News snippets from across the region for the past week
Burns
A patient with facial burns was transported in stable condition to Gympie Hospital after a backyard fire incident at a private address at Amamoor...
‘Give trade training a go,’ says housing industry
High school students, as they finish their senior school education, should consider housing industry trades instead of university, Housing Industry Association managing director Jocelyn...
More drones call after shark attack
Increased drone patrols have been called for in Queensland after last week's Northern New South Wales shark attack, along with calls to ban the...
$1000 a year in railway heritage help
Heritage rail organisations like Gympie region's Mary Valley Rattler are in the running for big grants to help them continue their work in preserving...
A ‘golden’ era for Gympie macadamia industry
Every year, thousands of visitors pass through Gympie on their way to the Muster, driving by one of Australia’s natural treasures – the wild...
Top Drop for Tin Can
Gympie Regional Council has claimed bragging rights to the best-tasting water in Queensland, after the Cooloola Cove–Tin Can Bay Water Scheme was awarded top...
Biosecurity boost part of $30 billion plan
Claims of "emerging biosecurity threats to Queensland agriculture" have prompted a $50 million boost to the state's biosecurity budget, with 100 new biosecurity officers...
The power of a ‘Good Hair’ day
There’s truth in the old saying that when you look good, you feel good.
For many of us, a trip to the hairdresser's is...
St Pat’s students prep for 30 year reunion
Sean Massingham and a group of former classmates are hoping to reunite former students of St Patrick's College from 1995 in a reunion to...
Rock royalty is rolling into Hervey Bay
With a voice that defined a generation of Australian music lovers, Jason Singh, frontman of the ARIA chart-topping band Taxiride is ready to hit...
Gympie doctor an ’emerging leader’
Gympie’s Dr Sarah Ross has been named as one of just 23 doctors across Australia to attend the Australian College of Rural and Remote...
Communities mourn truckies lost in horror Burnett crash
Two families have been devastated and the near-Gympie transport industry rocked by the tragic death of two much-loved and highly regarded truck drivers, including...
Pairs champions crowned
Last Thursday, 9 April, it was hot but still pleasant out on the green at the Gympie Bowls Club.
There were 38 bowlers...
