Minister backdown
Agricultural Industry Minister Mark Furner has backed down after a confrontation on sexism with Nanango MP Deb Frecklington.
Ms Frecklington, who represents Gympie's western districts...
Informing your decisions
There are a lot of new residents in the Gympie region and this includes young families.
Finding the right educational options aren't easy, but in...
Police arrest hoons at Teewah during Patrols
Over eighty badly behaved campers were evicted from the Teewah Beach Camping area in the Cooloola National Park last weekend during a police blitz...
Give ballgowns the boot
Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival is just around the corner and to kick things off, they’re going all out with their Opening...
House blazes in East and West of region
Homes in the east and west of the Gympie region were ablaze last Sunday when two residences caught fire.
The first was a house on...
A tough as nails Granny
Mrs Hannah Maria Brown was affectionately known as “Grannie” to the residents of Tin Can Bay.
Mrs Brown was a pioneer of the area...
Life at the heart of history
The late Trevor Perrett, father of Gympie MP Tony Perrett, lived much of his life at the heart of some of the big historic...
United in sympathy
Gympie and South Burnett regions were the focus of a rare and possibly unique moment in Queensland parliamentary history last week, when MPs united...
Dust off your pink golf gear for the McGrath Foundation
Every year the Tin Can Bay Golf club ladies host a Pink Day, raising funds for the McGrath Foundation.
This year the event will be...
Join Annette’s pink walk and brekky
Annette Bailey is passionate about supporting cancer research and with the support of friends and colleagues hosts an annual event to raise funds and...
Tourist fined for feeding dingo on K’gari
Another person has been issued with a fine for feeding a wongari (dingo) on K’gari (Fraser Island) following a tip-off from a member of...
Vandals strike shed again
Members of the Lions Club of Gympie recently discovered that the retaining wall at their shed had been “trashed” by vandals.
The damage occurred between...
Flooded roads to near north
As flood danger recedes for Gympie region, local flooding trapped five people to the region's near north and north-west, in Fraser Cosat and North...
