Covid, hospitals and free speech
When we see the latest figures on Gympie coronavirus immunisations and the hopeless state of the Gympie Hospital, it seems more than coincidental that...
Stacy head and shoulders above the rest
In a heavily male dominated profession, Gympie’s own Stacy Edwards, or Lady Memphis as she is more commonly known, has become a finalist for...
False claim as councillors ‘gagged’
Gympie mayor Glen Hartwig is at the centre of a statewide row over the claimed Orwellian overreach of a state bureaucracy accussed of effectively...
Record home price
Andrew Hawkins, who has sold real estate in Rainbow Beach for 14 years, says the current market is going to be the new normal....
New SLSC lifeguards
The latest Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) Bronze Medallion and Surf Rescue Certificate course has just wrapped up at the Rainbow Beach Surf...
Glasgow deal ‘no green utopia’
Achieving net zero emissions will involve "fundamental changes to our economy," Wide Bay MP Llew O'Brien warned this week.
As his National Party colleagues agreed...
O’Brien backs net zero deal
Nationals back Scott Morrison’s net zero emissions plan
O'Brien comment
The Nationals have backed Scott Morrison’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 after...
Where were they?
As the saga surrounding the situation with the Gympie bypass and so-called ’pyramid’ drags on, I can’t help thinking maybe they should just go...
Info session aids Kilivan’s seniors
A large local crowd attended the Seniors Month Information Session organised by Wellways Carer Gateway in Kilkivan on Wednesday, October 20.
Billed as...
South African lament
Gympie man JOHN HERMANN muses on the state of rail in South Africa and on his hope for the future.
During the past three decades,...
Scott and his mates
While Scott Taylor has worked and collaborated with Arnold Palmer, Graham Marsh, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as a landscape architect he has always...
Slip Slop Slap the pool is open!
The Rainbow Beach pool is open and everyone in the community is excited and grateful to the people who made this happen.
The Rainbow...
News snippets from across the region for the past week
Boat fire
Paramedics assisted with a reported heater on fire on a boat at the boat ramp on Tin Can Bay Road, Tin...
