Gold Coast Sun26d
Tropical Cyclone Alfred: Gold Coast beaches heavily eroded by giant swell as lifeguard tower on brink
Lifeguard Tower 42 at Phillip Park falls in. Picture Glenn Hampson Gold Coast surf life saving tower at The Spit which has fallen into the sea. Picture: Andrew Potts. Meanwhile, lifeguard tower 40 ...
10 family-friendly Australian experiences to escape the summer heat
India's summer calls for cooling adventures, and Australia offers a perfect escape with family-friendly activities. Explore ...
The Australian Financial Review21d
‘Superhuman’: Sea World staff slept at work to keep dolphins safe
As the Gold Coast braced for its first tropical cyclone in 50 years, staff at Sea World were preparing for ... the resort to monitor water quality and life support systems around the clock ...
Gold Coast Sun28d
Cars at Currumbin Surf Life Saving club inundated by ocean
A Gold Coast City Council spokeswoman confirmed one ... in the swell as the carpark at Currumbin SLSC was consumed by the ocean. Picture: Instagram/@nicka35 Another video captured the drama ...
Sydney Morning Herald22d
Surf’s up but all’s not swell on Gold Coast as beaches swept away
“Eighty per cent of our beach is gone into the ocean ... But many other Gold Coast residents were putting the storm behind them and getting on with life. The coastal promenade was busy with ...
New desalination technology being tested in California could lower costs of tapping seawater
A new desalination technology is undergoing testing in Southern California. Water managers hope it will offer an ...
Sky22d
Cyclone Alfred: What we know about rare storm near Australian coast
Image: Boys play in sea-foam at Coolangatta on the Gold Coast. Pic: AAP/Reuters What is being done about the cyclone? Many of the areas likely to be badly affected have already been evacuated ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation27d
Biggest wave recorded at 12.3 metres off Gold Coast as Cyclone Alfred moves south
He says exposed areas around the Gold Coast and the Redlands ... Byron Bay Surf Club life member Mark Brown lived through Cyclone Zoe in 1974 when seawater and ocean foam poured down Jonson ...
Sky News Australia26d
'Dangerous and life-threatening': Bureau of Meteorology updates forecast as Tropical Cyclone Alfred just 85km from Gold Coast
As of 4pm on Friday, Cyclone Alfred was 120 km east southeast of Brisbane and just 85km east northeast of the Gold Coast ... Queensland coast. Rainfall, wind and ocean impacts are likely to ...
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is slowing down – here’s why that makes it more dangerous
The storm may not reach the coast until early Saturday now, meaning millions in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales will endure damaging winds, torrential rain, and dangerous surf condit ...
Adelaide Now9d
Parents of Cameron Duce on losing ‘the son I never deserved’
A shattered dad recalls the moment he held his son’s hand for the final time as he lay on life support in ICU after being ...
Couriermail26d
Man washes windows on building at Mermaid Beach as Cyclone Alfred bears down on Gold Coast
A man has been filmed appearing to wash windows on “one of the tallest buildings” on Mermaid Beach, as Cyclone Alfred bears down on the Gold Coast ... by huge waves and sea foam.