Postcard day for market
It was postcard weather for the Makers’ Markets, by the Creative Arts Gympie Region last Saturday, 10 September.
So many of Gympie’s talented artists had...
When the Royals came to town
Anyone in Gympie under the age of 70 years, has most likely never lived under another Monarch than Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II before...
Coast land rights explained
Aboriginal rights over much of the Cooloola and Fraser coasts and hinterland were a collective matter, with just enough complexity to cause confusion and...
$3.2M Keno win for K’Gari man
A K’gari - Fraser Island man on vacation in Emu Park has boarded his flight back home Monday with an extra $3.2 million in...
Constitutional monarch won support
"Queen Elizabeth II was an extraordinary woman who never put a foot wrong, Gympie state MP Tony Perrett said this week.
"With her death the...
70 years of love for Chatsworth couple
Chatsworth couple, Kath and Kevin Groves, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary recently.
Kandanga Hotel was the perfect setting for an early family celebration lunch...
Garden party honour for craft queen
It's the classiest fundraising event on the Gympie social calendar, the biennial Springtime @ Springhalls and it's ready to go next weekend.
The event had...
Comp to put spring in your step
The Springtime Competition is on again and over the next four week’s local businesses, Bevan’s Small Engine Repairs, Tom Grady Rural Merchandise, Gold City...
Gympie wins from long reign
Queen Elizabeth II may never have visited Gympie or its close surrounds, but she has captured its heart (with real, tangible benefits)," Wide Bay...
kilkivan
Rural Queenslanders say lack of transport is preventing the elderly from ageing in the bush, according to Kilkivan aged care advocate Rosie Fitzgerald.
But a...
He ‘did but see her passing by’
The Wide Bay schoolboy who would later become Deputy Prime Minister remembers the long drive to Toowoomba, in 1954, to see the Queen.
Warren Truss...
Worst roads in state in region’s west
Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington says the latest RACQ road fatality statistics, which show Nanango Electorate roads have claimed the highest number of road...
Woman killed in motorcycle crash: police
The police Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash in Bidwill, north-east of Tiaro on Wednesday 25 February, a spokesperson has said.
"Initial...
