Surfers Paradise consumed by strange mist
DRIVERS in Surfers Paradise were mystified when they saw the unthinkable – thick, cloud-like white mist floating just above the street through the centre of the Glitter Strip. FULL GALLERY OF IMAGES.
History
Why beloved comedian is visiting the Coast
ONE of Australia’s most beloved comedians wants to uncover the Gold Coast’s secret history, so he’s putting the Glitter Strip under a microscope to find out what it’s all about.
Inside Coast’s $40m international department store
MORE than $40m was spent to create Queensland’s first international department store at Pacific Fair in a move hailed as making the Coast ‘a more serious destination for shopping’.
How Coast company collapsed in financial meltdown
IT WAS one of the Gold Coast’s biggest financial players and controlled more than $5.4 billion of investor funds. Then it collapsed with debts of more than $1 billion. This is how it happened.
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Flashback: Surfers Paradise tower
A MELBOURNE company applied to the Gold Coast City Council for permission to go ahead with a $32 million redevelopment plan for the heart of Surfers Paradise.
Flashback: Young homeless derelicts
CHARITABLE organisations on the Gold Coast were struggling to cope with a sudden increase in the numbers of young derelicts desperate for foods and beds.
Flashback: Political axes sharpened
THE political axes were being sharpened for the 1976 city council elections and one of the early target was the Gold Coast’s oldest politician — Sir Bruce Small.
Flashback: Hackett’s mates cheer
GOLD Coast superfish Grant Hackett’s career came to an end last week at the Australian Olympic qualifying trials but 18 years ago he was the new king.
Flashback: Grand Hotel closure fury
THE historic Grand Hotel at Labrador was set to be demolished at the insistence of a Japanese company which ignored pleas of the hotel’s then-owners to keep it open.
Flashback: Police claim bikie win
WARNINGS by police through the Gold Coast Bulletin panicked most of the 300 bikies who had planned a big party in the Hinterland.
Flashback: Whitlam Gov. airport plan
FEDERAL Transport Minister Charles Jones proposed the Gold Coast City Council take over Coolangatta and impose a tax of up to $1 a head on air travellers.
Flashback: Bikies’ big bean-o plan
POLICE declared they would keep a close eye on all roads into the Gold Coast following reports 300 bikies were planning a monster three-day party in the Hinterland.
Flashback: Crabs seized at airport
GOLD Coast fisheries inspectors seized 12 cases of live crabs minutes before they were due to be put aboard a jet airline at Coolangatta Airport.
Flashback: Unemployed court spike
THE problem cup for the unemployed on the Gold Coast was overflowing into the courtroom at a greater rate than ever before.
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