Charlton Hart

Mar 7, 2025 | townsvillebulletin.com.au | Charlton Hart

Gold CoastDon't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Gold Coaster has recounted the terrifying moment a giant Norfolk pine was ripped out of the ground in Cyclone Alfred’s wild winds before smashing into his balcony. Broadbeach resident Michael Spurge, who lives opposite the Jewel triple towers in a unit on Old Burleigh Rd, realised the massive pine tree outside his property was about to get pushed over by winds on Friday night.

Mar 7, 2025 | cairnspost.com.au | Charlton Hart

Gold CoastDon't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Gold Coaster has recounted the terrifying moment a giant Norfolk pine was ripped out of the ground in Cyclone Alfred’s wild winds before smashing into his balcony. Broadbeach resident Michael Spurge, who lives opposite the Jewel triple towers in a unit on Old Burleigh Rd, realised the massive pine tree outside his property was about to get pushed over by winds on Friday night.

Mar 7, 2025 | townsvillebulletin.com.au | Paul Weston |Charlton Hart |Andrew Potts |Kathleen Skene

THE northern suburb of Labrador is among the worst-hit by Cyclone Alfred with residents evacuated, power lines down and roofs ripped off amid wild citywide damage. Labrador residents were kept awake from screaming galeforce winds and police sirens and as their older homes and units were hammered. Community leader Jenna Schroeder, the adminstrator on Labrador 4215 Facebook group, said volunteers worked throughout Friday night and early Saturday morning helping neighbours.

Mar 7, 2025 | cairnspost.com.au | Paul Weston |Charlton Hart |Andrew Potts |Kathleen Skene

THE northern suburb of Labrador is among the worst-hit by Cyclone Alfred with residents evacuated, power lines down and roofs ripped off amid wild citywide damage. Labrador residents were kept awake from screaming galeforce winds and police sirens and as their older homes and units were hammered. Community leader Jenna Schroeder, the adminstrator on Labrador 4215 Facebook group, said volunteers worked throughout Friday night and early Saturday morning helping neighbours.

Mar 6, 2025 | cairnspost.com.au | Charlton Hart

A search is underway south of the Gold Coast for a jetski rider feared missing in monster swell. Emergency services were alerted to an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) activation off the coast of Duranbah near Tweed Heads on Thursday. “We have a trailer with a jetski missing,” Acting Gold Coast Chief Superintendent Peter Miles said. “We are unsure now if we are looking for a person who was on a jetski. Paramount for us is that person’s safety.