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Valley to host food fest

One of Australia’s richest food bowls, the Mary Valley is set to celebrate its outstanding produce in the appropriately named Mary Valley GourMay Festival...

Who is killing the Great Sandy Strait

Someone, or something, is killing the Great Sandy Strait. The seagrass which kick starts the food chain and shelters the young of many species has...

Water price probe

Gympie region farmers have been invited to take part in a Queensland Competition Authority review of irrigation water prices, Water and Regional Development Minister...

Flood help ‘too hard’

Flood-hit Gympie residents have told ABC Wide Bay they cannot practically raise their homes to the heights required to receive funding. Reporter Lucy Loram interviewed...

Service clocks up 100,000km in first two years

Gympie Medical Transport have literally reached a milestone in their service with their very first car reaching 100,000km travelled. It has been just over two...

Lifelong friends finally meet

Two women, from opposite ends of the country, have shared each other's lives for the past 40 years, but until last weekend had never...

World in crisis

It gives me absolutely no pleasure to write about a foreboding I am feeling. It is no longer just a complete economic collapse here in...

Powerline row amps up

More than 200 people gathered at Widgee Showgrounds last Friday (17 March) to protest against state government plans to run high voltage powerlines through...

Watch out for wongari when driving on K’gari

Rangers on K’gari (Fraser Island) are appealing to visitors and residents to slow down while driving on beaches and tracks following the death of...

‘Attack on citizen’s rights’

Lobbying by weapons licensing police to ban legal representation for people appealing gun licence decisions has been branded "an abhorrent attack on citizens' rights"...

Easter fun up for grabs

With Easter fast approaching, four people have the chance to win vouchers from some of Gympie's local businesses! These vouchers include a family pass from...

A New Way To Pay

Brisbane Airport line stations have been added to the Smart Ticketing network. This means Adults can now pay for their journey with Smart Ticketing...

They’re coming back and they’re not alone

It has been nicknamed the ‘humpback highway’ but there is more going on beneath the surface during the annual migration than the spectacular recovery...

More than Illness

Authority overreach