Keeping our history alive
It was with some sadness that we saw the demolition, this week, of the old nurse’s quarters at our hospital.
The phrase that it...
Rates hike still unjustified
Unfortunately, ex-councillor Dan Stewart conflates my letter (Gympie Today 9 August) with the matters raised by Steve Hawkins in his letter (Gympie Today 30...
Shocking act
A very disturbing news report has described a vicious attack upon a baby boy in a park in Brisbane yesterday (27 August).
A mother was...
A melodious melding pot
"Anything goes at the Muster", is what Casey Barnes told me.
I honestly can't help but agree with him, in the greatest way possible.
'Koalas' were...
Done and dusted Muster
I hesitated to do it.
It felt almost like self-harm.
But in the end, I knew it was all over and I had to do...
Rates are fair
There have recently been two letters to this paper complaining about rural people paying more rates to build a water treatment plant (S.Hawkins and...
Users pay
Further to the recent Rates rise by Gympie Regional Council of 9.3% I agree totally with the letter from Tony Jakeman and would like...
Good large scale renewables
The group Rethink Renewables who put up a big sign, "Rethink Renewables", evidently don't think that renewables are a bad thing.
I assumed...
Good news, bad news on roads
News of the almost imminent opening of Gympie's massive Bruce Highway by-pass (15 years in the making), has been accompanied by bad news about...
Top cup day
What a blast — the Nolan’s Meats Muster Cup Race Meeting!
After rain earlier in the week, the skies cleared to a Spring-like...
Praise for new councillor
Recently Allona Lahn was elected to Division Five (on the Gympie Regional Council).
Allona has proven to be proactive, listens to what you have...
Reminiscing on Pre-Muster’s revival
I probably don’t quite qualify as a long-term resident, but I do remember when not only Mary Street, but other satellite venues throbbed to...
Health ‘black hole’ claimed
Gympie region had many of the symptoms of the health service under-funding crisis which was claimed in state parliament last week to be a...
