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.
History
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.
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?
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.
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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.
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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