Youngun’s need love
These two youngsters are keen to get out into the world and start experiencing all life has to offer.
Meet Letty, an 8 month old...
Buchanan’s bluff
What does it take, as an unarmed stretcher-bearer during World War 1 to take 18 German prisoners of war?
Gympie miner Henry Buchanan found out...
Borumba power – people behind the plan
Community representatives who will help steer progress on the massive Borumba Dam Pumped Hydro-electricity project include:
Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee, represented by Chairperson Ian...
After the floods came the ramraid…
Dave Hetherington is angry.
And once you hear his story, you really can't blame him.
The owner of Goodyear Jewellers, along with wife Kathy, has been...
Space Girls launch demos
Cindy Vogels' Space Girls initiative is helping young Gympie musical artists to launch their careers, with the latest project under the banner going ahead,...
Showgirl crowned
The Gympie Show Society crowned their 2022 Showgirls on Saturday night, in an evening of glitz and glamour and a little bit of rock...
More doubt on Sandy Straits fish data
Data purporting to show a near-catastrophic decline in fish numbers in the Great Sandy Strait and nearby fisheries has been distorted by changed computer...
Eco-pledge as locals steer Borumba plan
Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni has promised to protect the Mary River and its eco-systems from any disruption from the huge and nationally...
Flood region declared ‘drought free’
In case you hadn't noticed, Gympie region is no longer in drought.
And that's official.
The flood-hit region has now finally had enough rain to be...
Planned burns continue on K’Gari
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) will conduct prescribed burn operations within the K’gari (Fraser Island) section of the Great Sandy National Park.
A...
Council give greenlight on RV Strategy
After more than three years in development, the region’s RV Strategy was endorsed today during Council’s ordinary meeting.
Planning and Sustainability portfolio holder, Councillor Shane...
Ex-councillor jailed
Former Gympie local government identity, church worker and high school janitor Shane Stanley Jocumsen has been jailed for historic sex crimes against males.
A Gympie...
Gympie’s faint praise for ex-dam chief
Graeme Newton, who was the construction head for Gympie region's Traveston Crossing dam proposal nearly 20 years ago, as well as being involved in...
