Our state election on a knife-edge
NOBODY knows who will this weekend’s state election and voters are ready for a long wait. But it’s not the first time a poll has been on a knife-edge. Remember how narrow this election was?
History
How we used to celebrate Schoolies
IMAGINE seeing Silverchair and The Offspring play a gig on Surfers Paradise Beach. This dream double-header was a reality of the 1997 Schoolies Festival as school leavers let their hair down to party.
How Bruce Bishop saved his legacy
ANGRY about the sale of Surfers Paradise’s Bruce Bishop Carpark? So was its name sake when council had a crack at selling his legacy. Here’s how the old lion roared one last time.
Our most infamous prison break
IT was the prison break that shocked Australia. How did the ‘postcard bandit’ lead a group of murderers and rapists to escape from custody and go on the run in late 1997? This is the story of Brenden Abbott.
More Stories
Happy landing has happy ending
FLASHBACK: What was meant to be a scenic flight turned into an emergency landing on Tugun beach watched by hundreds of beachgoers.
Flashback: Hackett’s first gold at 17
IT WAS the moment swimming great Grant Hackett announced his arrival on the world scene.
Flashback: Bulletin bikini babe
LEANNE Webber last set foot on a catwalk more than 25 years ago but she keeps coming face to face with herself as a model.
Flashback: Gold Coast mine drama
AS far as flotsam and jetsam goes, it doesn’t get more intriguing than a World War Two German mine.
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