At the bottom of Queensland, where the Gold Coast runs out of road, Coolangatta lines up for the next big wave. The Southern End is your sun-faded guide to it all. We're your mates keeping tabs on the old haunts, the new openings and every reason to keep coming back to the edge. The chalkboard special. The new laneway bar. The break that's been firing all week that nobody told you about.

We're drawn to the things that have seen a few summers. The surf shops that have been on the same corner since before you were born. The pub that hasn't changed its carpet since the 90s and doesn't plan to. But we're just as interested in what's new, what's next, and what's quietly becoming something worth knowing about.

This is a border town. It straddles two states, a few decades, and the line between old Gold Coast and whatever comes next. We think that tension is interesting. We think it's worth paying attention to.

So. Paddle out. Join the line-up.

This is Cooly. Wish you were here.