‘Fed failure clogs hospitals’: MP
Federal mismanagement of aged care, disability and hospital funding has left vulnerable disabled and older Australians in hospitals because they can’t be discharged into...
Chippy cheated after tools pinched at pub-site
A local carpenter working on the major revamp of Tin Can Bay’s Sleepy Lagoon Hotel has been left without his tools and his livelihood,...
Night works in pipeline for Mellor St
The black spot roadworks on Station Road and Mellor Street are set to continue, with further diversions and detours to be introduced from next...
Grave concerns go unanswered at cemetery
It might be the 21st Century, but even Gympie wasn’t quite expecting to see a robot quietly roaming the cemetery.
A local resident, who lives...
Rain fails to stop bowls
The rain on Sunday, 23 November, had the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club worried, but the games went on.
The first round of the mixed...
Cooloola Cove goes for ‘best water’ title
Cooloola Cove residents may have the best town water in Australia, and they will find out when Australia’s best-tasting tap water is judged on...
News snippets from across the region for the past week
Two-car crash
A patient was transported to Gympie Hospital in stable condition following a two-vehicle crash on Langton Road, Monkland, at 11.08am on Sunday, 23...
‘Insurance Catastrophe’ : 16,000 claims in 140 postcodes lodged over two days in wake...
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) declared an Insurance Catastrophe on Tuesday for the strong winds and damaging hail that impacted South East Queensland...
UPDATE: 6600 Gympie homes, businesses and government agencies blacked out by storms.
UPDATE: Fierce storms which ripped through Gympie region last night caused widespread blackouts affecting a total of 6600 Energex customers, it has now been...
Energex goes positive on repairs, hoping for no more damage tonight
Energex workers are thinking positive on power supply restoration work, still underway across Gympie region, despite more predicted storms tonight..
"We've till got nearly 2000...
Storm damage advice
Gympie Regional Council has urged residents to report any blocked or damaged roads, or fallen trees or branches and to avoid fallen powerlines.
if you...
Building works on the Horizon
Site works are set to begin this month as Horizon Living, Gympie’s newest luxury Over 50s resort community, starts to take shape on a...
Handcrafted Christmas at Veteran Hall
Maureen McCarthy and the other members of the Veteran Hall Social Committee were thrilled with the turnout to their Christmas Markets on Saturday, 22...
