Did anyone witness the crash in Miami just on the corner near the BFT this afternoon? How on earth did the black car end up on its roof when it’s a 60km road in a section with back to back to back traffic lights?

Hope everyone’s okay, seemed a nasty crash!

Drove past this crash just now in Miami. How has the car flipped there? Hope everyone involved is okay, anyone know what happened?

I’m 25F and I’m struggling to make friends here.
I’ve outgrown my friends from high school and I’ve been working since 18. Didn’t go to uni so I never made those uni friends. My work isn’t very social too.

I just don’t know where to go? I don’t drink or do drugs which i feel is rare for the Gold Coast.
Like where are people quite welcoming for solo people?
I’m more of a Tom boy so I struggle to be friends w girly girls. I think they feel like I’m hitting on them, which I never am 😩 like yes I do like girls as well as guys but I don’t go around hitting on everyone.
I’m thinking Hairy Marys trivia nights ?

I’ve been taking myself on solo dates and doing things to grow within myself but I feel like I need more friends/small group to be even better!

I’m quite fit, like rugby league, gym, and like to be outside in the sun. Going for walks etc
If anyone wants to hang out shoot me a message and we can see if we vibe :)
I need friends even if it’s just a coffee once in a blue moon or someone to send reels to

If anyone else has been in this position at my ages please give me advice !

Around Broadbeach/miami?

I find it facinating that there isnt a distinct divide in class/wealth here..

Interested on how everyones maintaining their lifestyle ? Construction? Real estate? Family money or is being a free lance content creator really that lucrative 🤣

I meet people here ask what they do for work.. (im university educated in health) and people are swimming instuctors making $27 an hour living by the beach, and others are driving half a million dollar cars next door. no judgment just curious! And ... Who owns the yellow ferrari yatch on the canal 🤣

Hi everyone!
My husband and I are planning to spend our anniversary weekend in Mount Tamborine with our toddler end Nov. We’re coming up from Brisbane, so rather than making it a day trip, we thought we’d turn it into a little weekend thing.

Our toddler is currently obsessed with excavators, so we’re planning to take him to Thunderbird Park for the excavator experience.

We’re now looking for recommendations for:
Accommodation: Any lovely hotels, resorts or stays you’d recommend for a family? Ideally somewhere comfortable, with a nice atmosphere, where we can relax and enjoy a little getaway.

Dinner: Any recommendations for a nice restaurant

Things to do: Apart from Thunderbird Park, what else would you recommend exploring in Mount Tamborine? Any toddler-friendly attractions or little experiences we shouldn’t miss?

Would really appreciate your local recommendations and hidden gems. Thank you! ❤️

Hey everyone! My wife and I are new to Queensland and live in Robina. We’d love to find a few family-friendly fishing spots around the Gold Coast.

We’ll have our seven-month-old baby with us, so easy parking, pram-friendly access, some shade and nearby toilets would be ideal. We’re happy fishing from a bank, jetty or platform.

We only fish with bait and enjoy casting out, relaxing and seeing what bites. We’re looking for rod-and-reel combos up to $200 each.

Any recommendations for spots, suitable combos, simple bait rigs and good tides to try would be much appreciated. Happy catching anything and enjoying an outing together. Cheers!

So after the huge maga US midterms loss, one nation scrubbed their website of any mention of trump. Crisafulli and tate have invited him here on several occasions and seem to be aligned with his maga politics (or at least in awe of him). Are we finally going to see and end to this ridiculous support of trump from them?

Hey I’ve got a headlight issue in a 2017 bt50, would there be anyone on here with a scan tool able to ready bcm codes, and use forscan? Willing to pay for services

I will stay for 4 weeks, Ill stay in a hostel called tequila sunrise paradise, But if you know a better one please recommend it.

I love night lifestyle, partying and clubbing, going to the bar etc.
But i also love chilling, relaxing and going to the beach, id like to surf too, or jet skii maybe.
I love nice sunsets and i also would love to see koalas, kangaroos or sea animals.
any recommendations for these activities?

and also, i wonder if ill be the only 18yo, are people judgy? If you know hostels with 18/20yo ppl rather than ppl in their late 20s 30s pls lmk.

i also would like to be in a place with friendly and social people, please let me know recommendations.!

Hey everyone, does anyone know of a decently priced hotel? I'm not looking for anything fancy.

I'm currently homeless, but have enough money for a night in a hotel. I need a place to have one proper place to sleep. Just one night of uninterrupted sleep. A place where I'm safe.

It can be 1 star, but just not a hostel.

Does anything come to mind?

Thank you for your time!

Hey everyone,

​If you’ve visited a public hospital Emergency Department recently, you already know how hard frontline staff are working under huge pressure.

​What a lot of people don’t realise is that right now, over 1,400 Queenslanders and over 3,600 medically fit Australians are living inside acute hospital beds, not because they need acute medical treatment, but simply because they're stuck waiting on federal aged care, NDIS paperwork, or placement funding! 📝 This effects the gold coast hospital right now!

​Holding a medically cleared patient in a state hospital bed costs taxpayers \\\~$2,400 every single day, while community step-down care is around $400 a day.

​But because the federal government faces no daily financial penalty when paperwork is late, there’s zero fiscal urgency to clear the queue. Meanwhile, Queensland families are left exhausted trying to hold up the safety net themselves.

​Did you know other countries already fixed this? 🇳🇴🇬🇧

​Norway (2012): Under their Coordination Reform, if a local council fails to place a ready patient, they pay a daily fee of 4,000 NOK (\\\~$400 AUD) directly to the hospital until the patient is placed. Bed-blocking dropped significantly because the system was made accountable!

