Australia holidays: Gold Coast s eight best places to eat and drink out
3 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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The Gold Coast has food to match the beautiful views. Photo: Tourism Australia
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Sun, sand, surf? Not on my clock. That s not to say the Gold Coast doesn t do these things well but my mission was to search out the best food and drinks in Australia s favourite playground. Here s what I found.
Best breakfasts and brunches
Elk Espresso, 12 Victoria Ave, Broadbeach
Pretty as a picture, with vibrant plants galore and a meek elk portrait on the wall, the meals at Elk Espresso are equally as pretty, presented like Picasso masterpieces. The menu includes the classics and if it s uniqueness you desire, Elk Espresso has it covered. Who said you can t have pork belly benedict or a mango Weis Bar waffle for breakfast? The green chilli scramble with fresh herbs, goats cheese and
Friends of a Melbourne woman who drowned on the Gold Coast have been left further distressed after a GoFundMe campaign to send her body home to Russia was suddenly suspended amid concerns it could breach US sanctions. The online fundraiser was launched after personal trainer Julia Boiko, 29, and her friend, Gold Coast gym manager Jake Jacobs, 32, drowned during a late night swim at Broadbeach last Thursday. It had raised almost $30,000 when it was abruptly shut down by GoFundMe this week. In an email to campaign organiser Helena Santi, a GoFundMe compliance official said the fundraiser had been suspended because you may be raising funds for a cause that is in or connected to a location currently facing sanctions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury .
Julia Boiko s lifeless body washed ashore at Kurrawa Beach on the Gold Coast
She had gone swimming with British gym manager Jake Jacobs late at night
Her friend Helena Santi ran a fundraiser to help pay for Ms Boiko s funeral costs
GoFundMe page raised almost $30,000 before platform shut it down this week
Said page fundraising for cause linked to location facing sanctions from the US
News by James Hall  A personal trainer who drowned during a late night swim on the Gold Coast has been described by devastated friends as a bright ray of sunshine . Julia Boika was seen entering the water at Broadbeach on Thursday night at about 9.20pm with a friend, British national Jake Jacobs. Her lifeless body was pulled unresponsive from the water at Kurrawa about an hour after the swim while Mr Jacobs s dead body was found a day later at Broadbeach. Julia Boika was working in Melbourne. Ms Boika, a 29-year-old Ukrainian national, worked as a trainer in Melbourne. It is here businesswoman Maria Markman met the personal trainer as a client of the European woman.
Julia Boika s lifeless body washed ashore at Kurrawa Beach on the Gold Coast at about 10.30 on Thursday night amid harrowing conditions whipped up by ex-tropical Cyclone Lucas.