Rainbow beach remembers
The community gathered at Rainbow Beach to share a solemn service in memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for a Remembrance Day...
AMA concerned for Gympie’s teeth
The Australian Medical Association is calling on Gympie Regional Council to take on the advice of experts when it comes to fluoridation.
The AMA claims...
Tight times a Christmas downer
Tight times are not just depressing in the economic sense of the word, they are a psychologically depressing reality for many people this Christmas.
But...
Festive fun at Rainbow Beach
With Christmas just around the corner, Residents of Rainbow Beach are reminded to get ready for Santa comes to Rainbow on Sunday 15 December.
Santa...
Stanley Tucci and food makes for enjoyable evening
Anyone familiar with good local food, especially with an Italian flavour, will be attracted by the name Stanley Tucci.
Tucci graduated as an actor in...
Members critique their work
Gympie Camera Club enjoyed their last competition night of the year, this being turned into a fun-filled night where all members became the judges...
Volunteer grant helps marine rescue heroes
Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien announced today that the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard at Tin Can Bay has received $2,000 from the...
Skip returns to sea
Cooloola CoastCare TurtleCare released Skip, a juvenile Hawksbill sea turtle on Sunday 10 November after he was rescued by campers earlier in October in...
Gympie’s ‘secret city’ exposed
One of the national figures who forecast Gympie's extraordinary recent growth, futurist and demographer Bernard Salt, now says the region is part of huge...
News in brief from the past week
Rollover
Paramedics were on the scene of a vehicle rollover on Forestry Road, Bauple Forest at 10.42am on Tuesday, 12 November. A patient was transported...
Fun and fulfilling lifestyle
“We’ll be able to showcase all the items our clients make really well,“ said Arlie Gibson, founder of Disability service Arlie’s Shed about the...
‘Pull out of Paris’: O’Brien
Controversy over the Paris Climate Agreement and nuclear power came to the near-Gympie region this week, with a call by Gympie's Wide Bay MP...
Dragons go for gold at State Champs
March has been a golden month for the Cooloola Dragons (Wide Bay Warriors), with the dragon-boat club winning gold, silver, and bronze medals at...
