Gold Coast's most amazing COVID stories of the past year
It's been a challenging time on the Gold Coast with COVID, with stories ranging from the heartbreaking to the blunt to the pure crazy. LIST OF AMAZING TALES
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IT'S been a challenging time on the Gold Coast with COVID, with stories ranging from the heartbreaking to the blunt to the pure crazy.
These are some of the amazing tales to emerge from the era of COVID.
Police move in on giant Burleigh crowds - May 2020
Police were forced to move on crowds at one of the Gold Coast’s most picturesque locations after a major breach of social distancing measures.
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Panicked Coast residents are filling COVID clinics - December 2020
COVID testing clinics on the Gold Coast have been inundated as hundreds rush to get tested in the wake of the Sydney outbreak. More than 300 people are in the Gold Coast University Hospital line.
Ikea swamped by huge crowd of shoppers - April
Images have emerged of huge lines outside Ikea in Logan as crowds packed into shopping centres around the Gold Coast.
Coast woman in ‘paradise’ quarantine after escaping VIC - September
Most people would dread being locked up inside a room for two weeks but it’s “paradise” for one woman who made a dash to the Gold Coast before being locked out.
Armageddon after ‘out of control’ border changes - July
A pregnant woman was forced to walk across the Queensland border to avoid facing hour-long traffic delays caused by 11th-hour border changes.
Coast bar slugged with massive fine for COVID rules breach - July
A Gold Coast bar has been fined an eye-watering amount for allegedly failing to comply with COVID-19 rules.
Border cheek: New way to stop traffic - August
Normally it’s the checkpoint that stops traffic at the Tweed-Coolangatta border ... ‘butt’ not if this nude show-stopper has anything to say about it.
What are the symptoms? What are the rules? New Covid strain explained
The Covid threat that emerged before Christmas doesn’t appear to be going anywhere in Queensland. ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
‘Unacceptable’: Tens of thousands of drivers dodge RBT
There’s been an astounding drop in the number of Gold Coast drivers being breath tested over the past five years. HOW THEY ESCAPED AN RBT