Rob Stork News Today

A 30-year-old man has also died after freak storms including massive hail stones, torrential downpours, and gale force winds started to batter Australia's Queensland State on Friday

Paramedics on Saturday after 4pm rushed a man to the Gold Coast University Hospital after he was struck by lightning at a home in the citys north.

Big sea bass and scup entertain the bottom fishing crowd, bluefish are here in numbers, and stripers are on the move as the June full moon approaches.

Schoolie and slot striped bass pack in along south Cape, while larger fish hang around bait schools in the Canal; meanwhile, albies begin to push west.

Emergency services are pleading with motorists to drive with extra care as Brisbane wakes to another day of thick fog.

Several storms bring rain, hail and lightning to a vast area of south-east Queensland, from the Gold Coast to as far north as the Central Highlands.