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Fuelling the future

The prospect of a biofuel industry centred near Emerald in Central Queensland follows the promotional work of the Gympie-affiliated Burnett Mary Regional Group. Tuesday's announcement...

Dragons go for gold at State Champs

March has been a golden month for the Cooloola Dragons (Wide Bay Warriors), with the dragon-boat club winning gold, silver, and bronze medals at...

Contracts awarded for Bruce upgrades

Twenty-two new contracts have been awarded under the $9 billion Bruce Highway Targeted Safety Program, accelerating works along priority sections between Gympie and Cairns. The...

Farewell to Ray

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Sport

Wet weather makes for humid Triples comp

Last Thursday, 19 March, there were 24 bowlers out on the Green at the Gympie Bowls Club on the Southside. A number of the...

‘Shorty’ aces the 16th

On Tuesday, 17 March, the little green men came out to play a Single Stableford with the Gympie Golf Club Vets. There were...

Lottie’s winning form

After a couple of wet weeks, the Gympie Golf Club Ladies were very happy to get back on the course last Wednesday, playing for...

Dark dash for Hashies

It was BYO street lighting for the Gympie Hash House Harriers last Monday when they took to the rural roads of Two Mile and...

Junior’s back on court for grading

Monday afternoon, this week was the first night of grading for the Gympie & District Netball junior competition. It marked the first time in...

Gold on hold as rain checks grand final

Gympie Gold travelled to Maroochydore over the weekend for the Grand Final of Sunshine Coast's 1st Grade Cricket competition. Rain was always going to...

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Entertainment

From Gympie with heart, when Gold goes on tour

The best of the Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival will roll out across the region, with tour screenings set for the Perseverance...

Larry Fleet set to headline Muster Friday

Tennessee singer-songwriter Larry Fleet will bring his band to the Gympie Music Muster on Friday, 28 August, adding another international act to the 2026...

Riders saddle up for iconic 40th ride

One of the Gympie region’s smallest communities is saddling up for a big celebration. Kilkivan, just 45-minutes west of Gympie, is marking 40 years of...

Jake Whittaker celebrates awards’ noms

2025 Gympie Music Muster Ambassador Jake Whittaker grabbed the attention of the country on Australian Idol and his work ethic and killer songs are...

Inspiring intergenerational connection and community

Gympie-born author Brenton Cullen is set to release his new children's book, The Prime Minister Problem, on Tuesday, 28 April, with an inspiring story...

Indie-Roots duo hits Gympie

Join Dan Cully and Kate Mahood at Art Post for an intimate evening of earthy folk music, storytelling and shared songs. Blending folk, indie-roots...

Properties

Two Homes, 57 Hectares and Endless Potential

Opportunities like this are incredibly rare. Comprising 57.37 hectares on two titles, this remarkable rural acreage provides lifestyle and income potential. Located just 10 minutes...

Prime location above flood area

Tom Grady Real Estate is privileged to present for sale 16 Nash Street, Gympie. This well-positioned commercial property sits in a highly sought-after location,...

A Solid Aussie Home – With Your Business Set Up Downstairs

If you’re chasing a true blue Aussie setup where the kids can run, kick a ball ride the bike around the block and make...

Lifestyle properties continue to appeal

While Curra has re-emerged on the property landscape since the Bruce Highway by-pass of Gympie was completed in 2024, its history goes back more...

Dual Creekfront Farming Opportunity

****Logo attached - please place at the end of the text Positioned in the tightly held district of Glastonbury, this productive 52-hectare (130-acre) farm offers...

Space, Sheds and Serenity on 5 Acres

Set on a picturesque 5-acre parcel just five minutes south of the CBD, this beautifully maintained lifestyle property offers the perfect balance of space,...

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...

More News

Bowlers have a craic at St Paddies celebrations

What a week for the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club. Tuesday at Kandanga, Don Collins and Col McKean took out the Jackpot Mufti Pairs, winning...

Goomeri’s showgirls

Despite wet weather conditions postponing the Goomeri Show to a later date, the committee went ahead with a handful of their competitions as scheduled....

What’s on around the region for the coming week?

Although most of these activities are for adults, we’ve added kid-friendly, free activities around the region. These are denoted by asterisks beside the title,...

Speed limits, RBT for ‘e-mobility safety’

Queensland will soon have new laws to expand police powers to crack down on illegal use of e-mobility devices, after 6000 reported e-scooter injuries...

RoboDoc, Da Vinci cuts surgery risks and recovery times

A high-tech surgical robot, which has helped 100 Sunshine Coast Health patients get home and back on their feet faster, is now being used...

Rain sees mixed yarding

Eidsvold Cattle Sale - 18 March A total of 472 head were yarded at the Eidsvold Saleyards, including 6 x 6 Cows and Calves....

Quota Club marks milestone birthday

Past members and executives are invited to register for the 65th Birthday and Changeover Celebration for the Gympie Quota Club, to be held on...

State of Origin: Queensland wins for sole traders

If running your own business feels a little easier in Gympie, you’re not imagining it; Queensland is officially winning the small business stakes. New data...

Gympie’s faint praise for ex-dam chief

Graeme Newton, who was the construction head for Gympie region's Traveston Crossing dam proposal nearly 20 years ago, as well as being involved in...

News snippets from across the region over the past week

Single-vehicle crash A patient, in stable condition, was transported to Gympie Hospital following a single-vehicle crash on Mary Valley Road at Kandanga, at 9.16am on...