‘Nine stations’: Plan to build cableway on Broadwater
A $220m, 24km cableway running from Southport to Sanctuary Cove via The Spit and South Stradbroke Island was pitched to the state government in an idea which dropped jaws.
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Veterans recall ‘nightmare’ blaze that killed two Gold Coast firefighters
The deaths in the line of duty of firefighters Herbie Fennell and Noel Watson was a tragedy which rocked the Gold Coast community. THE TRAGIC STORY
‘Stop, you killed a guy’: Double-murder in popular dining strip
Diners at some of the Gold Coast’s most glamorous restaurants looked on in horror as a man with a knife wound to his neck ran down Tedder Ave. THE FULL STORY
Worst ever: The floods that consumed Surfers Paradise
This weekend marks 50 years since the worst-ever flooding hit the Gold Coast, with the Nerang River rising 10m and inundating the city’s most famous locations. SEE THE PICTURES
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‘Vain Beach’: Real reason why Tedder Ave’s popularity dipped
Main Beach and Tedder Avenue used to be the playground for rich-listers, rock stars and the Gold Coast’s biggest names. But things went terribly wrong inside ‘vain beach’. This is its story.
Inside Coast’s ‘worst-ever’ mass drug overdose
A bad batch of liquid fantasy was blamed for a mass overdose at a popular Gold Coast nightclub which nearly killed 10 people and sparked calls for a war on drugs.
Inside story of once-elite suburb’s downfall
It was once the very definition of an exclusive enclave. But something went terribly wrong, changing this Gold Coast suburb forever.
‘The smell of death’: How 9/11 destroyed Coast families
Three Gold Coast families were left shattered by the September 11 terrorist attacks. By the end of that day one man was dead and the rest were changed forever. These are their devastating stories.
Fail: Biggest problem with Gold Coast’s canal estates
The creation of the Gold Coast’s famous canal estates changed the face of the city and played a key role in its property booms. But there’s something which went terribly wrong with them which led to devastating consequences.
Revealed: What’s happened to ‘Rusty Chook’
An iconic city landmark – considered for a $500,000 repair job – has been removed from its perch. WHERE IT’S GONE >>>
Revealed: Truth behind the rise of Gold Coast nightclubs
How one venue, one man and one group made Surfers Paradise a global success. READ PART ONE OF OUR SPECIAL FOUR-PART SERIES >>>
Truth about Gold Coast’s famous monorail
There’s nothing on Earth like a genuine, bona fide, electrified nine-car monorail. The Gold Coast is home to Australia’s first, and last monorail. This is the truth about our single-rail icon.
Six lanes ‘the only solution’ to M1 traffic jam
Plans were in place to make the Pacific Motorway an eight-lane all the way from Brisbane to the border. But instead it is only going to be six. This is the reason why.
‘Sadistic’: Coast woman’s violent murder
A Gold Coast teenager was so severely bashed that her forehead was pulped, her jawbone smashed in several places and her body was left unrecognisable. Her killer remains at large.
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