Preview: St Kilda vs Gold Coast and other top stories

Preview: St Kilda vs Gold Coast

After a terribly disappointing round-one loss to Melbourne, Gold Coast will be out to turn things around quickly. The Suns will gladly welcome back centre half-forward Tom Lynch from suspension, and will hope skipper Gary Ablett is better second time ... >> view original

Melbourne Comedy Festival Announces Gold Coast Roadshow Cast

This year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival is a few days shy of entering its final week, and thus is turning its attention to its encore roadshow series, with the announcement of the comedic cast heading to the Gold Coast being made this week. >> 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

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

Warning sign planned for at-large boa constrictor on the Gold Coast

Rather than continue the hunt for a missing South American snake known to eat dogs and cats, authorities in Queensland will instead erect a warning sign. The two-metre long boa constrictor was mistakenly released into the wild in late March after it ... >> view original

Oh deer: Young buck escapes from Clive Palmer-owned venue on Gold Coast

A deer that caused mayhem on the Gold Coast after it apparently escaped from a wedding venue owned by Clive Palmer has been put down after it was not claimed. The politician has yet to speak about the incident that saw the elusive animal stampeding ... >> view original

Gazza quiet as Hogan stars

Melbourne introduced seven new faces for its season opener against Gold Coast, with coach Paul Roos handing debuts to Jesse Hogan, Angus Brayshaw and Aaron vandenBerg. Ex-Magpie Heritier Lumumba, in his 200th game, Jeff Garlett (formerly at ... >> view original

Gold Coast fisherman's three-hour fight with tiger shark

A GOLD Coast fisherman thought he had bitten off more than he could chew when he hooked a mammoth tiger shark while beach fishing at the weekend. But it was the 4m beast which was in for a challenge when 19-year-old Max Muggeridge refused to give ... >> 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