Get live and local at Rainbow
With the dearth of live music across the country since early 2020, the news of the Live & Local mini festivals is music to...
Steam Fest’s hot weekend
Gympie’s 154th Birthday last weekend was cause for celebration at the Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum with the 20th anniversary of their Steam...
’No data’ on campfire ban
Gympie MP Tony Perrett has questioned a state government claim that Cooloola Coast visitors are too dangerous to be trusted around campfires.
The claim was...
’Where’s the copshop?’
Rainbow Beach needs a real police station, not a service operating, as is the case now, from under a house, Gympie MP Tony...
Modest start to Coast road boost
Upgrade plans for the major road access to and from the Cooloola Coast have begun slowly.
A Transport and Main Roads Department plan to widen...
Rough beginning for Coast trail
The Cooloola Wilderness Trail was a pioneering eco-tourism effort in the Cooloola Recreation Area, before there was such a word as eco-tourism.
The region’s first...
A slow road
Upgrade plans for the major road access to and from the Cooloola Coast have begun slowly.
A Transport and Main Roads Department plan to widen...
Council told of climate change costs
Gympie Regional Council is believed to have been warned of huge annual costs from climate change.
A coastal hazard adaptation strategy being considered by councillors...
Briefs
Covid question
A large number of Queensland Health staff still have not been vaccinated, meaning they have been laid off, redirected to other tasks or...
Minister’s ‘non-answer’ on Valley road
Lower speed limits along an important stretch of the Mary Valley Rd would be hard to enforce, the area's local councillor Bob Fredman said...
Community rage
The diversion of renovation grant money for Kandanga has angered community activist and former councillor Jan Watt.
Gympie Regional Council had underestimated community concern at...
USC Medal of Excellence for Bethany
Gympie's Bethany Nelson’s keen interest in event management has taken her from organising school events to being awarded a Medal for Academic Excellence at...
Cache of weapons seized in DV search
A cache of illegal weapons, ammunition, drugs, and other contraband has been uncovered in Kilkivan in a search warrant on the back of alleged...
