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Surfest linchpin Warren Smith said the Peter Troy Lifetime Achievement Award presented to him on Thursday night was recognition for the team behind Newcastle's surfing carnival rather than himself. Smith was named the recipient at the Surfing Australia Awards at the QT Gold Coast hotel after being one of three…

She was among dozens of eager beachgoers who tried out a regional Queensland city's first accessible beach, and there are hopes more coastal cities will follow.

A COLLABORATION between Edinburgh Napier University and Lost Shore Surf Resort is promising "ground-breaking surfing research" and a…

Cairo Winitana was holidaying with his Sydney family at the Club Wyndham Denarau Island resort

The kiss was four minutes and six seconds

Hazardous surf continues to batter the coastline from South East Queensland down to the South Coast of New South Wales, with drownings on the Sunshine Coast and in the Illawarra.

"People just can't access the beach. You can get there, but you might as well park your car at Garden City and walk in."

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