Gold Coast couple narrowly escape house blaze and other top stories

Gold Coast couple narrowly escape house blaze

A Gold Coast couple has lost almost all of their worldly possessions, including tens of thousands of dollars' worth of work equipment, after a huge blaze gutted their home. The Mudgeeraba home was completely destroyed after fire broke out in the garage ... >> view original

Gold Coast open training

There will be an Open Training session on Friday 10th April at Metricon Stadium, training now commences at 6:00pm. This will consist of a light Captains Run and a limited signature opportunity immediately afterwards as well as a junior footy clinic ... >> view original

Gold Coast forward Sumner quits the club

TIMMY Sumner's brief AFL career is over, after the 20-year-old informed Gold Coast of his desire to end his time with the club. Sumner and the Suns had been working closely in a bid to revive the South Australian's hunger to train and play, but after ... >> view original

Boa constrictor lost on Gold Coast: Authorities call off search

Authorities say the animal would have been brought into Australia as part of the black market trade in pets. The trade is alive and well in Queensland, and while it's improbable the missing snake could find a mate in the Gold Coast scrub, it's not ... >> view original

Opening round Dee-light as Dees stun Suns

MELBOURNE has ended a 10-year round one drought, playing with spirit and hardness to beat Gold Coast by 26 points at the MCG on Saturday afternoon. In capturing their first opening round win since 2005, the new-look Demons weathered three separate ... >> view original

Gold Coast pair charged with fraud

Two former employees of a Gold Coast private investigations firm have been charged with money laundering and fraud offences after investors lost more than $700,000. The charges follow the Crime and Corruption Commission's investigation of a number of ... >> view original

Gold Coast a big test first-up: Mathews

MIDFIELD coach Ben Mathews expects Melbourne to come up against a quick, attacking Gold Coast under new coach Rodney Eade. Mathews, who was formerly on Gold Coast's coaching panel and played under Eade at the Sydney Swans, said it would be ... >> view original

Parking inspector bashed on Gold Coast

A man accused of beating up a parking inspector who was in the middle of issuing him a fine has been charged with assault. A 59-year-old Gold Coast City Council employee is nursing cuts, bruises and a sore head after allegedly being punched a number of ... >> view original

Gold Coast washes out of TripAdvisor list of Australia's best tourism destinations

Online travel giant TripAdvisor yesterday released its Travellers' Choice destinations for 2015 and while there was room for Hobart, Adelaide and even tiny Cessnock in central NSW in the Aussie top 10, the Gold Coast did not make the cut. While ... >> view original

Season preview: Gold Coast

It certainly hasn't been the smoothest of summers for the Suns, but aside from Dixon (ankle) and Lynch (suspended), everyone else should be available for round one. There's a question mark over Ablett and his shoulder, but the skipper is fitter than he ... >> view original