When Frank Sinatra blew Coast away
IT’S been 30 years since the biggest concert in the Gold Coast’s history. From Frank Sinatra to Peter Allen and Whitney Houston, The Ultimate Event had everything. Here’s how we celebrated it.
History
How we farewelled Fisherman’s Wharf
FISHERMAN’S Wharf was one of the Gold Coast’s most popular venues in the 1980s and 1990s. Here’s how the city and music fans said goodbye to a Coast icon.
’We’ll regret not extending rail in 20 years’
TRAFFIC on the M1 was so bad an MP said the Gold Coast would regret not extending the railway to the border by 2017. Turns out she was right.
Holt’s letter from beyond the grave
AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared 50 years ago today. But just weeks after his death, a Gold Coast filmmaker got a letter from beyond the grave.
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Hollywood Showgirls celebrates b’day
HOLLYWOOD Showgirls turns 11 this month — and it’s had some interesting visitors down the years: Metallica, Silverchair, Brody Jenner, and the owner’s mum.
Do you recognise these Diggers?
A Gold Coast charity wants to track down the owner of a mysterious suitcase donated to them containing a treasure trove of war memorabilia.
Flashback: Kochie dooms Coast property
David ‘Kochie’ Koch was all doom and gloom about the Gold Coast property market in early 2012 — but he’s now convinced the revival is here
The Coast’s most colourful candidates
The Gold Coast has had more than its fair share of colourful politicians and would-be politicians down the years — we recall five of the standouts
History of the ‘beehive’
IF the walls of Evandale’s council administration building could talk they’d have some stories covering four decades of Gold Coast political history.
Coast’s shelved ‘space pod’ plan
Before the light rail was installed there existed another bold rapid transport plan — believe it or not people pods were on the drawing board.
Flashback: Coast’s day of bikie infamy
A LITTLE more than a week after those involved in the Broadbeach bikie brawl going free and a month out from the VLAD laws review, the Gold Coast Inc. mood is a nervous one.
Clock tower hidden slice of history
GOLD Coasters will get a rare chance to climb the stairs of the Clock Tower at TSS when the city hosts its inaugural Gold Coast Open House on October 17.
Vietnam vets battling to save legacy
The Vietnam Veterans Association of Coolangatta Tweed needs to move its memorial as it now requires too much labour for their ageing group.
Solving traffic issues long held goal
BEFORE the light rail infrastructure, local politicians were fixated on the idea of installing a tunnel network to get people around.
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