From Pop to Opera
Gympie man and music appreciator John Hermann discovers a new love with an old record from a second hand store in Mary Street.
As I...
Cappa and Sophie will capture your heart
Two new adorable orphans need your help to find new homes, just like former adoptee Scooby did recently.
First up is two-year-old Sophie.
She is just...
Push to adopt plan for affordable rental housing applauded
As the rental affordability crisis in Gympie worsens, and one local rental agent has said the median rent is $400+ for an average home...
Bushman’s Carnival fun
A large crowd of competitors and spectators turned out at Widgee on Saturday, 4 September, for the 100th anniversary of the Widgee Bushman's Carnival.
There...
Rural ‘young-at-heart’ itching for reunion
Spokeswoman for the Rural Youth Reunion, Jenny Zerner, commented, “Back in the day, which could be as far back as 70 years or so,...
Decades of job matching experience
Jobmatch Employment remains the most experienced and longest serving disability employment agency in the Gympie and Kingaroy, South Burnett regions and has been successfully...
Help for all walks of life
Weeroona is a people orientated organisation operating within environments that encourage empowerment for all their participants and their families.
The organisation is local and has...
Speed limit change for popular Gympie road
The speed limit on a section of Gympie–Brooloo Road, locally known as Mary Valley Road, between Mary Valley Link and Kandanga Imbil roads, has...
Make customers fans
One of Australia’s leading business communicators, “consumer futurist“ Amanda Stevens talked to Gympie business leaders last week about turning customers into advocates and how...
Petition to save Cooloola from ‘eco”-tourism
Gympie region residents are being urged to make their views known on a plan for eco-tourism development in Cooloola, including plans for cabins at...
Paranoia not so crazy in politics
As Rolling Stone magazine put it many years ago, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
And so it must...
Ex-fire chief lashes ‘misguided’ politics
A 'misguided' conservation-based agenda to ban fuel reduction burning a generation ago was the cause of eastern Australia's recent bushfire disasters, including the one...
Club gets out and about
Members of the Gympie Probus Club haven't let the threat of cold and dreary winter weather deter them from venturing out, with recent trips...
