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Will Brown dominates in Tasmania as championship contenders falter. Stay updated with the NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint and the intense race action.

Don’t miss the ultimate Italian party at Kingscliff Beach Hotel! Crooked Colours, Aperol, and mouthwatering feasts await. Paradiso on June 11!

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Surfing Australia is proud to launch “Seas the Day,” a new women’s surf festival that aims to provide a welcoming and supportive environment for female surfers of all skill levels.

Apple has announced the availability of Emergency SOS via satellite for its iPhone 14 lineup in Australia and New Zealand starting Today.

India Robinson and Samuel Pupo emerged as champions at the Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro, kicking off the 2023 World Surf League Challenger Series.

The excitement is palpable as the finals day has been called on for the Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro, the opening event of the 2023 World Surf League Challenger Series

The Gold Coast Pro surfing competition was briefly paused after a 1.5 to 2 meter shark was spotted in the competition lineup

Experience the ultimate margarita lover’s paradise at The Pink Hotel Coolangatta’s Herradura Hacienda, Australia’s first margarita-inspired hotel suite

Looking for a sustainable and family-friendly boating adventure on the Gold Coast? Book your GOBOAT electric picnic boats and explore the waterways in style

Sierra Kerr and Lennix Smith have emerged victorious at the 2023 Harvey Norman Pro Junior event, showcasing the incredible talent of the next generation of surfers and solidifying their positions as rising stars in the surfing world.

Get ready for an epic showdown of surfing talent as competitors gather at Snapper Rocks for the Boost Mobile Gold Coast Pro, the first stop of the 2023 World Surf League Challenger Series.

Former Gold Coast Suns player Patrick Murtagh fulfils his NFL dreams as he signs with the Detroit Lions. Joining the team through the international player pathway

Experience the laughter and joy of Australian entertainer Jimmy Rees on his nationwide tour. Don’t miss out on unforgettable moments of comedy and entertainment!

Gabriel Medina and Carissa Moore dominate Western Australia Margaret River Pro, securing victories and moving up the WSL rankings.

The World Surf League has announced the final results for this year’s mid-season cut, narrowing the fields to the top 22 men and top 10 women

Kelly Slater, the 11-time world champion, has been kicked off the Championship Tour for the first time in 30 years after missing the mid season cut.

Pamper your mum this Mothers Day with a stay and massage and wellness package at W Brisbane

As the halfway mark of the WSL 2023 Championship Tour approaches, the Western Australia Margaret River Pro becomes crucial as it is the last event before the Mid-season Cut, with surfers’ rankings determining their future on the tour

Ethan Ewing and Tyler Wright have emerged as the champions of the 60th Bells Beach surfing event. This thrilling competition saw the world’s top surfers showcase their skills in the waves of Victoria

Discover Brisbane’s newest entertainment precinct – The Oasis! This $10 million floating venue offers a luxurious and immersive experience like no other. With three levels of opulence, each individually designed to transport you to different destinations

The 60th Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach is underway, and Finals Day promises to be an epic battle. The world’s best surfers will compete today for the coveted Bell Trophy

The countdown to that wonderful four-day weekend has begun! Check out these local dance music events and burn off those Easter calories with some great music and amazing vibes.

Chloe Fisher and Ellidy Pullin are the hosts of the popular podcast Darling Shine, and they’ve just launched their own non-alcoholic hard fizz seltzer! This functional seltzer is made with zero sugar and two delicious flavors, and it’s the perfect drink for those looking for a refreshing and guilt-free option.

After more than a decade of competing at the highest level, Owen Wright has today announced his retirement from professional surfing

Motorsport Australia met this morning and has made the decision to disqualify Shane van Gisbergen and Broc Feeney from Saturdays race

Gold Coast mark your calendars and get ready for the ultimate beer and cider festival of the year! The highly-anticipated Crafted Beer & Cider Festival event is back, and it’s expected to be bigger and better than ever before

The Hurley Pro Sunset Beach, the second stop on the World Surf League Championship Tour, has come to a close with Australian Molly Picklum and Brazilian Filipe Toledo claiming victory in Hawaii.

The Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Junior, the first event of the 2023 World Surf League saw impressive performances from Sierra Kerr and Lennox Chell claiming victory in three to four ft conditions at Kingscliff. Sierra Kerr came into her home event on the Tweed Coast as a favourite, with the 16-year-old phenom competing as the defending winner. […]

Carissa Moore and Jack Robinson take out the season opener at Banzai Pipeline on the north shore of Hawaii in challenging shallow reef conditions.

