Eighty per cent of the tourist strip's famous beaches have been carved away by Tropical Cyclone Alfred but the mayor says they will be back to their best for the Easter holidays.

At least one person died and four remain missing after Tropical Cyclone Alfred battered Australia’s east coast. But its coastal erosion, not human casualties, that have got the country talking. The ...

A torpedo washed up on Main Beach on the Gold Coast, sparking an emergency response. Picture: Surf Lifesaving Queensland The ‘suspicious device’ washed up on Main Beach on Thursday morning.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Gold Coast beach was closed down on Thursday morning after a torpedo was found washed up on the sand shortly after dawn.

Images showed severe erosion along some of the area’s most popular tourist beaches. On the Gold Coast, the sea had carved 4- to 6-meter (13- to 19-foot) cliffs into the sand, undermining the ...

Ex-Cyclone Alfred has caused beach erosion so extreme, it's left escarpments up to six-metres high in some dunes, including on iconic Gold Coast tourist stretches. University of Newcastle coastal ...

Police at the Spit on the Gold Coast at the Main Beach stretch of beach where an ADF training torpedo had washed up. Picture: Jacklyn O'Brien “This looks like an Mk 46 torpedo - I used to fit ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. With Putt Putt Mermaid Beach’s landmark big yellow golf ball getting knocked right off its tee over ...