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Step out for breast cancer

The annual Tin Can Bay Mother’s Day Classic is on again this year on Saturday 8 May 2022, and you are invited to join...

Lucky rollever escapes

Rangers patrolling beaches in the Great Sandy Strait are warning drivers there will be a serious injury or fatality after 11 beach rollovers during...

Bogus ‘victim’ lures offender

A Gympie region man has been sentenced in Gympie District Court, after pleading guilty to charges of attempting to seduce an underage girl who...

A Woggling good time

This year’s Scout Camping competition in the Gympie Showgrounds saw the coveted Kiwi Woggle trophy return to home base. Congratulations to Centenary Gympie’s “Eagle...

Leisure time a serious business

The serious business of other people's relaxation is the subject of a Gympie Chamber of Commerce Tourism Industry Forum, to be held next Wednesday...

Luck has its say on poll

The ALP will not have the luck of the draw in the upcoming federal election, after the random order of candidates was announced by...

Punters start by backing Labor

Early betting markets are strongly favouring a Labor win in the 21 May election, according to odds published on Monday by online bookmaker Sportsbet. But...

Mozzie menace still a threat

State and federal biosecurity authorities are alerting Gympie region pig and horse owners to be vigilant for Japanese encephalitis virus. The virus is spread by...

MEGA GALLERY: Thousands commemorate our ANZACs

From Goomeri to Rainbow Beach, Miva to Kandanga, thousands of locals braved the uncertain weather to pay tribute to our service men and women,...

Whatever happened to Bill?

The family of one of Gympie’s diggers waited more than a year to find out the fate of their seriously wounded son at Gallipolli,...

’The hail of bullets was simply awful…’

A letter to ’Dear Vera’ from Gympie man Ray Baker graphically details the most famous episode in Australia’s wartime history - the landings at...

Ancient quilt ’state-of-the-art’

Now on view at the Gympie Regional Gallery ‘SOTA22 - State of the Art 2022’ is a highly regarded annual collection of textile works...

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...