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Avoid the scam traps this Xmas

Avoid the scam traps in digital purchases this Christmas

Cam Christie, Susie Longman, Sam OâConnor and Byron Christie at Labrador State School.Over 150 volunteers donate their time on Christmas Day to set up, serve, handle the gifting, andspend the afternoon chatting and connecting with people.Sunday December 25, 2022. Picture, John Gass

GC Christmas heroes – feeding the masses, patrolling the beaches

Meet your Gold Coast Christmas Day heroes – from those patrolling the beaches to feeding the needy. See the photos

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Tammy Hembrow for GCB Christmas/NY Wrap Up

See what Tammy Hembrow and 20+ Gold Coast faces are getting up to Christmas Day

Take a look at how some of the Gold Coast’s most prominent faces will be spending their Christmas Day. See who’s on the list.

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The Gold Coast Christmas Carnival Fair brings the very biggest and best Carnival Rides and Side Show Alley and Show Food action to the iconic Broadwater every night until January 15. Sisters Scarlett Gill 9 and Lillian Gill 4 on the Tea Cup ride. Picture Glenn Hampson

Take a first look inside the Coast’s massive festival extravaganza

Check out this massive fun-filled event that’ll have you and the family covered for the rest of the holiday season. Click to see where.

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Nurse Emma McTaggart and Benowa News Agency owner Andrew McTaggart watch little 10 month old Mia Elliott having fun at the hand over of gifts collected during their Christmas drive for sick kids at Pindara Private Hospital as part of the 7 days of Christmas. Picture Glenn Hampson

‘The reactions are magical’: Inside special operation to help sick kids

Santa is still days away from the Gold Coast, but already smiles have been brought to the faces of sick children thanks to an extraordinary army of volunteers. Here’s how they did it.

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Fireworks at Surfers paradise - ryan fowler column

City split on NYE fireworks

The Gold Coast is split over the decision to host fireworks on New Year’s Eve with a major city display axed in favour of donating the funds to charity

Pictured at Pacific Fair Taking part in the Centres 12 days of Christmas Augmented reality art trail , Chanelle Archer 7 and Sienna Archer 4 . Picture Mike Batterham

How shops will fight for your dollar

GOLD Coast shoppers can look forward to an appy Christmas this year as retailers look for new ways to rope them in — and keep them entertained.

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Screen grabs from a passenger who filmed Layni Cameron, 17, and Larna Watmough, 21, who are charged with serious assault and public nuisance over an incident on a bus in Kirra in February. It is alleged they assaulted 77-year-old Paul Buttigieg in the front of a Surfside bus as he headed home from the Tweed Heads Bowls Club. Screen grab from Channel 9.

Coast’s biggest stories of 2014

A TINDER date balcony plunge, three-day battle to save a whale, Surfers Paradise nightclub drug raids, the cruise terminal and mega stars. 2014 had it all.

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Everywhere was busy on the Gold Coast on Christmas Eve as people make the most of the sunny holiday weather. Traffic on the Gold Coast highway in Southport was busy.

Traffic chaos descends on Coast

THE Gold Coast has turned into a virtual car park with major roads at a standstill as tourists, shoppers and beachgoers flood the city.

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Shopping madness at Robina Town Centre where parking and walking around the aisle is a nightmare. Pic: Tanya Westthorp.

Boxing Day madness hits Coast

IT’S finally here — the day bargain hunters have been waiting for and it is madness out there, so prepare to line up, jostle and play dirty.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 9: Santa swaps his sleigh to ride the famous surf waves of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Gold Coasts iconic beaches are popular for holiday makers and are the perfect place to experience an Aussie (sunny) Christmas. Queensland's beaches rank amongst the best in the world and Christmas in Queensland is about sun and summer. You'll find the warmest, whitest, biggest and most beautiful beaches stretched along the 7,400km coastline of Queensland, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images for Tourism Queensland) PAID COMMERCIAL IMAGE FOR PUBLICITY PURPOSES - FREE FOR EDITORIAL USE.

Christmas: What’s on / What’s open?

CHRISTMAS 2014: What’s on / What’s open? Our guide to help you on the big day:

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Three members of the same family will be patrolling on Christmas Day for the Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club. Mitchell Gilmour (16), Jade Gilmour (14) and dad Darren Gilmour. Picture by Scott Fletcher

Christmas patrol a family affair

WHILE most Gold Coasters are in pyjamas opening their presents this Christmas, the Gilmour family will be patrolling Palm Beach.

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Myer team member Jordan Smylie moves the tinsel aside for the Boxing Day sales signs at Pacific Fair. Picture Glenn Hampson

Boxing Day sales are shaping up

SHOPPING centres across the Gold Coast are preparing for the biggest sale of the year — and they are warning shoppers to get in early and wear comfortable clothes.

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Nicole McConnell who booked a flight for her 16-year-old daughter to come to the GC from Rockhampton at Christmas. She paid $230 for the ticket before she realised she'd put her own name down instead of her daughter's. When she tried to change it they wanted her to pay $380 (flight Centre is the company but they blame the airline, Virgin). Pic by David Clark

Mother’s Christmas dream shattered

An airline bungle has left a teen stranded and unable to spend Christmas with her mum — who she hasn’t celebrated the festive season with for five years.

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