The Gold Coast has long been associated with Surfers Paradise – a popular tourist town known for its high-rise buildings, wide surf beach and vibrant night life.

Alfred – which was downgraded from a cyclone before it made landfall – has turned beaches into cliffs. Erosion is so extreme that long, steep slopes up to six-metres high have formed. At least one ...

Broadsheet’s top Gold Coast spots, from swimming beaches and surf club diners to Euro wine bars and tranquil bathhouses.

Gold Coast residents have captured the moment a fire ripped through a Surfers Paradise hotel in the early hours of Friday morning.