Organisers have announced tickets for the Pacific Airshow Gold Coast are officially on sale; the event is set to take over Surfers Paradise from 18 to 20 August 2023

The WSL season is only a 48 hours away from kicking off at the iconic Banzai Pipeline, where rookies and world champions are looking to kickstart their 2023 campaign in style.

Local legend and lord of the fizz Fisher surprised dozens of unsuspecting beachgoers yesterday morning when he took to Burleigh Beach.

World tour veteran surfer Taj Burrow of WA will be inducted into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame as part of the 2022 Surfing Awards

We’ve teamed up with the local franchise, intellectual property and business law experts at IP Partnership to learn about the biggest mistakes made by Franchisors

Today we are catching up with Patrick Murtagh, the former Gold Coast Suns AFL Player selected to try out for the NFL after being one of the few players picked up at their International Combine earlier in the year.

The magic millions barrier draw is set to take place on the iconic Surfers Paradise Beach on the 10th of January 2023, where the final field will be set for the iconic Gold Coast race,

Sad news this morning that rally and motoring icon Ken Block has passed away in a snowmobile accident in Utah

Whether you slept through New Years Eve or you just can’t get enough of the celebrations, the Gold Coast has a downright delicious assortment of New Years Day events for you to discover.

Today was a tale of the rookie and the champ, with Redbull Ampol Racing’s Broc Feeney claiming his first-ever victory in Holdens Last Race

In Holden’s final-ever round of racing in the city it was founded, the former Holden Racing Team finished first and second in race one.

Here you can access the complete round schedule and calendar for the 2023 Supercars Championship, with dates for the Bathurst 1000 and Newcastle 500, the debut of the Gen 3 Camaro & Mustang V8 Supercars.

So in what may be the biggest birthday celebration the country has seen, all-around legend Fisher, aka Mr Hard Fizz, is back in town on his Its Fk’n On Australia Tour.

This afternoon, Virgin Australia touched down in Queenstown for the first time in over 1000 days, with the resumption of services seeing passengers now able to book flights from Sydney or Brisbane.

Sunny skies greeted tens of thousands of fans over the weekend for the ninth annual festival, held in Broadbeach, with the return of Interstate and International travellers evident and welcomed by organisers and performers.

In an action-packed first race on the streets of Surfers Paradise, defending champion Shane van Gisbergen claimed his twentieth victory of the season and secured his third championship victory.

Supercars rookie and Gold Coast local Broc Feeney went back to school yesterday, returning to All Saints Anglican School, where he graduated two short years ago,

Halloween this year falls on a Monday, which gives us a full weekend of themed fun. Get seriously spooky with some of the Gold Coast’s finest underground events, showcasing a diverse range of genres, from Drum and Bass, to House, Techno, and everything in between.

When all the action has finished on the track, it’s time to keep the party going with the Boost Mobile GC500 afterparty, where Illy and Masked Wolf will take to the Cali Beach stage.

Next week the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 arrives in town, and with it, the exciting possibility that the championship could be decided on the Gold Coast for the first time.

It’s hard to believe it has been three years since local favourite Hellenika closed its doors and made a move to Brisbane, but we have some exciting news they are back for a very limited time.

The news has just dropped that Queensland’s biggest sporting event The Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 is getting a massive musical lineup with headliners like

In what has been one of the wettest build-ups to the great race, the clouds parted this afternoon to shine sunshine and victory on Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander, who claimed Holden’s final victory at the mountain.

This afternoon Motorsport Australia and Supercars made the tough decision to cancel the Top 10 shootout after heavy rain caused serious safety concerns and left the track conditions unsuitable.

The World Surf League has just announced its tours & competitions schedule for 2023; next year’s calendar follows a similar format to the 2022 season and includes two stops in Australia.

The inaugural Sunset Run took place on the Gold Coast recently where forty of Australia’s most prestigious and exotic supercars and their owners joined up to transform the streets of the Gold Coast for a good cause.

See those who rocked the orange carpet at the launch of the Boost Mobile GC500 at Isoletto Pool Club.

Guests, musical acts and VIPs gathered at Isoletto Pool Club for the Launch of the Boost Mobile GC500

This morning the sporting world has awoken to the shocking news that Roger Federer is set to call time on his career, announcing his retirement after next weeks Laver Cup.

It’s one of those special sporting moments, the kind you know is going to become part of sporting folklore when Shane van Gisbergen chased down Aussie Cameron Waters to secure the kiwi victory in the last ever Supercars race at Pukekohe.

