News in Brief
'Better future' for energy
The election of an Albanese federal government will be a big step forward for renewable energy in Queensland, according to...
Yoey comes up trumps in stableford
On Wednesday 25 May, 11 ladies from the Gympie Golf Club played a Single Stableford competition on a 9 Hole Composite Course. ...
Bus trip back in time
Jim Buchanan remembers the Young Farmer's January 1960 bus trip to the Snowy Mountains and Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area almost like yesterday.
He says he recalls...
Boaties rescued off Fraser Island
The Bundaberg RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has assisted in a mission to help four trawler crew members, who set off an emergency beacon,...
Wide Bay to share in $55M palliative care boost
The Queensland Government is delivering a $55 million boost to palliative care to provide more services in regional, rural and remote Queensland.
Blue Care has...
Year long ‘Roadmap’ for council adopted
Last Wednesday, 25 May, the Gympie Regional Council endorsed its 2022-2027 Corporate Plan.
Mayor Glen Hartwig said that the plan has been more than 12...
‘Extreme’ rainfall makes record books
The Bureau of Meteorology has released a formal record of the extreme rainfall and flooding that occurred in south-east Queensland and eastern New South...
Biker clocks up 140kph on highway
A 44-year-old Adare man took his life in his hands, riding his motorcycle at nearly 40kph over the speed limit at Goomeri.
The man was...
Top Cop jumps in the deep end
Inskip Point was named after Captain George Henry Inskip, a British naval officer who served on HMS Rattlesnake and HMS Bramble between 1846 and...
Animals, political and otherwise
Cats dogs and politics
It was raining cats and dogs over Gympie and nearby regions lately, and there continues to be plenty said about that.
But...
More say on RV parks
A new strategy to cater for recreational vehicle tourism in Gympie region, will insist on genuine public consultation in communities affected, for good and...
Gympie housing shortages in parliament
Floods are not the only housing issue forcing Gympie region people to live rough, including in tents, caravans and vehicles parked on public land.
Housing...
Possible spine injuries after motocross crash
A man in his 20s with suspected spinal injuries was airlifted on Saturday after crashing his motocross bike just before 11am.
A spokeswoman for the...
