Coast survives brush with super storm
THE Gold Coast managed to dodge the brunt of the destructive thunderstorms that swept across southeast Queensland and northern NSW yesterday. The Coast received 50-80mm of rain with the heaviest rainfall of 121mm recorded in the Hinterland as of 9pm last night. There was flash flooding, power outages and trees downed across the region.media_cameraOne of many roads closed on the Gold Coast due to flooding. Pictured is Hardys Rd at Mudgeeraba. Picture: Mike BatterhamWhile most Gold Coasters stayed..>> view originalTeenage boy in police custody
UPDATE: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested over an alleged cowardly attack on an elderly man on a Surfside Bus on the weekend. The Palm Beach boy has been charged with one count of grievous bodily harm and will be dealt with under the provisions of the Youth Justice Act.It is not known when he will appear in court.EARLIER: AN elderly man was brutally attacked on a bus after security hired to monitor it was diverted to another incident.Mehmet Hunturk, 71, was travelling from Tweed Heads to South..>> view originalFight to save baby seal on Coast
VETERINARIANS are battling to save a baby fur seal who washed up on a Gold Coast beach on Sunday after being mauled by a shark. Beachgoers spotted the mammal wandering along the sand, distraught and exhausted, before calling for help.The 10-month-old swam to shore about 7am after being attacked by the shark in front of Lavarack Road at Nobby Beach during a treacherous journey from southern waters. It made its way up the sand towards Mermaid Beach before resting with the Gold Coast high-rises in ..>> view originalGames bosses target Coast's jobless
UNEMPLOYED Gold Coasters could be given roles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games under a work-for-the-dole scheme to boost volunteer numbers.Games bosses have commissioned a report into the city’s out-of-work population to determine their skills and how they can be used during the 11-day event.Their report includes investigating using unemployed people as volunteers, but the organising committee is also considering a work-for-the- dole scheme, similar to what was used during the Sydney Olympics.medi..>> view originalTitans take blowtorch to Manly halves
MAKESHIFT Sea Eagles halves Jamie Lyon and Apisai Koroisau will come under the blowtorch tonight as the Titans bid to get their finals campaign back on track.“Turncoat’’ Daly Cherry-Evans, who backflipped on a four-year deal with the Titans last year, was expected to be the focus of the Coast’s ire.But with Cherry-Evans out injured and Dylan Walker on Origin duty with NSW, the Sea Eagles head to Cbus Super Stadium for Monday Night Football without either of their first-choice halves.Lyon was nam..>> view originalLight rail on track for next stage
SIGNIFICANT construction of the $420 million Gold Coast light rail’s second stage will begin next month.Fencing will go and up and vegetation will be cleared between Helensvale and Griffith University as the bulldozers move in to create the 7.3km routeTransport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe will today announce the beginning of works, which take around a year, followed by testing of the track in late 2017.media_cameraGoldLinq CEO Phil Mumford at Gold Coast University Hospital Station, ready to bui..>> view originalFlashback: City council poll tension
Gold Coast Bulletin, Tuesday April 10, 1973TWO unreturned postal votes from Tanzania, East Africa stretched out the tension in the “cliffhanger” city hall election in Ward 8.At the halt of the previous’s day’s counting, former alderman for the Burleigh Heads-Miami ward Bob Thorn was on 1023 votes, two ahead of his neck-in-neck rival Ralph Rutherford.But the possibility of the two Tanzanian votes creating a final deadlock helped to retain the tension which had existed throughout almost all the co..>> view originalCrash causes 25km traffic jam on M1
TRAFFIC on the M1 has been backed up for up to 25km during peak hour after a four-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes near Dreamworld earlier in the afternoon. The crash occurred at 3.10pm but commuters were still experiencing long delays tonight.Traffic was still backed up for up to 25km north of Coomera at 6.30pm — as far as the Ipswich Motorway — as the M1 was reduced to one lane southbound between Exit 54 and Exit 57.The situation was expected to improve after all southbound lanes affected..>> view originalInjured Coast stuntman expected home today
HOMEGROWN stuntman Matt Mingay is expected to land back on the Gold Coast today after he suffered horrific injuries during a super truck crash in the US.The 40-year-old flipped his Stadium Super Truck while competing at the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix in Michigan two weeks ago, sustaining severe injuries to his mouth and chin.Mingay was taken to Detroit Hospital where he underwent major reconstruction surgery.media_cameraMatt Mingay is expected home on the Gold Coast today. Photo: Instagram.Fo..>> view originalFrantic 911 call from gator attack released
A FRANTIC 911 caller pleaded for help after two-year-old Lane Graves was taken by an alligator on the beach of a luxury Disney World resort.“Please come to the Grand Floridian, please. Someone drowned in the — in the — Seven Seas Lagoon Lake!” an unidentified woman begged the dispatcher during the phone call, which was released by authorities in Florida.The chilling phone call was made from the Beach Pool at the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa that borders the lagoon where the young boy was snatc..>> view original
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