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Launch It Beach Festival

Friday 5th and Saturday 6th April To celebrate the launch of the 2013 Surfers Paradise festival, Hard Rock Rocks will present ‘Launch It Beach Concert’ over two massive nights – and it’s all free!   Get your weekend started on Friday night with a selection of dance and pop with some of Australia’s best contemporary [...]

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The cutest button on the block

Wendy Rice – Executive PA to the General Manager How long have you been at QT Gold Coast:  I have been here since GCI days and saw the whole transformation to QT Gold Coast, it was amazing to be part of that! Best thing about your job:  My role has evolved many times over, I [...]

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Up Late

Up Late events welcome visitors to experience Brisbane’s GOMA (Gallery of Modern Art) in a relaxed and social atmosphere. Enjoy a range of music performances by leading local, national and international performers in specially-designed lounge and bar spaces, and broaden your interpretation of current exhibitions through informal talks by guest speakers from a range of [...]

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Independent Season

The Art Centre Gold Coast presents the Independent Season (aka IT IS). It’s time to lose yourself in The Space, explore new worlds and discover emerging artists with the inaugural 2013 Independent Season. With four featured Independent Theatre productions and three Work In Progress initiatives each show will be your one way ticket to the dark side. Be [...]

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One way street party

Gold Coast hipsters vote with their feet for the One Way Street Party, a laneway-style art and music festival that snapshots the city’s emerging cultural scene. At One Way, indie bands, live art projects and street markets ladened with one-off vintage fashions swirl against a canvas of back-street bitumen. Artists have their say in One [...]

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Everyone, deserves music. Sweet music.

This Easter, we have put together a collection of family friendly favourites to get your collective toes tapping. Remix: Nick Bertke – Alice in Wonderland   listen here Update: Crazy Penis – There’s a better place  listen here Cartoon: Elmo – I’m Elmo, and I know it  listen here Superstars: Patti Smith and Johnny Depp – Mermaid [...]

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WHERE RABBITS AND COCOONS DWELL

Plan ahead for the next instalment of the Miama Markette, being held at Rabbit and Cocoon on Friday the 12th of April! We are incredibly happy that it’s the start of autumn. It’s like a perfect mix of gin and vermouth that makes for a great martini. We also like the fact that March is [...]

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Cactus Massage!

Mexicos exotic specialty is a Hakali Cactus massage- Yes that’s right, a cactus massage! Your probably thinking, a cactus body treatment sounds far from relaxing and perhaps a little bit painful, but the needles are removed before the paddles (the “leaf” part of the nopal cactus — the same part that you would eat in [...]

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Treatment of the week!

Regenerative Pure C Facial (60 mins / $130) Ideal for brightening and repairing prematurely ageing skin. Uspa utilises potent antioxidant vitamin C to re- establish the defences in the skin that protect against environmental damage. Gently refining the skin with therapeutic botanicals of fruit enzymes provides instant radiance and increased collagen support for improved skin [...]

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The Surfer and the Mermaid

The Surfer and the Mermaid 28 February – 2 March 2013 The Arts Centre Gold Coast and Bleach* present The Surfer and the Mermaid. Following the success of its sell out premiere at the Bleach Festival in 2012 and its critically acclaimed 26 performance season at the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney. The Arts Centre Gold [...]

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Songs to swoon over

It’s the month of love, and whether you are having a Liz Lemon ‘bring me some ham’ moment, or are picking out diamond rings (for yourself *vintage art deco rings – ebay* as you daydream over how he is going to propose), Valentines Day is always something. It can be a soppy something, a naughty [...]

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Staff Spotlight on Zak Nalder!

Staff Spotlight on Zak Nalder! Title: F&B Bazaar Employment Likes: Anything and everything Hospitality. I really enjoy hosting and communicating the mosaic cuisines Bazaar has to offer to our valued customers. I do have a little fascination for wine also. Music: Pop/ Rock and Chilled. Anything from Jack Johnson, Michael Jackson, Grinspoon to Café Del [...]

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spaQ special for Valentines Day!

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, spaQ has released this limited time only ‘Sweethearts Package’. A perfect gift or experience to share, the Sweethearts Package is 120 minutes of pure relaxation which includes – 1hr full body massage 45 minute essential focus facial including scalp massage Ritual Foot Bath with Wild Thyme foot scrub Complimentary [...]

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Bryan Adam Exposes Celebs in his new Photography Book

Bryan Adams may be best known forever as the singer behind 1984′s coming-of-age rock classic “Summer of ’69.” For over a decade, though, when he hasn’t been rocking out, Adams has been pulling double-duty as a photographer, capturing stunning shots of musicians, actors and models for a slew of high-profile publications. Now some of his [...]

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The 10 most annoying concert behaviours

In the wake of Big Day Out, it has to be noted… Going to rock concerts has always meant dealing with a bunch of unruly people, many of them very drunk – but it seems like lately things have been worse than ever. Attention spans are at an all-time low, and the ubiquity of smartphones has [...]

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