A ‘golden’ era for Gympie macadamia industry
Every year, thousands of visitors pass through Gympie on their way to the Muster, driving by one of Australia’s natural treasures – the wild...
Top Drop for Tin Can
Gympie Regional Council has claimed bragging rights to the best-tasting water in Queensland, after the Cooloola Cove–Tin Can Bay Water Scheme was awarded top...
Biosecurity boost part of $30 billion plan
Claims of "emerging biosecurity threats to Queensland agriculture" have prompted a $50 million boost to the state's biosecurity budget, with 100 new biosecurity officers...
The power of a ‘Good Hair’ day
There’s truth in the old saying that when you look good, you feel good.
For many of us, a trip to the hairdresser's is...
St Pat’s students prep for 30 year reunion
Sean Massingham and a group of former classmates are hoping to reunite former students of St Patrick's College from 1995 in a reunion to...
Rock royalty is rolling into Hervey Bay
With a voice that defined a generation of Australian music lovers, Jason Singh, frontman of the ARIA chart-topping band Taxiride is ready to hit...
Gympie doctor an ’emerging leader’
Gympie’s Dr Sarah Ross has been named as one of just 23 doctors across Australia to attend the Australian College of Rural and Remote...
Communities mourn truckies lost in horror Burnett crash
Two families have been devastated and the near-Gympie transport industry rocked by the tragic death of two much-loved and highly regarded truck drivers, including...
Gympie to rush to Rattler
The second annual Gympie Lions Rush to the Rattler will be held on Sunday October 12 and everyone from kids to keen runners is...
Growth and change – but still Gympie personal
From small beginnings - some might say microscopic - the Gympie Credit Union has grown with the region, in some cases even faster than...
State funeral for Eumundi’s Sir Leo
Queensland will host a State Funeral for the late Sir Leo Hielscher, the former Eumundi and Maryborough schoolboy, whose death was reported in Gympie...
The women who waited
Gympie region councillor Dolly Jensen made a good point on Vietnam Veterans Day at Rainbow Beach.
Her thoughtful and heartfelt address at the township cenotaph...
News snippets from across the region for the past week
House spared
Paramedics attended a shed fire reported at 9.41pm, on Thursday, 9 October, on GreenTrees Road at Pie Creek. No patients were reported. Three...
