Surfers Paradise is around an hour’s drive from Brisbane, so a rental car is handy if you want to explore once you’re there.

But there is just one hole to poke in this theory: the pokies.

A fresh-faced councillor is among those leading the charge to reinstate Australia Day on the Surf Coast, in the wake of ...

Again, that is only on the Gold Coast. An incredible 583 gaming machines are located in 17 surf clubs on the Gold Coast. Picture: Justin Lloyd. Now the argument is that, as well as supporting the ...