Seniors serve up support for Meals on Wheels
The Gympie & District Senior Citizens Club has once again put its money where its heart is, presenting a donation to support one of...
Hats are back for fashion stakes
There was certainly plenty of colour and surprises on the catwalk this month for the Gympie Turf Club's Fashions' on the Field event, with...
Mark Ritchie’s Journey with Jobmatch
Gympie local Mark Ritchie is on his career journey after the assistance of local employment provider Jobmatch Employment.
Back in February 2025, Mark really...
‘Fed failure clogs hospitals’: MP
Federal mismanagement of aged care, disability and hospital funding has left vulnerable disabled and older Australians in hospitals because they can’t be discharged into...
Chippy cheated after tools pinched at pub-site
A local carpenter working on the major revamp of Tin Can Bay’s Sleepy Lagoon Hotel has been left without his tools and his livelihood,...
Night works in pipeline for Mellor St
The black spot roadworks on Station Road and Mellor Street are set to continue, with further diversions and detours to be introduced from next...
Grave concerns go unanswered at cemetery
It might be the 21st Century, but even Gympie wasn’t quite expecting to see a robot quietly roaming the cemetery.
A local resident, who lives...
Rain fails to stop bowls
The rain on Sunday, 23 November, had the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club worried, but the games went on.
The first round of the mixed...
Cooloola Cove goes for ‘best water’ title
Cooloola Cove residents may have the best town water in Australia, and they will find out when Australia’s best-tasting tap water is judged on...
News snippets from across the region for the past week
Two-car crash
A patient was transported to Gympie Hospital in stable condition following a two-vehicle crash on Langton Road, Monkland, at 11.08am on Sunday, 23...
‘Insurance Catastrophe’ : 16,000 claims in 140 postcodes lodged over two days in wake...
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) declared an Insurance Catastrophe on Tuesday for the strong winds and damaging hail that impacted South East Queensland...
UPDATE: 6600 Gympie homes, businesses and government agencies blacked out by storms.
UPDATE: Fierce storms which ripped through Gympie region last night caused widespread blackouts affecting a total of 6600 Energex customers, it has now been...
Thousands defy weather to remember
It has become a cliche to say that Anzac Day crowds are getting bigger each year all over Australia.
But long live the cliche, as...
