New water plan announced
The replacement Mary Basin water plan has been finalised and was released on Friday 10 May.
The new plan sets out how much water is...
Authority overreach
There are significant civil liberties concerns with new Queensland Parks and Wildlife plans for the management of Gympie's prime beach attractions, K'gari and Cooloola...
Free cuppa to promote inclusiveness
The Cancer Council fundraiser Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is on Thursday, 23 May and brings together community groups, families, and loved ones to...
Breathtaking lights explained
One of the top reasons people travel to the Arctic Circle is to witness the Northern Lights, known as the Aurora Borealis.
Tasmanians can...
’We’re not alone’
Gympie’s seemingly intractable housing crisis is part of a statewide problem caused by excessive overseas migration, Premier Steven Miles has said.
Multiple Brisbane news outlets...
Weapon charge may follow dingo killing claim
A man claimed to have killed a K'gari (formerly Fraser Island) dingo with a speargun may have breached a weapons control law, in addition...
Light a lantern to remember
On Thursday, 23 May, between 5pm and 6pm, Community Action Gympie, with support from the Queensland Police Service (QPS) are holding a lantern walk...
Church purchase not all heaven sent
The small community of Kilkivan in south-east Queensland is celebrating a bittersweet victory this week as the Kilkivan and District Community Care Association takes...
Wrong side of the track
Few would describe anywhere at Southside as the wrong side of the tracks, but residents of one Southside neighbourhood say they are definitely on...
6.5 year wait for weir upgrade
Gympie Weir will be getting in upgrade in over 6 years time according to Nathan Carruthers from Seqwater who announced the proposal at the...
From rides to romance
The Gympie Show has an extra special meaning for childhood sweethearts Gay and Jimmy McNamara, who first met as teenagers during the show’s annual...
‘Time to turn the tide’
Sexual assaults, including rape, more than doubled in Queensland betwen 2015 ad 2023, from 4454 to 9107, Gympie Region's western districts MP Deb Frecklington...
Free lung screen for Gympie miners and quarry workers
For the first time, Queensland’s mining safety and health regulator will bring free, life-changing testing to the region to help former mine and quarry...
