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Christmas colour for Gympie’s heart

There was plenty of Christmas colour over both nights of the Mary Christmas street parties. Along with stilt-walking fairies, an airborne Grinch, the Polar Express...

‘Nice’ and ‘Naughty’ pet food list

The holiday season is a time of celebration, but for our four-legged friends, it can be a minefield of hidden dangers. Roughly one in...

Thank the Farmers Who Don’t Get a Holiday

As everyone prepare for festive feasts filled with fresh seafood, vibrant summer fruit, crisp vegetables, quality meats, artisan dairy, wine, grains and more, Rural...

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Cooloola Bowls kicks off summer calendar

The first week of the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club summer calendar started off on a great note when on Thursday 11 December, they had...

Parkrun has a special visitor

The organisers and participants in the Victory Heights Park Run last Saturday morning pulled out their festive finery for a run with a difference. Making...

Future field stars shine

Future Gympie track and field sporting stars took to the grounds at Albert Park on Friday night, keen to compete in the weekly Little...

Keisha and Bev form winning team

The Gympie Golf Ladies held their Christmas Party and 2025 End of Year Presentation on Sunday, 7 December at the home of fellow golfer...

Final day full of thanks

The Gympie Bowls Club had its last bowling day for the year on Thursday, 11 December. There were 32 bowlers out on the green, keen...

Dragons celebrate success and new leaders

December is traditionally a busy month for everyone preparing for the festive season, with the constant rounds of Christmas parties, lunches and drinks, and...

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Gympie photographers end busy year

It has come to the end of another year for the Gympie Camera Club, and it’s time for a well-earned break. Santa is packing...

Pie Creek residents celebrate the season

Santa arrived at the Pie Creek Community Hall Christmas party on Saturday, 6 December with bells ringing and sirens blasting. Fifty locals enjoyed the...

Country Christmas comes to Gympie

Kick off your festive season at the Gympie Country Music Club Christmas Concert next Saturday, 13 December, at the Senior Citizens Centre, Mellor Street,...

Mary Christmas 2 ready to roll

If you missed the first Mary Christmas event on Wednesday night, don't despair, there is more festive cheer for next Wednesday night. The summer street...

Jake Whittaker drops cheeky new single

Brisbane country artist Jake Whittaker, and 2025 Gympie Music Muster performer, who caught the attention of the nation on Australian Idol, is back with...

Fun-packed family NYE planned

The Gympie Regional Council is gearing up to welcome 2026 with an action-packed community New Year’s Eve celebration at Nelson Reserve, promising an unforgettable...

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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‘A time for loved ones and memories’

As another busy year draws to a close, we reflect with gratitude on our incredible communities. The resilience, kindness, generosity and care shown across...

Be watchful for signs of distress in kids, after terror attacks

In the wake of Sunday’s terrorist attack at Bondi Junction, Parentline is encouraging parents and carers across Queensland to gently check in with children...

Big day for TAFE grads

Students graduating from TAFE Queensland’s Gympie campus gathered at Gunabul Homestead on Thursday 4 December to mark the culmination of all their hard work,...

Most wonderful time of the year

It was a wonderful turn-out when 75 people attended the final Lions Club of Gympie Community Morning Tea for 2025 held at the Senior...

Christmas boost for charities

The Government has donated $400,000 to help charities provide crucial support for Queenslanders doing it tough this Christmas. St Vincent de Paul Society...

Give back to hospital patients this Christmas

Wishlist, Gympie's local hospital charity, has launched its inaugural Wishlist Giving Tree to help create a better experience for patients and their families spending...