Here for you this holiday season
The festive season can be a joyous time for many people, as they take a well-earned break from work and school and spend time...
Congratulations to our first Junior Matilda
Congratulations to Gympie’s first Junior Matilda— Aleisha Manthey.
What a great achievement for a Gympie girl!
You don’t attract the attention of national sports selectors unless...
Environment and Development
Our state and federal members have alleged that the new environmental legislation will mean fewer jobs, and that Labor did not negotiate with the...
An urgent call to action
A serious question for every adult member of the Gympie community.
Are you consulting now, or are you likely at some future time, to consult...
Formals fun, forever!
Gympie seniors have cracked the code - have Year 12 formals all year round!
And honestly?
It’s brilliant.
Formals aren’t just about tossing your graduation...
Call for Library bubbler
I dearly hope when the library goes back to its original building that the head of the library asks the Mayor Glen Hartwig to...
Debate, not insults
It is becoming more common for arguments to become name-calling exercises rather than a debate of views and points.
It is unfortunate when...
The safest sinecure
It is surely official now.
Being a Gympie Regional Councillor is the safest sinecure in Australia.
That very generous salary and suite of perks is...
Council engineers
The council engineers have raised an interesting point when they said the Sound Shell Roof was passed its use-by date.
I then wondered about the...
No apology, Mr Mayor!
I don’t usually respond to those who publicly disagree with my views.
But I am making an exception for the Mayor of The Gympie...
New dark age?
Good to read the letters from Merv Welch and Ashley Goldsworthy decrying Gympie Council's decision to no longer fluoridate its water supply.
After the first...
Always happy to talk
I refer to the letters from Merv Welch and Ashley Goldsworthy regarding the fluoride discussion that occurred on the 7.30 report.
Both writers make the...
Legends lost in 2025’s sad end
The late Bill Hauritz led the way in making an international institution out of the Maleny and later Woodford Folk Festival.
As Bill said years...
