Coast creek home to ‘abundance’ of bull sharks
Scary rumours of a popular Gold Coast creek being riddled with bull sharks were confirmed after a local angler claims to have hauled in five of the creatures this week. SEE THE VIDEO
Beaches And Fishing
Stroke victim’s dream to collect rubbish again
A dedicated diver who has helped to pull up more than five tonnes of rubbish from Gold Coast waterways before having a stroke last month says all she wants to do is collect rubbish again.
‘Boaties need to use some common sense’
A busy marine rescue boss is calling for more common sense on Gold Coast waterways after a spate of rescues and near-misses.
Jet ski riders saved in daring air rescue
A man and woman are lucky to be alive after they were rescued by helicopter after falling from their jet ski in large surf off the Gold Coast this morning. SEE THE VIDEO
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Man ’breaks rib’ in rough surf at Snapper
A GOLD Coast surfer has come off second best in rough swell at Snapper Rocks this afternoon. Declan Sheeran has suffered a suspected broken rib after dropping 15ft down a wave.
Frothing good times for big name surfers
MICK Fanning isn’t the only one feeling oh-so-cool about the massive weekend of surfing about to hit the Coast. Get a taste of what a cyclone swell means to the city’s surfers.
Bold bid to save naive tourists at Fingal
SURF lifesavers can only do so much to protect people from the Gold and Tweed coasts most lethal beach – and that’s why an inspiring indigenous community is putting up its hand to help.
Predators prey on Byron nudists
BYRON Bay’s new zero tolerance nudity laws have been deemed “un-Byron Bay” but police say it’s to protect beachgoers from creeps. Should there be a crackdown on nudists? VOTE IN OUR POLL
Man suffers spinal injury in surf
A MAN has suffered a horrific suspected spinal injury after coming off his surfboard and being pounded into the sand at a Kingscliff beach.
Drowned man was ‘living the dream’
FRIENDS of Tomoe Ogisu, the Japanese backpacker who tragically drowned at Fingal Head, have remembered him as a man who ‘enjoyed every new day’.
Buoys to be installed to black spot beach
FINGAL HEAD lifebuoys could be fast-tracked and fixed to the headland in northern NSW within a week after another tragic drowning, according to a local MP.
Future of flattened dune vegetation decided
VEGETATION destroyed as sand is removed to create beach volleyball practice courts the southern Gold Coast will be fixed after the Games, according to the council.
Is this a shark or a dolphin?
THIS is the picture that’s dividing the Gold Coast. A keen photographer snapped this shot yesterday arvo at a local beach. Reckon it’s a shark or a dolphin?
Rescues and stingers across beaches
SURF Lifesavers have had a busy Australia Day across the Gold Coast with multiple rescues and blue bottle stings.
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