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Businesses tell of Mary Street ‘terror’

Criminal tobacco and vape traders had damaged Mary Street businesses, terrified workers and drawn in "a clientele associated with substance abuse," state parliament was...

Free drop-off for hazardous waste

Free disposal of chemicals, paint, oils and other hazardous waste materials will be less of a headache for Gympie residents after a free drop-off...

Tough new tobacco, vape laws passed

Both sides of the Queensland parliament have backed new legislation cracking down on illicit tobacco and vape traders. Shadow Health Minister Mark Bailey said the...

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Sport

Silver and bronze for Gympie bowlers

Gympie’s junior lawn bowlers have returned home triumphant from the 2025 Australian Nationals in Devonport, Tasmania, with silver and bronze medals following a week...

Wild weather and wilder weigh ins

Rainbow Beach anglers wrapped up their final competition of 2025 under wild and testing conditions, with scorching heat, strong northerlies, and late storms making...

Twists and turns in jackpots pairs

It was another fabulous day at the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club with an exciting game of jackpots pairs after a productive bowls committee meeting...

Pete’s 200th run as director

The runners at the Victory Heights Park Run in Gympie were excited to celebrate a milestone for run director, Peter Olson. Last weekend was the...

Harriers’ ’bad’ Bart Simpson trail

A run or walk shared with others is always much more enjoyable and easier and last Monday’s Gympie Hash House Harriers runners 8+km trail...

60 players endure heat

In addition to regular fixtures this week, the Gympie Squash Club hosted a Qld Masters Tournament over the weekend, with 60 players taking to...

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Entertainment

Outback Art returns to Gympie Gallery

Local artist Danny Bickmore returns to Gympie Regional Gallery with a deeply personal exhibition celebrating the Central Australian landscape. Born in Alice Springs and...

GTA gets Wicked (Again)

They might know Halloween is done and dusted for the year, but for the Gympie Theatre Association Inc. (GTA), any excuse to dress up...

Still bent, never broken

Gympie comedian, Christopher Widdows, better known to the world as the internationally acclaimed, and even infamous Steady Eddy, is returning for his national tour,...

Dadaesque gala on this weekend

Tamara Kirby, the architect behind the project BerlinDaDa says, “In true DaDa style, if you are partial to dressing up, please do.” "And if so,...

Coast songbird joins Gympie’s country crowd

The Gympie Country Music Club is tuning up for its next concert on Saturday, 22 November, kicking off at 1pm at the Senior Citizens...

Music makes the world go around

From modest beginnings at a church hall in Nambour, to the biggest cathedrals in Europe, Oriana Choir has grown in strength and passion across...

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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Cooloola bowlers turn on the fun

The Cooloola Coast Bowls Club enjoyed a friendly Scroungers day last week, with Julie Collins saying it was an absolutely fabulous afternoon of bowls,...

Seniors feel the strain of isolation, but local resort offers connection

According to the latest census in 2021, 41.5 per cent, nearly half, of Gympie were aged over 55. Given Gympie's general growth and the construction...

Forestry ‘preserved K’gari paradise’ – author fights ‘false history’

Fraser Island icon the late John Sinclair lied to shut down forestry on K'gari (then called Fraser Island) and urban conservationists misunderstood forest dynamics,...

Author’s help plea so he can publish Mooloo history

The many members, friends, and followers of the Gympie Family History Society (GFHS) are familiar with the work of their long-standing member, Alex Myles....

Land care spreading far and wide

If the question was why a 4WD convoy of 20 vehicles was needed to facilitate a “paddock walk” … then the answer was provided...

DAW champs ready to roll

If there’s one thing Gympie does well, it’s community, and nothing proves that more than the powerhouse of local organisation representatives, volunteers, and champions...