What a great day to win a boat!
The annual Christmas giveaway party for members was held at the Rainbow Beach Sports Club last week and yes, someone won a boat.
There...
A boring year for Christmas
Looked at overall, 2021 cannot be said to be boring, except for every excruciating moment of it.
A year that seemed so never-ending, has now...
Let’s have a plan
The need for transparency is rarely more urgent or neglected than in issues involving the Cooloola Coast and its dominant state bureaucracy, the Department...
Death row trees
The fate of leopard trees the length of Mary Street had already been decided by the time former Gympie Chamber of Commerce president and...
Sacred site or highway?
While the controversy around a site east of Gympie known locally as The Gympie Pyramid at Rocky Ridge has been fairly consistent over the...
Bay’s big centenary bash
Preserving Tin Can Bay history may sound all very earnest, but organisers of the town’s big 100th birthday bash have promised it will be...
Koalas left homeless
This story actually begins in December 2020 when the Gympie Regional Council voted to repeal local planning laws known as Temporary Local Planning Instruments,...
Hillcoat opens the way for Wilson’s Pocket
Gympie man DANIEL GREEN has released a publication titled The History of Education in the Gympie Region 1867-2020 which highlights the history of 160...
Eco-tourism plan ‘won’t work’
Sites marked for private development in the Cooloola National Park might be the thin edge of a wedge that may ultimately see restricted public...
Letter: Christmas on Mary kudos
Congratulations to Tony Goodman and all those involved in the organisation and sponsorship of the recent Christmas Trees on Mary Festivals.
Despite the discouraging...
GMT clocks up 1000 trips
Gympie Medical Transport client Denise Pearce was all smiles as she booked her trip to Brisbane, marking the milestone of being GMT’s 1000th trip.
Since...
Cash splash for athletes
Gympie region sports stars will have more opportunities for success, with the popular Local Sporting Champions program extending from 9000 grants annually to 12,000.
Federal...
News snippets from across the region for the past week
Single-vehicle rollover
A patient with a head injury was transported to Gympie Hospital in a stable condition following a single-vehicle rollover on the Gympie Connection...
