Beacon summons help from above
A dramatic rescue occurred late Monday afternoon off Inskip Point after a large wave reportedly capsized a yacht, flinging two men into the churning...
Smoke alarms a hot topic
As the chilly season continues, the risk of house fires start to heat up. Due to dust, insects or an electrical fault, smoke alarms...
Answer soon on Bayside Rd
Cooloola Coast drivers will soon know what to expect from a planned Transport and Min Roads Department upgrade of one of the area's increasingly...
Gympie a migration target
New statistics show 500,000 Australians migrated interstate last year, many responding to Covid lockdowns - with Gympie one of the prime real estate beneficiaries.
As...
Lucky visit to local pub
A Gympie player has thanked a last-minute decision to give another Keno game a go for their life-enhancing $600,000 Keno Racing win.
The Wide...
Valley ‘survival day’ Saturday
The Mary Valley will celebrate its survival tomorrow (Saturday 16 July) as it marks the decision by former federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to...
Nurse Isabella’s resilience
Before the development of hospitals that provided health care for patients, there existed a number of small ‘cottage’ hospitals providing care for women giving...
Winter Markets really cool
Arlie's Shed hosted the first ever Gympie Winter Markets, which offered a family friendly evening of good music, good food and great local products....
Survey says: Locals against Park development
An Associate Professor on Environment and Ecotourism from a Tokyo university is keen to gauge the public's reaction to the controversial Cooloola Great Walk...
Diamonds to be best friend to monitor concussion, dementia, epilepsy
Scientists have taken a promising step towards a new generation of accurate, affordable and portable devices to detect concussion, epilepsy and dementia.
The...
’Farmers’ friend’ budget
“The Queensland agriculture sector has never had a greater friend than the Palaszczuk government,“ Agriculture Minister Mark Furner has claimed in state parliament.
He spoke...
Power price shock
High and rising electricity prices, combined with sometimes critical shortages were a national challenge resulting from long term "energy policy chaos" under the previous...
All the world’s a quiz…
Hot on the heels of their successful Rocky Horror Picture Show fundraiser, the Gympie Theatre Association (GTA) has another fun night planned — this...
