster crash
FOUR people are seriously injured after two rollercoaster carriages collided in Britain, leaving passengers stranded eight metres in the air.
Schoolies beach parties face axe
SURFERS Paradise residents may celebrate a rare victory over the schoolies with two bids for late night dance parties on the beach likely to be rejected.
Coal Train derailed: Taylor’s out
FORMER Origin second rower Dave Taylor has been dropped from the Gold Coast Titans first grade side following a major form slump in 2015.
Serial killer’s seventh victim named
THE remains of a woman suspected to be the seventh victim of a serial killer — who is believed to be in jail on another crime — has been identified.
Sonia Kruger mourns her dad
CHANNEL Nine TV presenter Sonia Kruger is mourning the loss of her father Adrian, the man she called “the life and soul of the party”.
Struggling Suns doing it tough
THE Gold Coast Suns continue to struggle as injuries hit hard but there is hope ahead through youngsters Adam Saad and Touk Miller.
One of the Coast’s best goes pop!
The latest pop-up at fine-dining eatery Fins features the best in Greek cuisine, writes Ann Wason Moore
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Marine frenzy Super dolphin pod spotted off Coast
A SUPER pod of more than 100 dolphins has been spotted off the Gold Coast today delighting whale watchers.