Hosts with the most
The Tin Can Bay Bowls Club hosted their two day Century 21-Platinum Group mixed Open Fours Bowls last weekend at the Country Club.
The...
Emergency facility open
The new $2.5 million emergency services facility in Rainbow Beach was opened this month by Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Mark Ryan MP,...
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...
Period poverty revealed
Data from Share the Dignity’s new Dignity Map has revealed that 55 per cent of Gympie women have missed work, 66 per cent have...
