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Flood funding for communities

Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington, has congratulated the Tansey community for securing two major grants to upgrade community facilities following the devastating floods of...

Let’s play perfect match

Sweet Jenny and adorable Dawn, the last of her litter, are looking for love this week. Are you their perfect match? Jenny is and almost 2...

Govt plan – paid to go fishing

The state government says it must be the "catch of the day" - $500,000 to go fishing and to help protect the fishery resource. Fisheries...

Coffee to boost flood recovery

Flood recovery is not confined to road and bridge repairs, according to Gympie Regional Council. Councilors last week unanimously voted to support the mental recovery...

95 yo survives 2 days in open

A 95-year-old Carter's Ridge farmer has survived for two days in the elements after falling from his bogged tractor. Queensland Ambulance Service Operations Supervisor Shaun...

Island sweetness

Rainbow Beach resident Jennifer Parkhurst snapped this beautiful picture of a honey eater, enjoying a feast on K'Gari (Fraser Island).

Music to his ears

There are no shortcuts in life, according to Murray Mandel. And he should know. Profoundly deaf since birth, Murray has overcome all odds to become a...

Council staff ‘walking out the door’

Gympie Regional Council staff are being effectively driven away by rigid work conditions across the local government sector, councillors have been told. A human resources...

Bone Museum’s spooky celebration

On Friday 28 October Victory Squash was transformed into a Halloween pumpkin playground for the Gympie Bone Museum's Halloween Party. Plenty of ghosts and ghouls...

Jobmatch celebrates with $4000 in prizes

To mark their 13th anniversary, Jobmatch Employment is turning its planned November gala anniversary dinner into a fundraiser for the Gympie Hospital. A fantastic...

Disability advocates celebrate Disability Action Week

Disability Action Week celebrates diversity and inclusivity in our community and begins on Saturday 26 November with events all week through to International Day...

The last land auction for Rainbow Beach?

The third stage and, according to marketing agents, likely final release of Yaringa Estate Rainbow Beach is now for sale by auction on 26...

‘It must never happen here, but it has’

Llew O'Brien saw the Palestinian side of the Middle East story when he took part in an Australian parliamentary delegation on the live sheep...

Hospital progress