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We’re worse for weapons or our police are better at profiling

Either the people of Gympie's Wide Bay Burnett region are worse when it comes to carrying knives and other weapons, or our police are...

Free upcoming University workshops

The University of the Sunshine Coast will be hosting workshops at their Gympie campus to help adults from diverse backgrounds develop the knowledge, skills...

Queenslands’ Koala vaccine up for national award

A research team from the University of the Sunshine Coast, led by Professor of Microbiology Peter Timms, spent more than 10 years developing the...

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Sport

On the Chase to the big time

Gympie’s Chase Wieland has taken a significant step towards the professional ranks after winning the Senior Series buckle at the 2025 PBR Australia Can-Am...

Harriers never far from base run

The yellow crayon marks didn't hold as well in the wet as the hare hoped, and 'on back' was the call of the night...

Bowls action beats the heat

It's been a wet and hot start to the year, but the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club has been keeping the action going for members...

Bowditch tops Vets monthly medal

Tuesday 6 January, 65 Gympie Vets played a Monthly Medal with the best score of the day going to new member John Bowditch. ...

26 for 26

It was '26 for 26' last Monday night, 5 January, for the Gympie Hash House Harriers' first run of the year. 3 new runners...

A huge year for Gympie sportsmen and women

It's been a massive year for sports in the Gympie region, and sporting achievements in all sorts of sports have been recorded, from Motor...

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Entertainment

A song about fathers, sons, and hard-earned lessons

Jen Mize grew up with a loose unit for a father. “My dad, Dan, was a bit of a known entity in Las Vegas in...

Country Col hangs up guitar

At almost two months short of his 81st birthday, the local musician and busker, Country Col, is hanging up his guitar after busking around...

D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective launches 2026 season

D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective is proud to announce the launch of its 2026 season, delivering a bold program of professional contemporary, multicultural theatre. Guided by a...

New Year, new perceptions exhibit

What does January 2026 bring to Art Post? Somewhere in Between is a collection of work from Lorelle Murray, a predominantly self-taught Gympie artist who...

New Year, new perceptions exhibit

What does January 2026 bring to Art Post? Somewhere in Between is a collection of work from Lorelle Murray, a predominantly self-taught Gympie artist who...

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...

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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‘baby talk’ aids infant language development

Baby talk isn’t just cute – it could play a vital role in helping infants learn the sounds of their language, new research from...

Boomtown bats

Gympie's Commissioners Gully residents can hardly wait until August, when they say Gympie Regional Council will have a two-to-three-month window of opportunity to drive...

Strategic Mary Valley timber move

The Imbil sawmill and its associated Melawondi remanufacturing plant, are set to change hands in a major strategic deal aimed at increasing the market...

Contentious Christmas Tree removed from park amid safety concerns

The Gympie Regional Council issued a statement mid-afternoon on Friday, 16 January, to say the Christmas Tree in Nelson Reserve had been removed that...

Rescuers hike to accident in Kenilworth forestry

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a man to hospital after a motorcycle crash in remote bushland yesterday, Thursday 16 January. The LifeFlight helicopter...

Funeral details announced for the late Jamie Venardos

A funeral will be held next Friday 23 January for Jamie Venardos, son of former Cooloola Shire mayor Mick Venardos and his wife Tina...

The man who talks the talk

“It changed my life,” Gympie Toastmasters president Geoff Stern said matter-of-factly. Geoff freely admits he was a troubled student at school, often getting into trouble...

Gympie kids dance up a storm at National Titles

Dance studio JDQ (Just Dance Queensland) has brought home a bag full of trophies from the recent National finals of the Evolution Dance Competition...

History identified

What started as a visit to a museum turned into recovering the information about a piece of history. When visiting a forestry museum in Jimna,...

AgriFutures Australia welcomes new Chairman

AgriFutures Australia has welcomed Mick Veitch as its new Chairman, following the announcement of his appointment by Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Julie Collins. Mr...