The Gold Coast Notebook - Day 3
What you need to know:
- An Indian journalist faces five months in an Aussie jail for sneaking fake journalists into the country.
- The Gold Coast Bulletin on Saturday reported that a Jamaican reggae star Winston McAnuff was denied entry into The Avenue pub at the Surfers Paradise entertainment district where he was scheduled to perform because had no identification papers.
More cops than revellers here
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Hospitality operators are lamenting that “there are more police officers than patrons” in the entertainment district of Surfers Paradise. Police patrols have intensified with no incidents reported so far. Operators, hoping to see trade pick up as the games progress, are employing desperate measures for their businesses to gather momentum, such as lowering hotel prices.
For instance, beachfront hotel prices are being slashed with officials confident that with the good weather, the crowds will eventually build up.
Reggae star out, Kenyan journos in
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The Gold Coast Bulletin on Saturday reported that a Jamaican reggae star Winston McAnuff was denied entry into The Avenue pub at the Surfers Paradise entertainment district where he was scheduled to perform because had no identification papers. “Kenyan reps sailed past scanners using accepted (Commonwealth) games accreditation for ID,” the paper wrote. Well, that was us.
The bouncer maintained the musician, who was to join Indie star Peaches and Festival performer Afrikan Boy, needed to produce his identification under the strict and compulsory ID scanning laws.
Bare bum girl gets huge undies offer
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During the Games’ opening ceremony on Wednesday night, a wardrobe malfunction exposed a young performer’s bare behind, much to the embarrassment of viewers which included Prince Charles and his wife Camilla. Well, the girl dancer, Georgia Lear, has now been offered an unlimited supply of free underwear by local company Fresh Sets.
“I wouldn’t complain,” she reacted. “A girl can’t have enough undies, can she? There’s no point having a cry about it. You’ve got to have a laugh.”
Scribe charged with human trafficking
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An Indian journalist faces five months in an Aussie jail for sneaking fake journalists into the country. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, 46, was arrested at the Brisbane International Airport for sneaking in a “media contingent” of eight after allegedly being paid 1,000 Australian dollars for each of the illegal arrivals. The “journalists” turned out to be farmers.
