Keeping it in the family
It was a gallop finish for the coveted Tom Quilty 2025 Gold Cup with Queensland’s Sample family repeating history.
Imbil’s Matthew Sample and brother Brook,...
Dingo bites fisherman on K’gari
Rangers are reminding fishers to be alert on K’gari after a man was bitten by a dingo whilst fishing in knee deep water around...
Protecting a local treasure
A rare tree found only in the Gympie region is getting the help it needs thanks to a local conservation project.
Fontainea rostrata, listed as...
38 photos from the Gympie Show
There was plenty of colour and excitement at the Gympie Show last weekend, despite a gloomy weather forecast.
Here's a gallery of 38 photos of...
Around the world with fermented food
It’s not every day you get to sell sauerkraut to the Austrians.
Yet that’s what The Fermentier’s Tania Wiemayr-Freeman was doing - figuratively speaking.
Tania and...
Cross-eyed craft session for VIEW crew
It was a high tea with a difference for several members and guests of the Gympie VIEW Club who gathered at Lyn’s home earlier...
Happy 100th for Joan
Diamondfield (Amamoor) and Gympie resident, Joan Wilson, is the latest local to become a centenarian, celebrating her 100th birthday on Monday, 12 May.
Now living...
Join the Push-Up Challenge for mental health
Headspace Gympie invite you and/or your workplace to participate in Australia’s largest mental health and fitness event, The Push-Up Challenge, from Wed 4 June...
Bandwagon rolls on
The predictable, self-seeking insincerity rolls on after the federal election, as every second conversation with three or more participants calls itself an action group...
Gympie drivers in horror week on roads
Two Gympie region drivers are among three people killed in a horrific two days on Gympie region and nearby roads, police have confirmed.
As investigations...
Bay gran acquitted on smuggling charge
A woman described as a Tin Can Bay grandmother has reportedly been acquitted by a Brazilian court after she appeared on a charge of...
Fatal head-on near Goomeri
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal two vehicle traffic crash in Manyung, near Goomeri, Friday morning, 16 May.
Police were called to a...
News snippets from across the region over the past week
Fall from scooter
A patient in stable condition was taken to Gympie Hospital with a leg injury following a fall from a scooter on Barton...