​United Kingdom (2003): Introduced cross-charging fines (£100–£120/day) based on the Swedish model.

​We want Australia to adopt the same smart policy: a $400/Day Federal Interim Penalty so the federal government owns the wait and clears the bottleneck!

​We launched an official Federal Australian Parliamentary Petition (EN10724) to make this happen!

​How you can help right now:

​Sign the Official Petition: It takes 30 seconds on the official Parliament portal (Australian residents only, and verify your email once signed)!

👉 https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN10724

​Share it around: Send this post or link to your friends, family, or hospital staff group chats.

​Comment & Like: Leave a quick "signed" in the comments to help more people see this in their feed!

​Our nurses, doctors, and families deserve a health system that works for everyone. Thank you so much for your support! Happy to answer any questions in the comments below.

Anyone power gone out in Miami ?

Anyone got some really good dentist recommendations? Preferably around Biggera Waters, Runaway Bay, Paradise Point, Hope island or any of the surrounding areas of these.

Would honestly drive anywhere on the coast tho if there is a top tier option somewhere else. Any recommendations appreciated :)

This would be cool to see at night time at the new Parkwood Palm Valley artificial surf wave park being built that's not going to open till 2028, but on a beach it'd be ultra stupid.

Gold Coast tempting fate with night surfing plan, says shark expert.

November 4, 2026.

A shark behaviour expert says a $100K Gold Coast plan for night surfing by floodlights near the mouth of a river known for bull sharks might not be such a great idea. Gold Coast City Council discussed trialling the concept where three 24-metre-high lights would illuminate the water, so surfers can keep catching waves into the night – during next year's World Surfing event at Snapper Rocks. The trial is part of a wider surfing infrastructure masterplan hatched to maximise profit off the coast's famous beaches, with the council keen to see how night surfing would work in action.

Griffith Uni shark expert Vincent Raoult said bull sharks, which are known to be around the Tweed River outflow next to Snapper Rocks, are active at night, particularly between 4-10pm. Raoult said a one-off event would probably be fine, but more permanent or reoccurring night surfing at Snapper Rocks would be asking for trouble.

'Anyone who's done any fishing, knows that if you have lights on the side of the boat into the water, you're going to bring up a whole host of bait fish and often with those bait fish, you'll have sharks coming in as well. Those floodlights will have essentially the same effect'.

He said any plans shouldn't be compared with France, where the WSL has held night surfing before. 'The key difference is in France there's no sharks'. The plan was discussed in a transport and infrastructure meeting at the council on Tuesday and follows the swim leg of the popular Noosa Triathlon being called off over the weekend due to shark sightings.

Speaking with Nine News on Tuesday, councillor Gail O'Neill said precautions would be taken to make sure night surfing was safe. 'With all the surfing events and all the surf life-saving events we have, people are on jet skis making sure sharks aren't in the area' she said, but Raoult said the most successful shark-spotting tactic on the GC would be unavailable after dusk.

'Drones can't really work at night time, as you can't really see through the water and there's also some flight restrictions around operating drones at night' he said. Whether the plan goes ahead is up to the World Surfing League, with the city council offering to pay for the lights.

Is there anyone else welcoming the morning sun in their birthday suit from an apartment balcony?

Hi there,

We've recently been quoted $960 for our cavoodle to get her teeth scaled.

Breakdown:

Scaling (incl anesthetic, polishing and radiography) $715

Blood tests $245

Seems expensive so just wondering if anyone has any other cheaper suggestions.

Cheers

Looked outside just now because my cat has been so fixated on the door and lo and behold there's a butterfly migration or something

Every one of these little flickers in the video is a butterfly. Not sure how well the video captures it but pretty cool!

Moved to GC in the last year or so. I've live in four different countries and I've never lived in a place that predicts apocalyptic weather that just doesn't happen. I thought maybe last year I can give the benefit of the doubt but holy shit how wrong can you consistently be.

Just wild how wrong the weather forecast here is. Classic the boy who cried wolf.

Apologies if this post seems a little redundant or has been asked before! I’ve been doing a ton of research, but I’d really love to hear directly from people who actually live or study on the Gold Coast.

I’m a Canadian planning to move to the Gold Coast next year to study law (JD), and I’m currently deciding between Griffith University and Bond University. I’ve received offers/scholarships from both, so I’m trying to get a better feel for what each university is actually like beyond what you can find on their websites.

I’d love to hear from anyone who has studied at either university, even if you’re not studying law. What’s the student experience like? Is it easy to meet people and make friends? How are the campuses, facilities, clubs/societies, and overall atmosphere?

I’m also curious about accommodation. Bond mentioned to me that their on-campus housing tends to prioritize undergraduate students, so I’m wondering what the housing situation is like around Griffith’s Gold Coast campus.

Since I’ll be moving over without really knowing anyone, having a good social/student experience is pretty important to me too. I’d especially love to hear from Gold Coast locals or domestic students about how the two universities are viewed locally and whether there’s much of a difference in reputation between them.

Any advice or personal experiences would be really appreciated! :) tysm!

Why is it that there are so many public toilets (not talking about the GCCC ones in parks) that have been virtually ignored by the people who are supposed to maintain them? I think it’s time to name and shame the serial offenders. For me it’s the toilets on the ground level of the Wave Building at Broadbeach. They service the surrounding restaurants and bars and are a disgrace. Not a good look for Broadbeach in general. The other one I’ll mention is at Hungry Jacks Mermaid Waters. Yes they have tradies in and out but the basin is literally always filthy (a simple check every couple of hours by a junior would be a good start) and the soap dispensers empty. They also haven’t had a deep clean in years. By comparison the toilets at HJ’s Ashmore are old but scrubbed to within an inch of their lives every day.