Railway veteran chugs past 60-year milestone
Gympie North’s Assistant Station Master Mervyn Suares is celebrating a milestone that most will never see – 60 years of continuous employment at Queensland...
Hazardous roads action call
Gympie roads have been exposed as overloaded and under-built, as major arterials to the east and west join a list of urgent repair and...
Vietnam veterans honoured
The community came together to honour veterans at memorial park for Vietnam Veterans Day on Sunday 18 August.
The day marks the withdrawal of Australian...
Multiple dingo incidents on K’gari
There have been multiple incidents on K'gari (formerly Fraser Island) across the past week with two reports involving Dingoes including a four-year-old girl bitten...
Celebrating a century
Long-time Gympie resident Beth Norris celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family who gathered at her home at Lutheran Services’ Cooinda Aged Care.
A...
Landcare ready to grow
Gympie is growing greener as a new General Manager Chris Cameron joins Gympie Landcare ready to work towards a better environment for the region.
Mr...
Big bill for open day
Gympie MP Tony Perrett says he is investigating claims that the Gympie by-pass open day may have cost $300,000 or more, all of it...
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Pile-up
Paramedics were on scene at a multi-vehicle incident on Greenridge Pinbarren Road, Cooran at 8.14am on Wednesday, 14 August.
Multiple patients were assessed and...
Heartfelt tribute to veterans
The Gympie Returned and Services League of Australia and Heart and Soul Sisters Creative Experiences unveiled their new mural, Connections, for the community at...
Gympie north highway petition
The upcoming completion of the Gympie Bruce Highway by-pass has lent new urgency to calls for an immediate start on the next highway upgrade,...
Sneak peak delights crowds
Around 3000 people turned out to have a sneak peak at the Gympie Bypass Community Open Day on Saturday.
Between 11am and 4pm, shuttle buses...
The Axe falls on Muster Race Day
Plenty of people went off to the races for the 2024 Nolan's Muster Cup Day at the Gympie Turf Club on Saturday.
Ready to capture...
RoboDoc, Da Vinci cuts surgery risks and recovery times
A high-tech surgical robot, which has helped 100 Sunshine Coast Health patients get home and back on their feet faster, is now being used...
