Kilkivan SES gains a new group leader
The Kilkivan State Emergency Services (SES) will be welcoming their new volunteer leader later this month.
Future group leader Trevor Hogan has an extensive background...
Rattler ‘thinking’ on deal
The Rattler Railway Company has responded tentatively to the Gympie Regional Council's separation offer.
A Rattler spokesperson said the deal, which has been on the...
Volunteers needed for Big Rosella Fest
Woolooga’s Big Rosella Field Days are back for 2023, with Petersens Farm opening the gate for two vibrant days of local food, live music,...
Group raise more than $160K for Gympie causes
A small group of volunteers have raised more than $160,000 for two worthwhile Gympie organisations over the course of 15 years just by wrapping...
Markets on this weekend
It’s Mad March Market Day at Widgee, tomorrow, where you’ll find heaps of bargains in the Memorial Hall.
Doors open from 7am with...
‘We’re listening’: Powerlink tells residents
State government powerline company, Powerlink, says it is listening to residents potentially affected by its plans to build major transmission lines between Woolooga and...
Secret Rattler deal goes cool
A bid to save the finances of both the Mary Valley Rattler and Gympie Regional Council has narrowly escaped its own form of self-destruction,...
Champ over to Rainbow
Ringing the bell at The Rip Curl Pro, formerly the Bells Beach Surf Classic, is the ultimate accolade for many surfboard riders across the...
War, Gympie and Thomas Mudge
Thomas William Mudge was born on 4 February 1872 in Ulladulla, New South Wales and was the eldest son of fourteen children born to...
Silver lining of medical centre closure
The closure of Imbil Family Medical on 17 February has left residents in the area without access to a GP.
Imbil resident Marguerita Vorobioff...
The debt we can never repay
The treatment of armed service veterans by a succession of federal governments is a scandal almost beyond belief.
We owe our vets a debt that...
Bailey Responds To Road Safety Claims
Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey has responded to claims made by Llew O’Brien regarding safer roads in the Wide Bay Region....
Good and bad report for Rattler
Some good numbers from Mary Valley Rattler documents.
Total annual employee costs have gone down from $2.1 million to $1.5 million.
A part of that is...
