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While roofers and tilers right across the South-East corner are still on medical leave, residents still cling on to hope that Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oma could make landfall before it fizzles out completely.

The unusual but closely monitored weather pattern has triggered massive waves off Queensland’s southeast coast, exceeding 12 metres offshore from Mooloolaba – but unfortunately didn’t hit the Goldie has hard as residents had hoped for.

Local surfshop owner, Wayne Occhilupo says the whole community had high hopes that Oma would save the some cash and tear down some of the poorly-thought out Commonwealth Games light installations.

“Gotdammit.” he says.

“We just needed her to smash through the M1 south of the Albert River at Staplyto”

The sign, which is mirrored by a slightly less inconvenient book-end at the southern entrance to the Gold Coast, cost more than $3 million dollars all up, about $1 million more than first thought.

Unfortunately for the rate-payer, the shitty sign that is impossible to make out while driving right next to it at 100 kilometres per hour, is still there.

Another local resident and surfboard shaper, MP Bartholomew says he’s really disappointed the Goldie didn’t end up getting that face-lift they had been preparing for.

“Would have saved us another half million if she took out those fairy lights”

“Could have torn up the light rail too”