Timber in housing frame
At a time of rampant housing demand, the failure of government timber farming policies has left Queensland facing "a serious shortage of timber,' Gympie...
Students join forces with Gympie volunteer
Gympie’s own Marlene Owen OAM has been involved with feeding the region’s homeless for the last four and a half years, a job which...
Action on housing fears
Homelessness, the downside of Gympie region's popularity, is becoming "a dire issue even for people who have good jobs who would probably never have...
Rudd ‘trashed’ in colleague’s new book
The near-Gympie and Noosa region's major link to recent national politics, ex-prime minister Kevin Rudd, has been trashed in a new book by his...
Reforms help fishers ‘stay afloat’
Controversial new fishing industry regulations will save the commercial fishery and the jobs and people that go with it, Fisheries Minister Mark Furner said...
New owners for Cooinda
The ownership of Gympie’s largest aged care centre is in the process of transitioning to one of Queensland’s oldest community service organisations, Lutheran Services.
The...
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...
Serving up social fun
Gympie Queens Park Tennis Centre is in full swing with social tennis on Monday nights from 5.30pm, and Thursday nights from 5.30pm.
There is...
