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War graves recognised

Commemorations have begun in Gympie for eight local post-war veterans whose deaths have now been formally accepted as related to their war service, volunteer...

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...

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Sport

Trio ready to track down win

As the end of November approaches, three talented young athletes from Gympie are packing their bags and sharpening their skills for the National Under...

Queens Park AGM next big club event

Queens Park Tennis Club is gearing up for its biggest off-court event of the year, with members set to gather for the Annual General...

Soggy finals for Touch

The Gympie Touch Association held its grand finals for all the divisions on Saturday despite the predicted rain and thunderstorms making an appearance. The...

Gympie cricketers take on WA

Gympie’s Derek Durie and Joe Laffey are proudly representing Queensland in the over-55 Masters cricket tournament currently underway in Bunbury, Western Australia. Joe Laffey secured...

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...

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Entertainment

Whimsy meets schlock

Rod Hollens’ second feature-length film, Harold Bum’s Diary, played for one night only at Gympie Cinemas on Monday, 20 November. A mash-up of ‘50s...

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...

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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Pumpkin committee for 2026

It will be 30 years of Goomeri Pumpkin Festival by the time the 2026 festival rolls around, so the committee is getting a head...

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...