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Gympie family’s lifeline

In June last year, Marie's dad, Phil Pearce, received a daunting diagnosis of cancer in the parotid gland in his neck. "The diagnosis was frightening...

Karma is calmer

Council veteran Bob Fredman is contemplating the joys of retirement, as he sips a fine red in his private museum man-cave in the Mary...

Rainbow X Adventure takes off

The Rainbow Adventure X Festival will be in full swing this weekend starting tonight on Friday 19 April. This three-day event which will run from...

The next generation

Muster powers on

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Sport

Inshore reef action

With some not too great weather the inshore reefs saw all the action. Sunshine reef was seeing great numbers of coral trout getting up...

Great darts and close games

Gympie District Darts Association had a great night of darts on Wednesday 10 April. Team Results: Victory Bandits 12 def RSL Riff Raff 0. Phoenix Nutcrackers 11...

Gympie Cats clawing competition

Gympie Cats held their first action-packed home game in memory of young Rykah Burr on Saturday 13 April. The first match saw Gympie QFA Div...

Field of 97 contest Vets game

How difficult was the Gympie Golf Club Vets game of golf on Tuesday? The weather was not too hot, and not too cold,...

Wanderers lose their way against the Jockey

It was another great performance for the Gympie District Darts Association players in their matches on Wednesday, 3 April. Here are the results: TEAM RESULTS: Phoenix Nutcrackers...

Reef fish are chewing

For everyone who was lucky enough to get out in last week’s weather windows some amazing fish were caught. Plenty of good longtail and...

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Stone dragon rears it’s head

It is not every day you find a dragon in the back of your car, but for one local artist, that is how his...

Creative youth inside and out

Headspace Gympie and Heart and Soul Sisters presented an exciting exhibition for Youth Week at the Art Post Gallery on Saturday, 13 April. Guests enjoyed...

Fundraising concert will delight

Set4Life Australia is a small, registered, Gympie charity, supporting access to healthcare and education for the remote communities of Yiben in northern Sierra Leone....

Two exciting new projects on horizon at Art Post

Are you interested in the notion of privacy? Sunshine Coast-based artist Katrina Lezaic’s new photographic works address the idea of privacy on the walls...

GourMAY has more than food on menu

GourMay is about food, but not just about growing and eating it. There are competitions - photography, art, tasting, guessing, and of course cooking. Mostly,...

Food at the heart of Valley festival

GourMay Mary Valley may be all about food and farming, but it has not stopped those with a passion for the arts from getting...

Gympie Flows Forward

Our campaign’s end

Over the past 12 months, we’ve brought you stories about the ongoing battle to right our region after the devastating floods of 2022. There is...

Gympie connection to new SES head

The day after the worst flood to hit Gympie in living memory lifted the level of the Mary River at the weir to 22.96m...

Mary River clean-up

Sediment laden run-off from the Mary River has been identified as a leading cause of poor water quality in the inner Great Barrier Reef,...

Big Mary eco-spend

Gympie region and its near neighbours are big winners in a major federal and state funded flood recovery bonanza for "significant environmental and land...

Mary workers helping reef

A consortium of environment groups is working to improve Mary River runoff quality, in a bid to save notr just the river itself, but...

Don’t forget flash flooding

The Gympie Region has recently been on flood watch with the consistent wet weather and three uninjured patients were rescued from flood water on...

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Adventure X at Rainbow!

Join the thrilling sights at Rainbow Beach for the Adventure X Festival this weekend, running from Friday 19 April to Sunday 21 April. This...

Purpose built food and beverage manufacturing precinct

With construction on the multi-million dollar development of the food and beverage manufacturing precinct to commence shortly, Turbine is now seeking expressions of interest...

Police need help with GTA – Goomeri Theft Auto

Police are appealing for public assistance in relation to a stolen car incident that occurred in the Goomeri area on Sunday, 7 April. Initial information...

Youth crime crisis

Shadow Minister for Police Dan Purdie claims the current Government can not fix the youth crime crisis as Queensland Police Service (QPS) statistics reveal...

Smiles bursting out the gate

Guests enjoyed a great day out at the Gympie Turf Club experiencing a full five races trackside for the Grand Old Lady 100 Club...

Living it up local

A great day was had in the park as bands cranked up the volume for youth week week at Live and Local at Nelson...