Bloomin’ marvellous
Friday 29 July was National School Tree Day, and an opportunity for school students and teachers to get their hands dirty while celebrating and...
Gem Club, Cats get Lions share
At the 11 August Community Morning Tea, the Lions Club of Gympie again put their hands in their pockets to help out two more...
Rodeo in the rain
It's been two years since the Mary Valley Show was in full force at Imbil Showgrounds. Last Saturday, the rain and overall dreary weather...
Quarry worker airlifted after accident
The Land Rover LifeFlight Special Mission helicopter has airlifted a man to hospital after he was seriously injured in an industrial incident at Scotchy...
Water costs almost double for rural residents
Rural residents will start to feel the pressure as water prices are set to almost double from February 1, 2021.
Those not connected to...
Wishlist raises $25k
Wishlist’s fifth Jazz and Wine Festival has been touted a success after raising over $25,000 for Gympie Hospital patients and families.
The event saw...
Helping volunteers help others
Federal Member for Wide Bay, Llew O’Brien has invited local volunteer groups to apply for funding from this year’s Federal Government Volunteer Grants program.
“Volunteers...
From the editor’s desk
As the Royal Brisbane Show draws to a close, organisers and grazing industry representatives will be relieved at continuing good news on any potential...
FMD warning
Exploding feral pig numbers in the Wide Bay region have prompted a foot and mouth disease warning from Gympie gun dealer and sometimes pig-shoot...
August business breakfast
The Gympie Chamber of Commerce is continuing with their theme of assisting local businesses to work through the recent challenges and start planning for...
Baking a change
The RSPCA is calling on Gympie schools, social groups and workplaces to bake and fundraise in August for RSPCA Cupcake Day.
It’s free to...
Paradise by name and nature
Queenslanders will have a say on officially renaming Fraser Island as its Indigenous name, K’gari (meaning "Paradise").
The proposed change means the island's official name...
Rescuers hike to accident in Kenilworth forestry
The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a man to hospital after a motorcycle crash in remote bushland yesterday, Thursday 16 January.
The LifeFlight helicopter...
