A former friend of Gable Tostee's new Kiwi girlfriend is "completely unsurprised" at her new choice of man, saying that she's always pursued celebrity status.

Wright's closest friends have written a heartfelt tribute in a bid to "put the pieces of our lives back together".

Elizabeth Binning is converted to lentils in a French cooking lesson on the Sunshine Coast.

In a lengthy post to a bodybuilding forum four months after Warriena Wright died, Gable Tostee revealed what happened inside his apartment.

Stephanie Holmes eats her way around the Sunshine Coast and is left with a good taste in her mouth.

COMMENT: A young woman is dead. What killed her? Fear. But sadly that is not a crime in the eyes of the law.

A juror almost caused a mistrial in the murder case of a man whose Tinder date fell off his 14th floor balcony after posting about it on Instagram.

Gable Tostee's acquittal over the balcony fall death of Wellington woman Warriena Wright was almost scuttled by an Instagram post.

The man accused of murdering Kiwi woman Warriena Wright during a Tinder date on the Gold Coast has arrived in court to await the jury's verdict.

Judge tells jury they should not take Gable Tostee's conduct after Warriena Wright's death into consideration.

Four injured New Zealand fur seal pups cared for by Sea World staff on the Gold Coast have been released back into the wild after hitching a ride on an RAAF aircraft.

There will be no verdict today in the Gable Tostee murder trial after jurors asked for more answers.

After Warriena Wright's death at the foot of Gable Tostee's apartment building, people on both sides of the Tasman asked why and how she got there.

A humpback whale and her calf became entangled in shark nets off Australia's Gold Coast as debate about using the nets heats up.

Gable Tostee is not the "cartoonish villain" he has been portrayed in the media, and he did not cause the death of New Zealander Warriena Wright, his lawyer claims.

Gable Tostee was a gentleman towards an erratic and odd Warriena Wright in the hour before she died, his lawyer has claimed.

The mother of Kiwi Warriena Wright, who died after falling from the balcony of Gable Tostee's apartment, has criticised the judge in Tostee's murder trial.

The last photos of Kiwi Warriena Wright before she plunged to her death have been tendered to the Brisbane Supreme Court.

Neighbour of man charged with murdering Kiwi tourist, who he met on Tinder, says she heard what sounded like a man and woman fighting in the apartment above.

A Queensland toddler bitten by one of the world's deadliest snakes will need care for the rest of his life, his father says.

A father who filmed a viral video of his 5-year-old son performing burnouts is now being investigated by Australian child protection services.

Corazon Miller checks into the Kingfisher Bay Resort on Queensland's Fraser Island.

You can't visit Australia without cuddling a koala.

Jane Warwick recalls an overnight airport adventure.

Wartime rationing and a famous poem built an Aussie pub legend, writes Pamela Wade.

The Gold Coast might have all the cheesy thrills, but the Sunshine Coast is home to some far more enticing attractions.

A 21-year-old British backpacker has died after allegedly being stabbed by a French national yelling "Allahu akbar" at a north Queensland hostel.

Andrew Louis meets some fair dinkum Aussie locals in their natural habitat ... and not a XXXX in sight.

Andrew Louis checks out a campground where you can have the tenting experience without having to pitch and pack away the tent.

A woman has died in a freak accident in a Gold Coast car park.