’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.
History
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.
How the Gold Coast Suns first rose
THE Gold Coast Suns are hoping 2018 will be their year on field as the city’s AFL team looks back a decade to the day the club’s creation was announced.
Sir Joh: Inside the dark final days
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen dominated Queensland politic for nearly two decades. And 30 years ago this week it all came crashing down.
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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.
Cruise terminal debate’s long history
A CRUISE ship terminal for the Gold Coast? That is one well-sailed debate that’s been trawling local waters since 2001.
Pirates heads big-budget Coast list
THE Pirates of the Caribbean is the latest in a long line of big budget movies to be shot on the Coast.
When Tomic was the next big thing
There was a time when Davis Cup involvement was being talked about as a way to save the Gold Coast’s then-teen tennis prodigy Bernard Tomic
Flashback: Moving on from movies
The Gold Coast’s love affair with the cinema began 100 years ago on a small silver screen in Southport. Now the old site is set to be transformed.
Survivor of WWII brutality dies
The impressive Second World War veteran Jim Curson who was held captive at the Burma Railway for four years has passed away aged 94.
Young Digger’s vivid Anzac memories
DIGGER Austin Bede Pratt saw friends and colleagues fall to the roaring machineguns as the sun rose over Anzac Cove.
Stolen WWII helmet found on eBay
A BURLEIGH Waters man has recovered his father’s World War II flying helmet which was stolen from his family home more than 40 years ago.
Stepping into boots of our Diggers
More than 5000 people are expected to attend an authentic re-enactment of the Gallipoli landings at Tweed Heads on Anzac Day.
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