Sign up for ’Uni’
The last day of Term 3 for the University of the Third Age, better known as U3A Gympie, is Friday 17 September.
Classes recommence...
QCWA wants you to get crafty with them
During September, QCWA Gympie are making bowl cozies, in the Gympie Volunteer First Aid Services Building, Apollonian Vale.
The ladies will be starting from 9am...
RACQ LifeFlight: ‘Be safe on our roads’
After a recent spike in crashes, the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue aeromedical team is urging holidaymakers to ensure they survive the drive - whether...
Gympie link to clash over water spend
"Who needs experts when you have the LNP?" was the question from Queensland Water Minister Glenn Butcher, during a state parliament clash with his...
Fishers ‘lose faith’: Perrett
The Queensland seafood industry has "lost faith" in the state government regulation and want a commission of inquiry into fisheries management, Gympie MP...
Gympie bats get home reno
Like Jo Jo in the old Beatles song, Gympie's inner city fruit bats are being told to "get back to where you once belonged."
And...
Council briefs
Safer drive
The drive to town will be safer for residents of several near-Gympie localities served by Sandy Creek Rd, a council report says.
The safety...
Dangerous campers ‘threat to themselves’
Campfires are banned indefinitely in the Cooloola Recreation Area because visitors cannot be relied on the operate one safely, according to Environment Minister Meaghan...
Planning move means it’s good-bye to ‘Matilda Town’
The contraction of Kybong Puma service station business after the re-routing of the Bruce Highway to Gympie may have had rippling effects across the...
‘Green’ energy’s environmental hurdle
Environmental issues remain the big challenge for a giant $2 billion green energy wind farm between Gympie and the Cooloola Coast, as the proposal...
Here comes Australia
Australians are changing what they do, where they work and how they live.
And it seems all roads are leading to places like Gympie.
Noted demographer...
Legacy of Power lives on
Francis Isidore Power was born in Brisbane on 28 March 1852, the son of Michael and Anna Maria (nee Connolly) Power, of Gayndah, and...