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...
‘Make them serve’
Gympie's population of fly in-fly out workers may be caught up in a new call to widen the net for jury duty in the...
Kindness moves fire victim
A Gympie woman has expressed her gratitude for the kindness of strangers in the wake of a disastrous fire that destroyed her Cartwright Road...
Power prices: ‘Get used to it’
Australia's East Coast energy crisis will last for at least another year, according to Gympie political neighbour and federal Opposition Climate Change and Energy...
Looking for love
The boys are bounding with plenty of energy this week with youngsters Simmons and Smurf keen to find their forever homes.
Simmons is a handsome...
High praise for our coastline
Rainbow Beach and K'gari (Fraser Island) are among the four top places to visit in Queensland, according to the Urban List tourism rating website.
The...
‘Speak up’ call
Farmers from regions like Gympie are being urged to tell their stories to predominantly urban Royal Brisbane Show patrons.
And city=based Queenslanders are being urged...
Budget spending needed
Long term Gympie Regional Council watcher, Kathy Little Walker, has defended council budget spending, as criticised by Cr Dolly Jensen, who voted against it.
She...

















