Water bomber returns for fire season
One of the biggest and most spectacular fire fighting tools, the Large Aerial Tanker, has returned to Queensland under a partnership deal with Victoria...
New light on dingo row
A new book by Sydney academic Rowena Lennox has shone fresh light on 30 years of controversy over the management of Fraser Island’s iconic...
Recognition for island ’Paradise’
The World Heritage Area on Fraser Island, along with surrounding waters and parts of the nearby mainland, has been renamed K’gari - the original...
‘Buffalo Wars’ in Cooloola battlefield
Gympie region's first ranger Ron Turner recalls a time of challenge and ham-fisted bureaucracy as the authorities cracked down on the vexed issue of...
For more than 130 years, Gympie was in the safe hands of only four...
On December 1, 1869 John Priddy was appointed as Gympie’s first sexton, having won the position from 40 applicants.
The cemetery was situated in Tozer...
ANZ give Landcare $15K
Gympie & District Landcare Group has received a $15,000 grant from the ANZ Community Foundation to go towards stabilising an eroding 1.5km section of...
Finalists named in biz awards
The Nominations for the Gympie Business Awards for 2021 have closed, finalists decided, and interviews have been completed.
The People’s Choice Award, proudly sponsored by...
Road closure adds stress for chippy
It's been a tense few weeks for owner of Fisherman's Haul, Bruce Pearce.
Mr Pearce discovered a cycling event, the Queensland Road Team Series, would...
Guardrails, widening of Veteran ‘blackspot’
Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O'Brien last week announced $513,000 to widen and reseal Sandy Creek Road, east of Laurel Road at Veteran,...
Gympie grooves for charity
The Wishlist Jazz and Wine Festival was an absolute success among ticketholders and organisers in a completely sold out event at Gunabul Homestead.
Under...
Murder Train a raving success
The Murder on the Rattler sure did turn out to be a success last weekend with a range of beautifully dressed dames and gentlemen...
Comp to thank teachers
Gympie region educators are wanted to participate in a state-wide competition to create Queensland’s largest teacher thank you launched last week in partnership with...
Merry, Mary Christmas
The first of the Mary Christmas events, while looking fairly soggy to begin with, actually turned out to be a fun and shower-free event.
Plenty...
