Gold Coast QLD News Summary: Steph or Mick? Bernard or Sam? and other top stories.

Steph or Mick? Bernard or Sam?
Nominations for Bleach Luminaries close January 30.MICK Fanning or Steph Gilmour? Bernard Tomic or Sam Stosur? Who’s your Gold Coast hero?Throughout Bleach* Festival 2016, internationally acclaimed projection artist Craig Walsh will illuminate the Gold Coast’s iconic parks and natural landscapes in a visually stunning celebration of our city’s individuals, the famous and the not-so-famous.As night descends, trees and rock formations across the festival are illuminated and faces emerge in a haunt..
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Couple tracks down wedding ring owner

Jason Shepherd and partner Jess Phillips who found the wedding ring of Adelaide couple Michael and Sonia Caldwell on the beach in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast. Picture: Regi VargheseA GOLD Coast couple who found a lost wedding band glimmering on the edge of a Glitter Strip beach have tracked its owner all the way to Adelaide.Jason Shepherd, 35, and partner Jess Phillips, 36, were walking across Surfers Paradise beach when they spotted a shining ring at the water’s edge.When the pair saw the ring..
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13 Gold Coast markets on this weeked

WHETHER you’re after fresh produce or dining al fresco, there’s a market to suit you on the Gold Coast this weekend.Night Quarter (Helensvale), Town Centre Drive, Helensvale: Entertainment and street food in the newest hot spot in the city. Saturday, 4pm-10pm.Carrara Markets, Gooding Drive, Carrara: The Gold Coast’s only permanent market place, with everything from fresh produce, fashion stalls, homewares and even rides for the kids. Saturday and Sunday, 7am-4pm.Burleigh Markets, The Esplanade, ..
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Bell tolls for Lex's political life

Lex Bell has announced he will end his 30 years of public life and will retire from politics in March. Picture: John GassTHE Gold Coast’s longest political career is over, with Surfers Paradise councillor and former mayor Lex Bell confirming he will retire in March.The 70-year-old, who was first elected to public office in 1985, will not recontest his Glitter Strip seat, sparking what is expected to be the tightest race at the local government poll.Widely respected by his colleagues and communit..
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Storm supercells to lash Coast

Storm supercells to lash the Coast.UPDATE: A FIERCE supercell thunderstorm is already unleashing giant hail stones on towns in northern NSW as Australia’s east coast braces for torrential rain, ferocious winds and even tornadoes.Queensland’s southeast coast is expected to bear the brunt of potential “supercell” thunderstorm activity that is expected to strike between Mackay and the Gold Coast today.But severe storms are also forecast to thrash NSW, Canberra, Victoria and Tasmania in the coming h..
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Back to the future for Coast council

Former councillor Ted Shepherd, who is contesting in the forthcoming Council election, at his residence in Tallai, Gold Coast. Picture: Regi VargheseIT could be back to the future for the Gold Coast City Council, with up to five former councillors either contesting or mulling a return to local government.Ted Shepherd, Susie Douglas and Eddy Sarroff are all on the comeback trail, with fellow former councillors Peter Young and Grant Pforr also considering their political futures.If any are re-elec..
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City 'should pay $25m for waves'

Peak hour at at Snapper Rocks. Photo: David ClarkRATEPAYERS should fork out $25 million every year to make waves on the Gold Coast, says National Surfing Reserves founder, Brad Farmer. The comments follow the council’s approval of the Gold Coast Surf Management Plan last year which aims to maintain surf quality while managing coastal development.Mr Farmer said his biggest fear was that the SMP, which he worked on with a committee of surfing stakeholders for about three years, was only token gest..
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Gold Coast dog attack puts woman in hospital

Gold Coast dog attack puts woman in hospital The fate of the dog is not yet known. Photo: Amanda Abate/7 News A woman has been taken to hospital after she was attacked by a dog at a home on Surfers Paradise Thursday morning.Queensland Ambulance Service were called out to a residence on Tarcoola Crescent on Chevron Island at 10.38am after a neighbour reported a woman was being attacked by a dog.The woman, in her 40s, was bitten on her forearm and transported..
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Gold Coast to Grafton grind

Drivers and politicians who use Somerset Drive, Robina say it's a daily nightmare with traffic backing up at times over 500 meters trying to get onto the Pacific HighwayWELCOME back. Was your holiday about driving with the brakes on?More Gold Coast families are escaping to the less publicised northern NSW beaches where the national parks, caravans and beach shacks in river villages south to Coffs Harbour promise and deliver a 1970s innocence.Ballina Mayor David Wright watched the Gold Coasters, ..
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Drug driver stopped by road spikes on Gold Coast: police

The allegedly stolen car travelled into Queensland on just its wheel rims after road spikes wee laid, police said. Photo: Emma O'Rourke / Nine News A 30-year-old man allegedly trying to outrun police in two states on Thursday afternoon entered Queensland on just his wheel rims, after road spikes blew out all four of his car tyres.The Gold Coast man was allegedly at the wheel of a stolen car that New South Wales police attempted to intercept on the Pacific Hig..
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