Sweltering day for Gympie RSL event
The actual temperature in the Nelson Reserve on Saturday sat at around the 30-degree mark, but the intermittent cloud cover and the stifling humidity...
LNP on One Nation watch in Wide Bay
Gympie region's federal MP Llew O'Brien will be on watch as One Nation eclipses the Coalition in recent national polling.
Although opinion polls can provide...
Pick a side on renewables divide
State parliament has been petitioned to stop all renewable energy projects in Queensland for environmental and economic reasons - and in another petition to...
Cops mark fire that gutted home as ‘suspicious’
Police are treating a fire that completely gutted a double-storey home in Gundiah, 50km north of Gympie, as "suspicious", a Queensland Police Service (QPS)...
News snippets from across the region for the past week
Jamie Venardos funeral
A funeral will be held today, Friday 23 January, for Jamie Venardos, son of former Cooloola Shire mayor Mick Venardos and his...
Death in Paradise
A 19-year-old Canadian woman came to K'Gari (Fraser Island) with a friend for what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Her dream holiday ended...
Footpaths for Range Rd will increase safety, advocate says
Gympie Regional Council announced footpath work started along Rifle Range Road and connecting roads on Monday, 19 January, on their social media page on...
Lions back the right horses
Members of the Gympie South Lions Club weren't perturbed by the heat at the RSL Community Day on Saturday and used the occasion to...
Good turnout for VIEW’s first meeting
Gympie VIEW Club was pleased to have Rhonda Jones chair their Annual General Meeting on Friday, 16 January.
Rhonda is the QB02 Councillor for...
Locally owned and operated since 1982
Established in 1982, Ultimate Automotive is a locally owned and operated business with generations of experience and a strong connection to the community.
Beyond...
If not bullying, then what?
My grandson has attended Gympie High School for the last four years.
In all those years he has been teased, ridiculed, tormented, name called, intimidated,...
Woman’s body found on K’Gari
Police are investigating the sudden death of a 19-year-old woman at K’gari (Fraser Island) this morning, 19 January.
Emergency services were called to a beach...
$2M flows into Mary River projects
Critical habitat for threatened species in the Mary River has received a major boost, with more than $2 million in joint State and Federal...
