’Discover’ Gympie’s new mural
A new piece of public art has appeared in Gympie after the Heart & Soul Sisters finished the installation of a new mural at...
A merry pie creek Christmas
Santa arrived at the Pie Creek Community Hall Christmas party on Saturday night 7 December with bells ringing and sirens blasting.
Seventy locals enjoyed the...
Pub acts on spike fear
Following a number of posts on social media regarding multiple women coming forward about having their drinks spiked at the Queenslander Hotel in Gympie,...
A unique approach to dog training
Many locals love their dogs and Sheep Herding For City Dogs and John’s unique approach to communicating with dogs have recently moved to Kandanga...
Kidd Bridge closed, roads cut by floods
Drivers suffered a slow and disrupted journey between the city and Southside on Wednesday morning, after Gympie Regional Council closed Kidd Bridge in response...
Crime laws in force now
New Making Queensland Safer Laws, including the "Adult Crime Adult Time" election promise, are now in effect, Attorney General and Nanango MP Deb Frecklington...
Flood watch UPDATE: 5.30pm – Kidd Bridge open for now, some roads cut
River warning UPDATE
Kidd Bridge is open for now, roads are cut in western districts and both Miva and Tiaro have experienced moderate flooding today.
Upstream...
News snippets from across the region for the past week
Car v tree
Paramedics transported four patients in stable condition to Hervey Bay Hospital following a single-vehicle crash into a tree on Forestry...
‘Be prepared’ now
As potentially flooding rains fell on sodden ground at Tin Can Bay on Monday, residents soaked up the advice of disaster management experts.
Disaster planning,...
Christmas dance at Belli
The Belli Community Hall is holding a Christmas Old Time Dance this Saturday, 21 December, and everyone is invited.
Hosted by the Cooloola Coast Dances...
Volunteer voices needed
Minister for Volunteers Ann Leahy says she wants to hear from volunteers and volunteer organisations as part of the Supporting our Volunteers parliamentary inquiry.
She...
Man charged after Jones Hill stabbing
A 40-year-old Gympie man has been charged with wounding after a man was found with stab wounds in Jones Hill, Sunday afternoon.
A police spokeswoman...
‘We spent the night in the bathroom… but the roof was...
I was only two and a half years old, so too young to understand the horrors the people of Darwin experienced early on Christmas...
