Gold Coast Interviews

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08/20/10--22:01: A model daughter (chan 1522261)

THE vagaries of international time mean Jesinta Campbell turned 19 twice last week, firstly in Australia and again the following day in Las Vegas.


08/27/10--22:01: Party house verbal joust (chan 1522261)

IT'S funny how some people think.&nbsp;<br>Take the bloke in the navy blue jacket. Not even half an hour has passed since Gold Coast City Council deferred making a decision on whether to ban residential holiday houses.


09/03/10--22:01: Big Ben clocks on (chan 1522261)

At 20, Gold Coast boy Ben Hudson dug an old pair of footy boots out of his cupboard with the simple goal of playing a season with his mates and drinking a truckload of beer along the way.


09/17/10--22:01: Learning experiences can't be taught (chan 1522261)

It's Monday, when the conversation began, and John Marsden rolls his eyes and laughs.&nbsp;<br>Neither action registers the slightest amusement; only dismay.


09/24/10--22:01: Provider stress of being a father (chan 1522261)

Fatherhood is an undervalued position argues Tim Baker. Everyone's aware of how demanding being a mother is that it's almost seen that a man going out and earning the money is easy. If only they knew the stress that entails.


03/14/11--14:03: Story removed (chan 1522261)

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05/13/11--22:01: A matter of taste (chan 1522261)

WITH a loyal following and almost 30 years in the competitive food business, Doris Jaa, who moved to Australian in the 1950s, is the Gold Coast's most successful `accidental restaurateur'. <strong>Anne-Louise Brown</strong> reports.


05/20/11--22:01: Couple's move to Coast brews success (chan 1522261)

HOW a Hawaiian engineering drop-out and an Aussie corporate lawyer met, fell in love and decided the Gold Coast was the best place on the planet to launch their own brewery.


05/27/11--22:01: Surfboard collector's road to the Coast (chan 1522261)

WORLD-CLASS chef and champion motorbike racer Andre 'Ondi' Marsaus turned his passion for collecting surfboards into a thriving Gold Coast business.


06/03/11--22:01: Love from the UK to the Gold Coast (chan 1522261)

LOVE found Arienne Sellers in her local pub and took her from the UK to the Gold Coast. Now she can't imagine living anywhere else.


06/10/11--22:01: Calling the Gold Coast home again (chan 1522261)

LAURENE Hassard arrived here as a babe in arms but left to explore the planet. Now she's back and has found her place in the world in the Coast's beautiful hinterland.


06/17/11--22:01: New beginnings on the Gold Coast (chan 1522261)

WAR tore Azra Kujovic's family apart and cost her father his life. But from the most tragic of circumstances, she's found love, fulfilment and a new home on the Gold Coast.


06/24/11--22:01: Spirit of adventure (chan 1522261)

HE drove across the nation in a beaten-up van and what Jonny Micallef found was success in business and a place to call home.


07/01/11--22:01: Gerard finds love and home on the Coast (chan 1522261)

Modelling, rugby and Club Med took Frenchman Gerard Rivereau around the world but it was on the Gold Coast that he lost his heart and found home.


07/23/11--08:37: Finding love on the Gold Coast (chan 1522261)

WITH his lovestruck brother leading the way, restaurateur Kader Hammadi traded Europe for Australia and found romance, family, success and a home on the Gold Coast.


07/29/11--22:01: Vive la Gold Coast! (chan 1522261)

REVOLUTION seemed imminent in Paris in 1968, so Marie Bensoussan and family packed up and left. They found peace, and a new life, on the Gold Coast.


08/12/11--22:01: Nicaragua to the Coast, with love (chan 1522261)

He didn't speak Spanish, she didn't speak English but love blossomed for Miss Nicaragua, Thelma Rodriguez, who now calls the Coast home&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>


08/12/11--22:01: Rosie's Gold Coast love affair (chan 1522261)

Her father didn't want her to marry a Westerner, but Rosie Morton was in love. Thirty-six years later, she's established herself as one of the Coast's most successful restaurateurs


08/19/11--22:01: Coast Bruce's home forever (chan 1522261)

Ever the enrepreneur, Bruce Toole moved to the Coast on the back of a business opportunity. Now, he can't imagine living anywhere else


08/26/11--22:02: The Coast show must go on (chan 1522261)

The tour de force behind the Gold Coast Eistedfodd, Judith Ferber made the move to sunny climes 44 years ago. She's never looked back