Crazy and weird Gold Coast stories of 2021: What are the most bizarre?
There are tall tales and then there are those truly off the charts. We look at the craziest stories from the Gold Coast so far in 2021. ALL THE BIZARRE STORIES >>>
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THERE are tall tales and then there are those truly off the charts. We look at the craziest stories from the Gold Coast so far in 2021.
Immovable boulder makes Coast students take long route
STUDENTS in the Gold Coast hinterland will have to take the long way to school Wednesday – thanks to a seemingly immovable boulder on Tamborine Mountain Road.
Transport and Main Roads workers are still trying to remove the large rocks and fallen debris that damaged the road, locally known as the Goat Track, in mid-December.
‘Don’t worry about the sad souls’: Your take on Tate’s ‘racist joke’
GOLD COAST mayor Tom Tate is in hot water after a racist joke made at a press conference in Townsville.
Cr Tate was in northern Queensland at a disaster management conference when he was talking to media about making people comfortable in temporary shelters.
Coast mum’s quarantine nightmare: ‘Never would have gone if I’d known’
A HEALTHCARE worker has been separated from her young son and placed in quarantine at the Victorian border – for living just one street away from the Gold Coast border.
Tweed radiology manager and model Gemma Mai flew into Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport on Sunday, when she was “pulled aside” by health and border security officers.
‘Ludicrous planning’: Radical Burleigh proposal rages on
A MAJORITY of residents surveyed want the Burleigh headland car park to remain, and not be removed under a council plan to create more parkland.
The Bulletin has asked readers “would you like to see the car park removed on Burleigh hill?”.
AFL WAG’s guilty plea over bizarre theft
AU AFL wag whose barely there bikinis have been worn by Kylie Jenner and Rhianna has been ordered to pay $860 for stealing an iPhone from a car wash six years ago.
Rebecca Jane Klodinsky, the former girlfriend of convicted killer Dione Lacey and partner now of Geelong Cats player Lachie Henderson, pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing in the Southport Magistrates Court.
Shock closure of infamous Gold Coast bar
AN Australian online pranking sensation – who infamously turned off the Melbourne Cup mid-race in a packed pub – has been forced to shut his own Gold Coast bar.
Memory Lane – launched by Shammi Prasad and his brothers in Broadbeach two months ago – announced its closure on Instagram saying it had gone “further than our control now”.
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Palazzo GM defends hotel from ‘pathetic collection of reviews’
PALAZZO Versace’s general manager has hit back at negative online reviews, saying the hotel has a “special place in the hearts of thousands of loyal and frequent guests”.
The Bulletin revealed on Monday that 11 of the most recent 20 reviews on TripAdvisor awarded one to two stars to the swanky resort where rooms and suites range from $375 to $3065 a night.
‘Badly hurt’: How TV star ended up in Coast hospital
A POPULAR breakfast TV show has had to go to air without a host after a surf stunt went wrong on the Gold Coast.
The Today Show went ahead on Friday morning on the Gold Coast without host Allison Langdon, who injured herself in a stunt on Thursday afternoon.
Outspoken Coast model’s startling makeover to prove point
A GOLD Coast model-turned-teacher, who sparked controversy for labelling ‘tits and arse’ influencers as inappropriate roles models for teens, has shaved her hair to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation.
Henrietta Moore said she wanted young girls to know they were more than what they looked like and that their looks should be “the least most interesting thing about them”.
Bikini model to defend herself in Supreme Court battle
THE ex-girlfriend of Ultra Tune franchise tycoon Sean Buckley plans to defend herself – guided by public library legal textbooks – in their Supreme Court battle over secret recordings.
Jennifer Cole, a bikini model and nurse who has a young daughter with Gold Coast-based Mr Buckley, said her decision to dispense with a lawyer was in part to avoid being drained financially.
Coast principal accused of calling lockdown over ‘wrong shoes’
PARENTS are furious after a Gold Coast principal allegedly called a lockdown after arguing with a student who was wearing the wrong shoes and defied his instructions.
Year 12 student Brodie Miles alleged St Michael’s College principal Anthony Elmore berated him in a classroom for the uniform breach, provoking a verbal outburst before the lockdown was called on March 19.
Scanlon reveals: How Labor can still win October 26 election
Incumbent Minister Meaghan Scanlon insists Labor can still win the election – despite polls and pundits suggesting otherwise – as she talks up the party’s record after nine years in office.
Vulgar vandals’ crude takedown of Aussie tourist hotspot
A popular Aussie tourist spot has been defaced by crude vandals, drawing a larger-than-usual crowd.