Stag & Hound, Arundel Ocktoberfest, Saturday, October 17, 11.30am-10pm Nashville Road, Saturday, October 10, 8pm-11pm Line Dancing – every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from 6.30pm Catalina Restaurant & Bar, Broadwater Parklands Sunset Session – Friday to Sunday Downtempo Chillout – Live Music, DJs, Saxophone, Vinyl Runaway Bay Tavern, Runaway Bay Live Music – Fridays, 4pm […]

The Jaguar XJ13 is a prototype racing car that was developed by Jaguar engineering director William Heynes to compete at Le Mans in the mid-1960s. It never raced, was crashed while being filmed for a Jaguar commercial, and only one was produced. That’s according to Wikipedia but if you keep your eyes open on the […]

Catalina Restaurant & Bar has one of the best views around, with diners able to sit back and enjoy the glistening Broadwater while feasting on some of the best seafood around – with much more on offer. Owner Charlie Whitcombe is someone who used to be described as “a man of the world” -raised in […]

Artist David Hart has had a tough year, to say the least. First, he lost his beloved mother Raylee in March, then his daughter Chloe faced life-threatening heart issues, at the age of just 31. All while he and wife Christine navigated the huge move from Brisbane to the Northern Gold Coast. But, with Chloe […]

Catalina Restaurant & Bar has one of the best views around, with diners able to sit back and enjoy the glistening Broadwater while feasting on some of the best seafood around – with much more on offer. Owner Charlie Whitcombe is someone who used to be described as “a man of the world” -raised in […]

There is a stretch of waterfront at Main Beach that most Gold Coasters know well, even if they haven’t thought about it much lately. Marina Mirage. The sails. The restaurants. The kind of place that quietly anchored the northern end of the strip for decades, doing its job without making too much fuss about it. […]

“Over the years, I have come to understand that some of the most important things in life cannot be seen, only felt. “We spend so much of our lives focused on the outside world — building, achieving, creating, caring for others — yet the quality of our lives is ultimately shaped by the inner states […]

Paradise Fitness Club co-founder and coach Ben Brown has been named the 2026 Australian Group Fitness Leader of the Year at the AUSactive National Awards in Sydney.   Representing over 30,000 group fitness instructors and personal trainers, AUSactive is Australia’s health and fitness industry’s peak body. For Ben, who has grown up in the fitness […]

Griffith University medical student Ryo Takamizawa has been named Queensland’s 2027 Rhodes Scholar.   Governor of Queensland and Chair of the Rhodes selection panel Dr Jeannette Young, pictured with Mr Takamizawa, announced the award at Government House in Brisbane. Mr Takamizawa, 24, graduated with a Bachelor of Medical Science in 2022 and is due to […]

One of my favourite memories of the Gold Coast sits somewhere around 1992 or 1993, when I was master and commander of the mighty Maranoa, a fierce pirate vessel that plundered the Broadwater and took what she wanted from all who dared cross her bow. We fought tooth and nail against every other vessel on […]

Community Bank Paradise Point celebrated its 25th birthday on October 1 – a milestone that provides an opportunity to look back at where its story began and just how far the local community-owned company has come. Back in 2000, Paradise Point was a community determined to bring banking services back to the local area. What […]

Labrador Memorial Hall, circa 1930s. Photographer George A. Jackman During the 1940s and 1950s the Labrador Memorial Hall was used as a venue for meetings, functions, receptions, roller skating, dances and movies. The Labrador Reserve for Recreation was originally selected by the Queensland Government Lands Department as a wharf reserve around 1870. The reserve consisted […]