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Gold Coast has a new $5m Wonder Reef with fish aplenty, but where are the...

A veteran Gold Coast diver says the tourist city's new $5 million Wonder Reef is attracting plenty of fish species, but he's surprised more people aren't visiting the "world-class" attraction.

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Woman receives some answers about remains washed up on beach

After Chantal Clarke found the urn of an Adelaide man washed up on a Gold Coast beach, she received a phone call that gave insights about the man when he was alive.

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Main Beach residents lament return of Gold Coast 500 after two-year hiatus

Locals leave as Supercars return to Gold Coast streets.

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Four dead after two helicopters collide near Sea World on the Gold Coast

Three more people are in a critical condition in hospital, with 13 patients overall assessed at the scene, emergency services said.

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Helicopters collide near Sea World on the Gold Coast

Queensland emergency services are responding to a major incident involving two helicopters at Main Beach on the Gold Coast.

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Four people confirmed dead in Gold Coast helicopter collision

Four people have died and three more are critically injured after a collision between two helicopters on the Gold Coast.

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What we know so far about the Sea World helicopter crash

The ATSB said one helicopter carrying seven people was taking off and the other helicopter with six people on board was landing at the time of the crash.

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Man who watched wife killed in chopper crash asks for prayers as son still...

A Western Sydney man grieving the death of his wife, Vanessa Tadros, who was killed when two helicopters collided on Monday, urges people to pray for his critically injured 10-year-old son.

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Footage from inside helicopter cabin moments before mid-air collision emerges...

Photos and video footage from the tourists who survived a fatal mid-air collision on the Gold Coast will be key to the investigation into Monday's helicopter disaster as experts say a final report into...

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'Gutted to the core': Owner of Sea World Helicopters pays tribute to pilots

John Orr-Campbell said he had known Mr Jenkinson for nine years, describing him as a "fine man and a stand-out pilot with 6,210 hours of flying to his name".

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'Only a miracle can save him': Mass to be held for 'little Nicky' fighting...

A Victorian mother who survived an "unthinkable" helicopter crash on the Gold Coast that claimed four lives thanks the public for their "kind thoughts" as a Sydney priest asks churchgoers to "pray for...

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It was meant to be nothing more than a happy holiday memory, then tragedy struck

It should have been the holiday of a lifetime, but little did a group of 11 travellers know that a five-minute joy ride would soon become an unforgettable day of loss and tragedy.

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Family of 10-year-old Gold Coast chopper crash survivor Nicholas 'needs our...

Father Suresh Kumar offers a brown sash to year 5 classmates attending a mass in Western Sydney as a show of support for Nicholas Tadros, who recently achieved his brown belt in karate.

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New Zealand couples who survived Gold Coast helicopter crash release images...

The couples thank their pilot and several bystanders who rushed to their aid for "care and heroism" that "changed their lives" — releasing dramatic images taken after the crash.

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Husband of Vanessa Tadros pays tribute to his 'beautiful rose' before...

A mother who died in a horror helicopter crash near Sea World is being remembered at her funeral, while her son remains in hospital fighting for his life. 

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Investigators reveal last moments of Sea World crash

A preliminary report into a fatal helicopter crash on the Gold Coast earlier this year says the incoming pilot did not hear a radio call from the second chopper taking off.

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They bought boats as a solution to the housing crisis on the Gold Coast, now...

Boat owners use a legal loophole to anchor long-term and at no cost in this popular Gold Coast inlet dubbed "Bum's Bay". But now locals want them to go — and there are fears some could be left homeless.

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Is the Gold Coast's Superbank a miracle of mother nature or a masterpiece of...

When the stars align and the swell, wind and tide are right, the ocean's energy wraps around the point into Rainbow Bay and rolls along the ruler-straight sandbank, producing perfect hollow barrels....

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'They've never even sent me a message': Chelsea's videos appeared in an ad...

Chelsea Hall shared her experience with chronic bloating online. What she wasn't expecting was to see herself advertising pills that claim to fix it — pills she says she's never taken, promoted by a...

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Penned in by high-rises, these unit owners fear body corporate law reform...

Unit owners living in some of Queensland's most in-demand real estate hotspots fear proposed changes to the state's body corporate laws could allow developers to squeeze them out of their homes.

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Sea World helicopter crash investigators bring in German experts for 3D...

One year since the mid-air collision of two Sea World helicopters resulted in the death of four people on the Gold Coast, answers are still being sought.

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Tests find traces of cocaine in pilot killed in Sea World helicopter crash

An ATSB interim report reveals traces of cocaine found in Sea World pilot's system after the crash, and that it has issued an industry-wide safety notice about seatbelts on passengers not being fitted...

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Sea World pilot's cocaine result could lead to increased drug and alcohol...

An aviation safety expert says pilots may be subject to greater drug and alcohol testing after a Sea World pilot who died in a mid-air collision last year was found to have had traces of cocaine in his...

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Police share photos of woman's possessions after body found on popular Gold...

Police are urging anyone who may recognise the belongings to come forward.

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Police identify woman who washed up on popular Gold Coast beach

Police have formally identified, but not yet released the name of a woman who drowned on the Gold Coast yesterday after posting images of her personal belongings in an attempt to identify her.

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