The enigma of the one-armed man
Wingie was the ‘nickname’ of (Bill) William Harvey Connellan, a one-armed man - a fact which earned him his nickname.
The story of Wingie the...
Space day ‘out of this world’
On Thursday 19 August, Two Mile State School hosted “A Day of Space Adventure”.
The Year 5/6 class spent weeks learning about space and...
Waiting for the bus concert
The fundraising never stops for the Community Bus, and with the dust barely settled after the last concert, the committee have already set the...
Muster been a great race day
There were some fine fashioned fillies and fancy footed foals out at the Nolan's Muster Cup Race Day last Saturday.
It was a beautiful, clear...
Back to school for Officer Darren
On Friday, 11 June, Senior Constable Darren Hewitt from Gympie District Crime Prevention was officially appointed the St Patrick's Primary School Adopt-a-Cop in Gympie.
Senior...
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...
Businesses rally around school P&C for huge raffle
Gympie West State School P&C are once again raising funds for their wonderful school.
The school aims to transform an underutilised space in front...
