Kieren Perkins Welcomes Junior Pan Pacs Down Under As Part Of The Green And Gold Decade Australian swimming legend Kieren Perkins has welcomed the arrival of next year’s Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships onto Australian shores for the first time. The 2024 Junior Pan Pacs will be staged in Canberra at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) … [Read more…]
The mother of two used the name of Ash Jenkinson – who died in a horror helicopter crash at Sea World – to escape a fine just a week after he was killed. The 10-year-old boy doctors feared would not survive the deadly Sea World helicopter crash on the Gold Coast has made a miraculous … [Read more…]
Here in Australia, when we hear the word “cyclone” we tend to think of tropical cyclones. But did you know that cyclones also occur further south than the tropics? Technically speaking, a cyclone is any weather system in which winds rotate inward toward a region of low pressure. Conversely, an anticyclone is any weather … [Read more…]
Karl Oloapu is set to become Canterbury’s youngest starting half since the Super League war, but coach Cameron Ciraldo has warned the club’s fans to be patient. Oloapu will start in the No.6 jersey for the Bulldogs against Gold Coast, doing so 123 days after his 18th birthday in January. After paying a transfer fee … [Read more…]
Golf Amenities Home of the Australian PGA Championship, and perhaps the Gold Coast’s most high-profile course, Royal Pines near Surfers Paradise has three 18-hole, par-72 combination layouts including a championship course. There are also those courses revered for their famous creators including Links Hope Island designed by five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson; the Glades … [Read more…]
.jpg "Helen Mirren On Repeat-Wearing On The Red Carpet – And Why She’s Becoming A Fashion Renter")
Helen Mirren was repeating looks long before the current trend took off, from the floral Dolce & Gabbana dress she rewore within the space of months in 2012 to a dress featuring children’s drawings, also by the brand, which she sported three times in 2015. That commitment to promoting a more sustainable approach to fashion … [Read more…]
The Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns go head-t0-head in the QClash from the Gabba, with valuable bragging rights on the line in addition to the four points. The Lions (7-2, 126.6%) have been one of the in-form teams in the competition, currently riding a six-game winning streak as they have a chance to climb … [Read more…]
Jim Brown relaxing on the set of the 1969 western “100 Rifles.” (Ron Galella / Getty) When legendary Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown walked away from his NFL career in his prime, it was anything but an early retirement. The multitalented Brown, who died Thursday in Los Angeles at 87, turned his attention instead to … [Read more…]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Alec Baldwin stated that the shooting incident on the ‘Rust’ set, which resulted in the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the injury of director Joel Souza, “could be” the end of his 40-year acting career. Baldwin added that he didn’t care about giving up his career over the fatal ‘Rust’ shooting. … [Read more…]
“To think of the emotional turmoil he must have been in, yet he took it on his shoulders and led us to third place. It’s probably a bigger success story in those terms than Tigers winning the Premiership last year” “I can’t speak more highly of Wiggy and the way he stepped up, literally stopping … [Read more…]