Tag: Community News
Sunday’s rock at Theebine
Many braved the high 30s temps to get their jive on at the Theebine Hotel on Sunday afternoon.
The Rocknrollabillys had many up and jiving...
The bald and the beautiful
“I’ve always wanted to do it,“ said Gympie woman Toria Strang. “Now is the time.“
Ms Strang is getting ready to lop her locks as...
Karaoke fun at Kia Ora
Families, couples and friends were on song at the Silky Oak Tea Gardens at Kia Ora at the weekend.
The Howl at the Moon party...
Pine Street inferno guts house
Firefighters had to the enter the home of two Gympie residents through the roof with breathing apparatus this afternoon, according to a spokesman for...
Fond first recollections
Gympie man JOHN HERMANN shares more of his recollections, this time about his reactions to visiting the Gold City for the first time.
It was...
Burning passion for history
The members of the Gympie Fire Service need your help.
Officer Greg Albury describes himself as the “unofficial“ historian of the brigade and is excited...
New facilities five years in the making
Last Tuesday the Gympie Flexible Learning Centre officially opened their new building in conjunction with their annual Awards Ceremony.
It has been five years since...
Still manning station 93 years after his death?
It’s Halloween tomorrow - a time when traditionally the veil between the living and dead is at its thinest and the spirits of those...
Time travelling Di loves digging up the past
Every year, since 2009, Gympie woman Di Woodstock travels back to around 90 million years ago to spend a couple of weeks with dinosaurs.
“I...
Five years in child welfare a joy for workers
Five years ago Justine Penny and Kellie Stirton joined the Anglicare Southern Queensland Gympie Children and Parenting Program team.
Justine, service coordinator for the...
Colourful tales of hospital’s past
Gympie man JOHN HERMANN shares some of his colourful memories from the mid ’80s serving as a nurse at The Gympie Hospital.
My main reason...
’Absolutely no truth’ to Gympie contract tracing rumours
A spokeswoman for the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland Health has confirmed there is ’absolutely no truth’ to rumours there is currently contract tracing...
Cooloola coast camping to change
Multiple potential new changes are coming to the Cooloola Coast with recommendations for better management strategies and innovations such as a beach shuttle bus...
