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Blue Saturday

Saturday's line-up of Fashions on the Field contestants at the Nolan's Muster Cup certainly had some blue notes, with turquoise, cerulean and azure seemingly...

Lions pre-loved fashions roar

Volunteers at the Gympie Lions Community Op Shop in Mary St Gympie have been busy sorting donated stock in preparation for the spring season....

60th Dinner planned for Gympie Lions

The Board of the Lions Club of Gympie are well on the way with their planning of the Club’s 60th Anniversary Dinner. Club President, Glenn...

The next best thing to treatment at home

For Gympie woman Belinda Hansen, being told leukaemia had returned after eight blissful years in remission, was heart-breaking and gut wrenching. The 68-year-old’s health...

Brother ultimately killed by his own brother

If you are lover of language, you will enjoy the content of early newspapers now freely available using Trove. The story recounted here indicates...

Life saving training

Three new RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Critical Care Doctors are jumping on board the Sunshine Coast’s rescue chopper, ready to bring advanced medical care to...

Gympie’s first epidemic

The Spanish flu is considered second only to the ‘Black Death’ plague pandemic in overall mortality rates. In January 1919 ’Spanish’ influenza which had killed...

Guides want your rubbish

The Gympie Girl Guides want your trash. But not just any trash, specific, recyclable waste items which, like aluminium cans and glass and plastic bottles...

More than comfort offered by quilts

Gympie charity crafting group Robin’s Roses, and a sister group from Gayndah, helped out the Supporting Chemotherapy in Cooloola facilities at Everson Lodge with...

Gympie girls take on Burnett QCWA

On Friday 6 August, the QCWA Gympie and South Burnett Division, held a handcraft display in the Murgon QCWA rooms, which were opened to...

Work progresses on historic fire tower

The Jimna Fire Tower Action Group (JFTAG) is thrilled to report that the redevelopment works on the iconic Jimna Fire Tower is well under...

Bus concert success

After a couple of false starts, the Gympie Community Bus Concert went ahead last Friday with a small but generous crowd helping to raise...

Minister’s position on Men’s Shed

The Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Brent Mickelberg, wanted to have his say on the Gympie Men's Shed situation. What follows is a statement...