Police warn drivers as schoolies return
As students within the Wide Bay Burnett district return to school today, the school zone speed limits also return.
Police across the district, from Gympie...
‘Slow down’ call as school zones restart
With the school bells ringing this week for the first time in 2025, motorists have been reminded and warned that school zone speed limits...
The woman who will change Gympie’s housing market
A big increase in housing supply, especially in pressurised housing markets like Gympie region, is the promise from the appointment this week of new...
Dan Davie named citizen of the year
At the Australia Day awards ceremony, held in Gympie’s Memorial Park on Sunday 26 January, Mr. Dan Davie was honoured with the Citizen of...
Dingo attacks at K’Gari
Rangers are reminding parents to keep their children close after three separate dingo attacks - the first occurred with a child being bitten by...
Long road for scout museum
It's been long 30-plus years for the Gympie Scouting Hall of Memories Museum Project Management Committee, but work has finally begun at the Gympie...
School zones ‘too dangerous’ for kids on their own – research reveals
The days when kids would walk or ride their bikes to school seem to be behind us, according to new research released by AAMI...
Take care in the heat
Gympie people, especially those without air conditioning, have been warned to watch out for the heat.
And ambos warn we also need to watch out...
Taking care with glyphosate
Despite bans in other countries and the discontinued use of Glyphosate by other councils in Queensland and Australia, some residents are raising concerns about...
Disability pioneer recognised
"It's amazing, stunning actually," Order of Australia awardee and disability services pioneer Carmel Crouch said last week.
Ms Crouch was honoured with an AM in...
Five reports of crocodile in Wide Bay
Wildlife officers are investigating multiple reported sightings of a crocodile on the beach and in the water at Coonarr Beach and the Elliott River...
Motocross rider airlifted after Gympie region crash
The LifeFlight Sunshine Coast-based aeromedical crew today airlifted a teenager to hospital after he crashed his motocross bike in the Gympie region.
It's believed the...
News snippets from across the region over the past week
House fire
Three patients were assessed for smoke inhalation following a house fire on Wonga Court, Lower Wonga, at 11.46pm on Sunday, 29 March. All...
