‘Locks’ at Kirra vanish

LOVED ones have been left devastated after their ‘love locks’ on the fence at Kirra Hill have been cut away without their knowledge.

Placed as declarations of everlasting love, tributes to family no longer here and many other sentimental memories have suddenly disappeared from the popular site.

The lookout on McLarens St near the Coolangatta State School, next to a heritage site, has been the place of the ‘love locks’ where hundreds of padlocks were secured on the wire fence to symbolise lasting love.

But it didn’t last long enough.

Local Angela Mavs went to pay tribute to her late mother Irine Mavs, who only passed away recently, with a combined lock tribute to her beloved grandmother Rubi Santo.

The women’s locks where placed together on the fence when she discovered her precious tribute had been removed.

“I am devastated,” she said. “I go there often to just talk to them and pay my respects, it’s a beautiful place to pay tribute to loved ones.

“Someone has cut them off with a bolt cutter.

“I am so sad to see them go, I just want to find out if I can collect them from somewhere as it means so much to me, I still have the key to the locks.”

A Gold Coast City spokeswoman said she was not aware the locks had been removed.

“We have received no complaints with the local law manager and no notification of the locks being removed,” she said.

“The only reason they would be removed was if they had become a public safety issue, but we are happy to look into this.”