Coast pilots terrifying near misses
A LEARNER pilot, unqualified to rely on only instruments, flies blindly into clouds and has to bluff his way back to the airport.Another lands on one runway and zips on to another without clearance, a third bangs the tail of his landing craft on the tarmac and a fourth pilot begins a descent in the wrong direction.media_cameraThe scene of a miraculous survival story where a man walked away from his single engine plane crash. Picture: Glenn HampsonAn ascending 737 jet carrying up to 215 passenger..>> view originalSelf-service bar has its limits
A NEW self-service craft beer and cider bar is no free-for-all — drink debit cards automatically cut patrons off after a jug of beer.But thirsty drinkers keen to carry on can be get the green light to go again and self-pour another 1135ml after a quick assessment from an on-site bartender.Taps, which has just opened above the recently shut Shooters bar down Surfers Paradise nightclub strip Orchid Avenue, promises to always offer 10 craft beer, cider and ginger beer options for self-service.Taps ..>> view originalThe new rich kids on the block
HUNDREDS of Gold Coasters are set to become paper millionaires within a year as soaring property prices double the number of million-dollar suburbs in the city. House prices in Runaway Bay, Broadbeach Waters and Bundall have jumped by more than 30 per cent in the past three years, with the median price point expected to hit $1 million in a year.media_cameraNot a bad view to wake up with! Pictures of a Runaway Bay home.They will join Mermaid Beach, Clear Island Waters and Surfers Paradise where t..>> view originalPolice hunt for man after stabbing
UPDATE: POLICE have confirmed a man wanted after a violent stabbing at Helensvale last night is the brother of one of the victims.David Charles Brown, 50, has been on the run since the alleged double stabbing and brawl at a Latrobe Ave home about 10pm last night.His brother is recovering in hospital with stab wounds to the shoulder, along with another man who was allegedly attacked and suffered severe stab wounds to the chest.media_cameraDavid Charles Brown is currently on the run after an alleg..>> view originalCar plough's through Molendinar fence
TRAFFIC: A man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after a car smashed into a fence at Molendinar this afternoon.Emergency services were called to Coachwood Drv about 12.30pm to reports a car had left the road and ploughed through a fence.A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the male occupant of the car, aged in his 60s, suffered a leg fracture.“No one else was hurt in the crash and he was transported to hospital in a serious condition,” she said.Meanwhile about 12pm thr..>> view originalCampbell's record a slap in the face
CATE Campbell began her 100m freestyle campaign by slapping her own face to “wake herself up”, but it’s another slap in the face that has left Australia’s star sprinting Campbell sisters scratching their heads.Organisers have failed to recognise the difference between world record holder Cate and world champion younger sister Bronte and entered them into the 50m and 100m freestyle events under the same seeding time.Strangely both sisters were seeded with Cate’s 52.38s time from the Olympic trial..>> view originalUber goes legit next month
UPDATE: THE boss of Gold Coast Cabs has reacted angrily to the State Government’s decision to legalise ride-share services like Uber.Gold Coast Cabs CEO Gordana Blazevic said she was lost for words at the announcement today and called the new rules a farce.The Government has ruled Uber and other services will be legal from September 5.Ms Blazevic predicted it would lead to reduced personal transport services and increased prices because more drivers would be able to pick and choose what jobs the..>> view originalCoast kids given $40 pocket money
GOLD Coast kids are getting up to $40 a week in pocket money but experts remain divided on whether it helps or hinders them. The Bulletin asked parents, parenting experts, child psychologists and financial planners and found that most Gold Coast kids received between $5 and $40 a week.Some had to do chores for their pocket money while others didn’t have to lift a finger to get their weekly top-up.media_cameraTrinity Lutheran College students Ivy McKinley, Kai Wilson and Jackson Kennedy. Photo: J..>> view original$30m debt as finance firm collapses
NATIONAL financial services company Members Alliance has collapsed owing almost $30 million to the tax office.Members Alliance, previously headquartered in Robina’s corporate power tower The Rocket, also owes $741,000 in unpaid rent to the Gold Coast City Council.At least 30 homeowners have been left with half-built houses as a result of the collapse.Around 90 employees are owed about $7 million in superannuation, around $800,000 in entitlements is owed to staff of a labour hire firm and a numbe..>> view originalLawyer: 'I've been lying low'
Saturday, August 13, 2016
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