Julie Clift

As some accommodation providers prepare for the best of times during the school holidays, others are bracing for one of the worst seasons yet.

When Hayley Wernicke and her six-year-old daughter went for a swim in a Gold Coast creek, neither had heard of a bullrout — but that changed very quickly as the girl walked into the water.

Far from Beijing, four rookie skaters take to the ice on the Gold Coast inspired by the athletes they have seen compete at the Winter Games.

Diners may notice a price rise with their side salad, as the side effects of fresh food shortages trickle down to the plate.

It can take hours to get a rescue team together and hours more to find a lost or injured hiker. Here are the SES’s tips on how to stay safe waiting for help as bushwalking season begins.

A homeless support organisation hopes to bring a new 200-unit holistic housing facility to the Gold Coast where a councillor says people "are dying on the streets".

Photographer Katie Hooper’s project to discover more about Australia’s older people changed her view on them and her fears of ageing.

Gold Coast surfing legend Rick Neilsen is remembered as a friend to many with “a smile that could launch a thousand Hawaiian outriggers”.

Two days after his deputy rejected the idea, Tom Tate says the tourist strip can turn “Victoria’s lemon ... into lemonade”.

Insta-famous animal pair Peggy and Molly the magpie to be reunited after premier intervenes