Long, excruciating journey
When Gary Heathwood's wife Carroll developed an excruciatingly painful rash across her hips and swollen skin on her forearm, with crusted sores last August,...
Dirt patch by the side of a road not a fitting… Welcome to Gympie
Visitors to Gympie via the Greyhound bus aren't greeted by a bus-stop.
There isn't so much as a sign to say where the bus-stop is,...
Fires not connected
Despite a spike in "suspicious" fires among Gympie businesses over the last few months, Gympie Police do not believe they are linked or connected...
‘It’s just never ending’
December marks the beginning of the festive season, yet a local business on Mary Street is experiencing anything but holiday cheer.
Business owner Adrian...
MPs in ‘fart tax’ row
Agriculture Minister Mark Furner has ridiculed Opposition calls for information about the potentially disastrous consequences of a planned 30 per cent cut in grazing...
Bus query
As Gympie bus services fall behind growing suburban demand and regional centres feel more isolated, the good news from Transport Minister Mark Bailey is...
Danger from above
Huge swathes of public and private land, including forestry and farmland, will be cleared to connect the Woolooga solar powerhouse and substation with the...
Call for change
Gympie Mayor Glen Hartwig says state-imposed systems of accountability for councillors are "interesting" and imperfect.
He said local government was at a point where change...
Fredman walk-out
A Gympie region councillor stunned colleagues at this week’s council meeting by walking out on what he said were “fundamentally flawed“ councillor accountability systems.
Cr...
The Fredman Declaration
Mayor Glen Hartwig has defended the intent of a potentially explosive meeting walk-out by Mary Valley councillor Bob Fredman, who said his conscience would...
Slow road to Imbil
The Mary Valley Highway near Imbil is not safe at 100km/h and that is not going to change, according to Transport Minister Mark Bailey.
Instead,...
Christmas party set for next two weeks
The best trading nights for the businesses in Mary Street are almost here, with the first of the Mary Christmas street parties ready to...
Burnback on tiny terror as ants march closer
Gympie has been on alert as fire ants creep towards the region’s edges, but a major breakthrough in Queensland’s Scenic Rim is offering a...
