Govt plan to lower power costs
New household energy efficiency standards will combine with a state government electricity subsidy and renewable energy projects like the planned Borumba Dam pumped hydro-electricity...
National award for Honeybee
Honeybee Creative, a not for profit arts organisation working with people of varying disabilities based in Gympie, has won the esteemed National Award for...
Classic conclusion with presentation dinner
The Gympie Carcass Classic, a sub-committee of the Gympie District Beef Liaison Group Inc, has finalised its 2022 year on a triumphant note. ...
Princess Fern the face of RSPCA appeal
After finding what she thought was her forever home, things were looking up for Princess Fern, that was until a clash with the family’s...
Mackerel measures ‘disastrous’: conservationists
The Queensland Government has announced new fishing management arrangements for Spanish mackerel.
The measures will be introduced from October this year, which the governments says...
Day of mourning declared
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Sunday that a “one-off public holiday” would be held next Thurday, 22 September as a national day of...
Gympie’s prostate cancer stats alarming
One man is diagnosed with prostate cancer every day of the year in the Gympie region.
It’s the most common cancer diagnosed among all men...
Weather turns it on for Swap Meet
It was a packed Gympie Showgrounds for the Gympie Historic Auto Club Swap Meet on the weekend.
Car enthusiasts and those who love a bargain...
Postcard day for market
It was postcard weather for the Makers’ Markets, by the Creative Arts Gympie Region last Saturday, 10 September.
So many of Gympie’s talented artists had...
When the Royals came to town
Anyone in Gympie under the age of 70 years, has most likely never lived under another Monarch than Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II before...
Coast land rights explained
Aboriginal rights over much of the Cooloola and Fraser coasts and hinterland were a collective matter, with just enough complexity to cause confusion and...
$3.2M Keno win for K’Gari man
A K’gari - Fraser Island man on vacation in Emu Park has boarded his flight back home Monday with an extra $3.2 million in...
’I wish I could die’
Experienced observers and even court officials fought back tears in Gympie District Court on Tuesday, as victims told of a Mary Valley family torn...
