G’day GC, welcome again to a different Thursday version. It’s November 27.
What per week it’s been… steamy, stormy, and summer season hasn’t even formally began 😰
Right here’s hoping it lingers a bit longer, simply because there’s nothing like a superb Queensland scorcher to ship the Poms into meltdown in subsequent week’s Ashes!
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One Large Factor: Native property costs set to soar once more in 2026
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Surf legends set to affix the: 2026 Conservation Convention Gold Coast
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The solar is rising on the Surfers Paradise: Equinox Resort sale
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Our interview with Lee Kernaghan about: Bringing the Boys From The Bush tour again to the GC
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Trending: Costly however poor high quality eating places to advocate to an enemy..
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Across the net: Shark assault at Crowdy Bay, 4 locals face firearm and drug expenses, QLD mud crab analysis, our interview with Lee Kernaghan, Christmas Island to get mega knowledge centre by Google, and heaps extra
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😮 Enjoyable Reality: Simply this week, three brothers have been serving to clear their mom’s home, after they discovered a 1939 copy of Superman No. 1, which their mom paid 10c for all these years in the past.
Whereas not fairly the cheeky $96,500,000.00 that the BOM have paid for that new web site… the three brothers bought it for about $14,000,000, making it the most costly comedian ever bought.
Finest maintain onto these outdated Pokèmon and NBA playing cards just a bit longer..
What’s Taking place: In nice information for owners however horrible information for these attempting to interrupt into the property market, the Gold Coast is forecast to expertise extra double-digit property value progress subsequent yr.
Why It Issues: In its annual Housing Increase and Bust Report, specialist property analysis firm SQM Analysis has predicted Gold Coast property costs will develop between 7 per cent and 13 per cent, relying on rate of interest modifications, in 2026.
By the Numbers
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The 2026 forecast follows an unimaginable 18% progress in GC median value to November 2025, which was outlined within the report launched this week
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The median Gold Coast home value is now $1.32m
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Native inhabitants progress is estimated to see a million residents name the GC dwelling by 2040
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Median hire $955 is now per week after rising 8-10% throughout the yr to September 2025, with one other 5–8% rise tipped for 2026
Native Affect: Mild rail extensions, M1 upgrades and 2032 Olympics preparations are hard-wiring long-term demand into the Coast’s economic system and housing market.
What The Folks Say
SQM Analysis director Louis Christopher stated the town’s tourism and lifestyle-driven industries have been performing as a magnet for interstate migrants, retirees, and buyers.
“Inhabitants progress for the Gold Coast is predicted to reasonable to about 1.8-2.3 per cent, or a rise of roughly 15,000-18,000 individuals yearly, fuelled by web migration and the area’s enchantment as a sea-change vacation spot, projecting towards 1 million residents by 2040.
“The Gold Coast’s inhabitants grew by round 2.3 per cent the yr to mid-2025, reaching about 752,570, which my estimate interprets into further demand for some 5,000-6,000 dwellings.
What The GC Minute Thinks: With an 18% soar up to now 12 months, the present median of $1.32 million means an additional $237,600 on paper for the typical home-owner.
Right here’s hoping a bit of of that newfound fairness windfall trickles into native hospitality, charities, grassroots sporting initiatives and extra someplace alongside the way in which.
By Marshall Corridor
What’s Taking place: If you wish to purchase a Gold Coast high-rise resort in time for Christmas, your time is operating quick.
The worldwide Expression of Curiosity marketing campaign for the sale of the close to beachfront Surfers Paradise tower, Equinox Solar Resort, has formally closed.
Why It Issues: Located in an unimaginable 4044sqm website proper on the seaside, 90 of the 103 unit house owners have joined forces to promote the ageing tower, a transfer emblematic of the Gold Coast’s evolving high-rise panorama.
By the Numbers
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Simply 2.86 sqm shy of an entire acre is the spectacular dimension of the Primary Seaside Parade and Ferny Ave property
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200,000+ social media interactions have been generated throughout the sale marketing campaign, proof of the excessive curiosity
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The present constructing has 14 storeys, 103 flats, and was inbuilt 1979
Native Affect: This collective sale may unlock a premium redevelopment website within the coronary heart of Surfers, paving the way in which for a brand new chapter within the beachfront precinct’s progress.
Solar Setting, Skyscraper Rising Regardless of main funding in repairs, engineers warned the constructing’s future was restricted. A brand new growth may quickly reshape this iconic nook.
What The Folks Say: Agent Roland Evans from Canford Property Brokers says
“he’s reviewing the submission and can report provides to the house owners of the 103-apartment, 14-storey constructing within the subsequent two weeks.
The response to the marketing campaign had been exceptionally robust.”
What To Look For Subsequent: The house owners are capitalising on the current surge in curiosity from builders hoping to safe these prime beachfront websites.
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Two swimmers aged of their 20s have been: Bitten by a ‘massive bull shark’ at Kylies seaside in Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning, with a lady dying on the scene
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A number of London councils are responding to an ongoing cyberattack, prompting officers to: Shut down networks and cellphone strains and activate particular emergency plans
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The BOM’s new web site, which annoyingly makes us all click on greater than it used to, to get poorer high quality data that we had earlier than, has been discovered to have price: $96,500,000.00, which is roughly 20 occasions greater than was reported to have been spent (simply $4.1m)
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Christmas Island is reinventing itself as a mega knowledge centre connecter, following: Google’s affirmation of plans to construct a hub that may join it to the Maldives and Oman👇
This week: Winners Locker is unlocking a powerhouse function for a Head of Content material in Southport.
If you happen to eat, sleep, and breathe content material, this full-time gig pays a tidy $120,000.00–$160,000.00 + tremendous to steer considered one of Australia’s fastest-rising rewards and life-style manufacturers.
You’ll be the artistic captain behind all issues TikTok, Insta, YouTube, Meta and past, main a good in-house crew of shooters, editors, and creators.
If you happen to’ve obtained 3–5+ years operating content material groups, know your means round short-form like a professional, and might flip massive concepts into programs that don’t crumble on Monday morning, that is for you.
🌊 Summer time by the Sea Markets: Sat 29 Nov, 3 pm; beachside stalls, meals and music at Kurrawa Park, Broadbeach.
🍷 Wine & Paint Evening @ Burleigh Bazaar: Sat 29 Nov, 6 pm; relaxed sip and paint session with reside tunes.
🏄 GC Surfboard Swap Meet: Solar 30 Nov, 7 am; boards, gear and surf tradition at Miami Seaside Surf Membership.
🧒 Broadwater Parklands Children Fest: Solar 30 Nov, 10 am; video games, rides and household enjoyable on the Southport Broadwater.
🎤 Open Mic Evening @ Mo’s Desert Clubhouse: Tue 2 Dec, 7 pm; native singers, spoken phrase and jam classes.
