Opinion

Editor’s Note, January-March Edition 2026

As we move beyond the first quarter of the century, media—both mainstream and social—often paint a challenging picture of the future. The boating community, like

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Editor’s Note April 2025 – The Season of Boats

As I write this, we have just experienced the impact of TC Alfred, the first tropical cyclone to affect Southeast Queensland since 1975. Fortunately, early

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Stereotyping Your Boat

What does your boat say about you?   Is your boat a shiny pair of Italian loafers, or is it more of a Dunlop Volley?

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Gold Coast: Most Liveable City

For any single one of us who call the Gold Coast home, to question the merits of its liveability seem somewhat redundant. For most of

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Grassroots Boating

What motivates you to boat? What matters most to you as an advocate of recreational boating and as a steward of the waterways? How can

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An Update On Emission Standards

The news about outboard emissions laws have all gone a bit quiet from Canberra since January 2017. But, it turns out that this duck is

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Mayor’s Message

With 70km of pristine coastline, 270km of navigable waterways and a climate that boasts 300+ days a year of sunshine, Gold Coast provides a heaven

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8 Reasons Why I Like Boating on the Gold Coast

It’s becoming a cliche to keep saying that the Gold Coast has more waterways than Venice. But ti still does not qualify as a cliche

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Survey Results Report

From mid-February to mid-April 2016, we conducted an anonymous online survey about people’s boating lifestyle. The main purpose for the survey was to get to

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TAKE OUR BOATING SURVEY!

Tell us about your boating lifestyle and we hope to deliver your dreams.   Please take our anonymous BOATING SURVEY because we value your opinions.

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