Welcome back to the GC Minute, our final Thursday newsletter of 2024.
We hope you had a Merry Christmas and are enjoying taking it a little easier today.
The weather is perfect, and the Aussies are getting stuck into the Boxing Day Test 👌
Have a Happy New Year, and we can’t wait to keep bringing you more in 2025.
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One Big Thing: The top 5 GC Minute newsletters of 2024
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GC Minute’s Top: Articles for the year
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Trending: GC Reddit vs. SEQ
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Around the web (Snippets): Just a few..
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Upcoming events
😮 Last week’s poll results | Snapper Rocks to Rainbow Bay masterplan | Profits cool for local product maker | Robot security dogs and more!
⌨️ Top 25 Wiki’d articles of 2024 | BYD’s Southport arrival | GC’s popularity with big city residents drops | Trump’s NASA pick | McPherson electorate makes history | Meta goes nuclear and heaps more!
📉 GC industrial leasing struggles | NDIS bans sex work and cuddle therapy | Kelly Slater’s seaweed shirt | QLD coastal safety stats| 100-year extinct bird found and more!
🏢 The GC on the cusp on an apartment shortage | Rare footage of a young hairy-nosed wombat | Facing cancer with confidence on the | A report on the worst sewage spill in the city’s history and more!
🏡 5 GC suburbs hit $2m median | Classic car show in the hinterland | Urgent call for local blood donors | Happy Gilmore 2 casting chaos | GC reconnects with HK and more!
Family of missing Tweed Heads man last seen around Currumbin Valley/Cobaki call for greater action and support
A Tired Mum’s Guide to Great Playgrounds in the Gold Coast Hinterland
Fun for all ages: the Mudgeeraba Street Party and Parade is back!
Local 15-year-old entrepreneur’s newest pursuit
Gold Coast Star Helena Merten Brings Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA Home
Gold Coast property prices soar even higher
The best local markets in the hinterland
Who wants to be a billionaire?
A breath of fresh air for Gold Coast politics
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A humanoid robot has been considered by: OpenAI, although abandoning the pursuit just prior to the AI boom
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Here are the Top 10 stories of 2024 by the: Smithsonian, with articles of the year including a close-up look at the adorable yet venomous pygmy slow loris, a profile of a little-known 20th-century street photographer and a majestic journey with divers into Mexico’s underwater caves
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The most famous crocodile in the world, Burt, has: Died at the ripe old age of around 90, the reptilian star of the 1986 movie Crocodile Dundee
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Here’s what the Australian 2024 Google: Year in Search looked like👇
🎶 RUNES DUO at The Grand Hotel, 26 December, 6:30 PM -10:30 PM, RUNES DUO is dynamic and fun, you’ll love this show! Jam-packed with all the songs you know and love.
💃 New Year’s Eve Salsa on the Lawn Party, 31 December, 7:00 PM, Join us for an unforgettable New Year’s Eve celebration at NYE Salsa on the Lawn Party! Get ready for an evening filled with live salsa music, dancing and NYE fun.
🏃♀️ Wild Earth Resolution Run, 31 December, 3:00 PM The annual Wild Earth Resolution Run is back and it’s going to be GOODR than ever!
🎇 New Years Fiesta – Gold Coast, 31 December, 8:00 PM, Welcome 2025 with the biggest Latin party in Australia! Join us at The Gold Coast’s stunning waterfront venue for an unforgettable night!
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