Stephanie Gilmore coming from the fifth seed into the finals, prevailed against five-time champion Carissa Moore to become the Gr8est

A little over a week after celebrating his 500th race start Lee Holdsworth  has dropped a huge announcement this morning that he will be retiring from full-time driving at the end of the 2022 season. This comes after Lee was dumped out of the field in 2020, left without a seat for the next season […]

The two-time Bathurst champion Will Davison secured his second victory of 2022 with an emphatic eight-second victory over championship leader Shane van Gisbergen.

For the next few weeks, Potiki is running a special offer where YOU could win 1 year of pet insurance for your pet or one of their great runner-up prizes, including outdoor gear, pet merch and more!

This week will see Lee Holdsworth make history as just the eleventh driver to enter the prestigious five hundred club of Supercars, and it just happens to be at the iconic Sandown event. Lee and his Grove Racing teammate celebrated by popping into the famous Lane88 Museum, owned by naming right sponsors Penrite Oil, to […]

This time next year, the city is going to be a buzz for the Pacific Airshow Gold Coast, with some of the world’s best aerobatics pilots and fighter jets taking to the Surfers Paradise skyline

The 10th stop of the World Surf League is set to remain in holding for another day, with organisers calling the event off due to inconsistent surf and hopes of building waves in the coming days.

If you are thinking of heading up to Riverfire, why not make a weekend of it and do it in style with W Brisbane, who are serving up a multitude of great events, all designed to have you doing Riverfire right

It’s been a while since we have heard from the Thundamentals, but with the drop of their first single in four years it’s now time for the accompanying video to ” Top of The World”.

Last Month, Hilton announced the opening of their new flagship property, the Hilton Maldives Amingiri Resort & Spa; the one hundred and nine all-pool villa resort brings a new level of luxury amenities to the archipelago for a new era of travellers.

His newest single, “Let it Go”, signals the beginning of a new chapter in his life, Hutch is currently riding the wave of a tremendous comeback

Some of you may not know who Teddy Swims is, but you have likely heard his music, seen a viral video featuring Teddy covering Journey or heard his tracks on the radio.

Today Australia’s first pet insurance company to provide protection, support and prevention in one insurance premium launched, Potiki is pledging to make pet ownership more affordable and hassle-free while avoiding the shock of hefty bills and harrowing life and death decisions. The company has put together what they are calling Australia’s top insurance offer, covering […]

What a momentous weekend of motorsport at The Bend, with massive crashes, a rookie taking poll and one of the best-wet weather races in recent memory. Red Bull’s Shane van Gisbergen completed a crushing weekend securing all of the 105 points on offer at the OTR SuperSprint in a wet finale that was filled with […]

Exciting news for poker fans the World Poker Tour is coming to Australia for the first time this September. The event’s main tour will touch down on the Gold Coast for thirteen days of action at The Star Gold Coast from the 15th to the 27th. 

Bondi is known globally for its iconic golden sand, crashing waves and the chance to appear on Channel 10’s Bondi Rescue. In addition to Sydney’s most famous beach,

After a turbulent period for our arts and cultural community, anticipation is building ahead of the action-packed return of Bleach* Festival

It has been twenty days since Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis hit the silver screen and it has already claimed its place in the Top 10 Australian films of all time.

Shane van Gisbergen has made it a clean sweep in Townsville this afternoon, with victory in Saturday’s race and claiming victory in dramatic fashion for Sunday’s

All-around weapon and local legend Fisher is back and ready to party with the aptly named It’s Fk’n On Australia Tour

The Star Gold Coast has just announced the opening of the Star Residences the stunning new apartment-style accommodation

Multi-platinum musician and good time connoisseur Jack Johnson is making his return to Australia, this December he will be playing all of your favourites at HOTA.

Stop number eight on the World Tour finished spectacularly in front of a massive crowd for the Oi Rio Pro at Praia de Itaúna in Saquarema, Brazil.

We’ve put together a last-minute list of the places to settle in and watch Game two of the State Of Origin on Sunday, coverage kicking off at 7 pm (AEST).

The Langham Gold Coast is officially open, with the first guests all checked in and now likely sitting poolside sipping cocktails at the luxury property.

Richard’ Dickie Wilkins’ is celebrating thirty-five years on TV and, coincidentally, his birthday today, so the Star teamed up with Dickie’s son Christian Wilkins to deliver a special surprise.

