Aquaduck boss flags Glitter Strip’s ‘golden opportunity’
A tourism dynamo has revealed her optimism for the future of the city’s visitor offerings – but has urged the sector to “renew” and “refresh”.
Women of the Year
Just SWELL: How arts powerhouse sculpted popular festival
Natasha Edwards reflects on her love of art and the ocean, and how it led her to co-found one of the Gold Coast’s most beloved events.
Punt on QuickKick pays off for footy-mad mum
Alera Heyward “lives and breathes” footy in her job as an AFL QuickKick coordinator, empowering women to lace up the boots. See how to nominate for Women of the Year.
Hero’s risky business: ‘Disasters aren’t going to disappear’
Samantha Stenberg realised there were gaping holes in disaster response that she could fill – even if it means putting herself in harm’s way.
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Meet Coast’s very own guardian angel
Every day for the past 25 years Gold Coaster Deirdre Hanna has been a guardian angel for the city’s the most vulnerable souls through her tireless work.
Why this midwife is just one of a handful on Coast
This Banora Point student will become one of a just a handful of indigenous midwives on the Gold Coast as she rounds off her final year at university.
Heartbreaking job ahead for Tara Brown’s mum
As Christmas approaches for another year, Tara Brown’s mother faces the difficult job of telling her granddaughter what happened to her mummy who was killed by her ex-partner.
Meet the woman second mother to 600 kids
She was just 19 when she suddenly found herself a mother of three. Now 11 years on, she’s become a second parent to more than 600.
Meet woman with 40 different volunteer roles
She’s only 24-years-old, but this extremely passionate green thumb is already settled down with a small family and has her dream career in the palm of her hands.
Meet Coast’s two biggest female powerhouses
They are two of the Gold Coast’s biggest female powerhouses — so get ready for some serous girl power. But really, Katie Page and Bec Frizelle are just like the rest of us.
Meet Coast’s most stylish mums
Meet the two stylish Gold Coast mums decided to start an Instagram page of their daily fashion outfits. Their page has since drawn in a whopping amount of followers.
Educating our the architects of our future
If buildings were sound, architecture is music, according to this Gold Coast Women of the Year nominee. Perhaps that’s why she was nominated at least 24 times.
Pilley paving the way for young women in football
Watching football as a little girl, Amber Pilley always wanted a woman to look up to — now she’s making sure she’s that woman for younger generations.
’Breasts my secret ingredient to success’
This Gold Coast woman is a titan within the adult entertainment industry, and while she says breasts have been a secret ingredient in her success, it’s something else that has given her businesses longevity.
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