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Anglers hook big prizes for clubhouse raffle

The Rainbow Beach Amateur Anglers (RBAA) are lucky to have some of the region’s most generous local businesses backing their annual fundraiser. The support...

Gympie Showgirl’s take the crown

The Gympie District Show Society is celebrating a standout year in its Show Girl and Rural Ambassador program, with local entrants shining at the...

Win a holiday, help local anglers

The Rainbow Beach Amateur Anglers are receiving a great level of support as they run their annual Christmas raffle to continue their service in...

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Sport

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...

Jean scores 120 to take out player of the month

Congratulations to Jean Peters, who scored a total of 120 Stableford points to take out the Gympie Golf Club Ladies Player of the Month...

No jackpot won for Nov comp

Last Thursday, 6 November, Gympie Bowls Club had its November Jackpot Pairs Day with 22 teams in attendance. The weather was much cooler than...

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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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DV fundraiser packs a punch

What started as a birthday celebration turned into a powerful show of community spirit and support for women facing domestic violence when the many...

Gympie’s hidden hoard

To mark National Recycling Week, Specsavers Gympie is encouraging locals to help tackle Australia’s eyewear waste problem, which experts are calling “Gloarding." This National Recycling...

Feedback sought on SEQ water opportunities

The Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteer (DLGWV) is inviting the South East Queensland farming sector to provide feedback on five proposed options...

Good news, bad news

Good news, bad news It was a good news- bad news week as thousands of Gympie region people remembered to remember - hundreds at memorial...

Gary’s orchid love was a top talking point

Gary Walker, the president of the Gympie Orchid Society and the husband of vice-president Julie Walker, was the guest speaker at the October meeting...

Dorothy’s 100 years of family and friends

Dorothy Meredith turned 100 last Wednesday, 5 November, and friends and family gathered on Saturday at the Gympie RSL to celebrate this incredible milestone. A...