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This Robertson house is listed for $2.95 million Much like the rest of Brisbane, house prices in Robertson are soaring, with the median house price hitting $973,813 in the March quarter, a rise of 2.5 per cent. But the data shows that the average homeowner hangs onto their property for 19 years. Owners in the seaside hamlet of Lucinda (Townsville) and the rural locality of Buccan (Logan-Beaudesert) are also reluctant to leave, holding onto their homes for an average of 18 years, according to the data. Median house values in Lucinda sit at an affordable to $305,000, but those values have...

The famed Rottnest Box. Photo: Chris Gurney There was much gaping-mouth action and glazed looks when the World Surf League announced the four-leg Australian tour was to drop the iconic Snapper Rocks and Bells Beach events earlier this year. In what could be described as a make-do tour for a pandemic-stricken world, suitable fill-ins were found at history-drenched locales Newcastle and Sydney’s Narrabeen. Fair enough. And Margaret River was a no brainer — but when the words Rottnest Island came into view, there was almost guaranteed to be a flurry of hasty keyboard tappings.  Google: Wh...

A teenage boy is fighting for life after being swept off the rocks at a popular surf beach. Emergency services were called to Coolangatta, in the Gold Coast's south, on Wednesday afternoon after reports a boy had been knocked into the water amid wild surf.  Council lifeguards pulled the youth out of the water between Snapper Rocks and Froggy Beach shortly after 2.30pm and began CPR before they were helped by NSW and Queensland paramedics, who were nearby.  A 16-year-old boy is fighting for life at Gold Coast University Hospital after getting swept off rocks in Coolangatta on Wednesday  Que...

Boy, 16, fights for life after being plucked from wild surf A 16-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital after being pulled from the surf on the southern Gold Coast. News by Greg Stolz Premium Content Subscriber only A teenager is fighting for his life after being pulled from the surf at Coolangatta on the southern Gold Coast. The boy, 16, was rescued from wild surf near Snapper Rocks about 2.40pm and treated by lifeguards. Paramedics treated him at the scene before he was rushed to hospital. It is believed the teen was playing on rocks with frien...

NZ to open travel bubble with Australia April 19 AP, WELLINGTON New Zealand yesterday said that it would open a long-anticipated travel bubble with Australia on April 19 now that both countries have been successful in stamping out the spread of COVID-19. The start of quarantine-free travel between the neighboring nations should come as a relief to families who have been separated by the pandemic, as well as to struggling tourist operators. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said health officials believe the risk of the virus being transmitted from Australia is low and that travel is no...