Around 2,000 Olympic swimming pools worth of sand is estimated to be gone – 80% of Gold Coast’s beaches, according to city mayor Tom Tate. Much of it was gone before Cyclone Alfred even hit, giving ...

Southern Gold Coast beaches are looking spectacular as they begin to reopen, but sun-seekers are advised to avoid beaches north of Surfers Paradise, that were hardest hit by TC Alfred. Alfred ...

Mayor Tom Tate said that 80 per cent of Gold Coast beaches will be open well before the April holidays. Read which ones are the first to be open again. Mayor Tom Tate said flags are going in the ...

Beaches in the firing line of Tropical Cyclone ... in earlier today to drag a lifeguard tower at Main Beach on the Gold Coast ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Gold Coast’s iconic, skyscraper-lined surf beaches have been all but obliterated by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred, with an ...

Gold Coast City Council bulldozers moved onto the beaches as soon as the cyclone passed in a bid to have them back in shape for Easter, and significant repairs have already been carried out.