In the first race of the Darwin Triple Crown Shell V-Power Racing, Anton De Pasquale and Will Davison secured a one-two finish in the top end.

Will Davison is set to start on the front row of the grid for his 500th race, after securing pole with blistering pace earlier today in the Top Ten shootout.

Today Stephanie Gilmore and Griffin Colapinto have taken out the Surf City El Salvador Pro, the seventh stop on the World Surf League Championship Tour.

After a two-year hiatus, the city is buzzing once again with the glitz and glamour of Australian TV’s night of nights as the Logies roll into town.

Supercars teams have descended on Hidden Valley Raceway to showcase their stunning indigenous liveries ahead of the first-ever Supercars Indigenous Round.

Virgin Australia has just announced that early next year, they will become the first Aussie carrier to offer direct flights to Bali from the Gold Coast

This winter the Gold Coast’s favourite outdoor party destination Cali Beach Club is undergoing a transformation to become The Rooftop Lodge

We’ve put together a last-minute list of the places to settle in and watch Game one of the State Of Origin tonight, kicking off at 8:10 pm

The sixth stop on the WSL Tour saw Jack Robinson and Johanne Defay claim victory after a week of holding periods and wating

Virgin Voyages, Richard Branson’s award-winning cruise line, has been sailing the high seas once again post-pandemic and is now setting its sights on Australia

The Gold Coast is set to welcome a new luxury hotel as the globally renowned brand announces its much-anticipated opening for The Langham Gold Coast and Jewel Residences.

The all Mercedes 1-2-3 marked the first time in the event’s GT3 era that a single brand swept the overall podium and Mercedes’ first Bathurst 12 Hour win since 2013.

This week Caitlin simmers and Callum Robson beat some of the worlds best in big swell at Snapper Rocks to claim the Gold Coast Pro the first stop of the WSL Challenger Series

Following on from good mate Mick Fanning the next name up on the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame is set to be the one and only Joel Parkinson.

This week The Star Gold Coast launched its luxury leisure deck and events space that is certainly going to become a must-stay for tourists and locals. Offering a stunning yet casual poolside dining experience, Isoletto Pool Club is an exclusive guest oasis with island-inspired cocktails served poolside in the Queensland sunshine with views of the […]

This morning major events Queensland and Code Four organisers announced that the Gold Coast, in a five-year deal, will be bringing the iconic US air show down under

For the first time since 2019, the world’s best have touched down in Victoria for the longest-running surfing event, The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach.

Three time World Champion Mick Fanning is making a return to the Championship Tour with a wildcard awarded for the upcoming Bells Beach event.

In a continuing purple patch, Shane van Gisbergen has completed a clean sweep at Ned Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint and takes the championship lead.

Qantas has just unveiled a star-studded new version of the iconic I Still Call Australia Home advertisement to reintroduce Australia to the world.

Championship leader Chaz Mostert is sporting some new shiny orange numbers and hopes to maintain the lead leaving Tasmania.

Yesterday the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro drew to a close in two to three-foot surf at Cabarita, with Dimity Stoyle and Kyuss King claiming victory.

The iconic Burleigh Heads break will again play host to one of surfing’s most anticipated events, the Gold Coast open, which returns April 30.

Oakberry Acai is set to continue its relationship with professional surfing until 2023, with an expanded agreement between the organisations.

The new-look livery for the Gen 3 Camaro was unveiled in a testing session earlier this week at Queensland raceway, before touching down in Tasmania

This immersive experience could only come from one place and awaits anyone who steps into The Pink Flamingo to see their new stage production Glitz.

Gold Coast theatre production company Matt Ward Entertainment is bringing much-loved musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert to the Gold Coast this July.

The fourth annual GC Laughs Festival kicks off this weekend at Home of the Arts; the week-long lineup is made up of 30 star-studded shows and is set to be the biggest year yet

After a summer of good times and great memories, it’s your last chance to visit the Kurrawa Beach Club this weekend before it closes its doors.

The third stop of the World Surf League has wrapped with Griffin Colapinto and Tatiana Weston-Webb claiming victory in three to four-foot surf at Supertubos.

Chaz Mostert has claimed victory and the Repco Supercars Championship lead in the process, in wet conditions at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Last year a confident rookie and this year a formidable competitor, Brodie Kostecki has claimed his first pole position today in Sydney.

The Supercars championship has kicked off for 2022 in ever-changing conditions at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Pre-season testing for the 2022 Supercars season has concluded, with southern teams undertaking the shakedown at Winton in northern Victoria