Tag: News
New life for rail trail plans
It's a "trailway line" now, and Gympie's Wide Bay MP Llew O'Brien says the old Mary Valley rail link to Brooloo will be more...
‘Pyramid’ claims irrelevant to protest
Aboriginal land rights protesters at Rocky Ridge, near Gympie, say debate about the claimed "Gympie Pyramid" is nothing to do with them.
And it is...
Reaction on fire ban
Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon has been challenged to justify her claim that a current Cooloola campfire ban is needed because of the incompetence of...
Water bomber returns for fire season
One of the biggest and most spectacular fire fighting tools, the Large Aerial Tanker, has returned to Queensland under a partnership deal with Victoria...
New light on dingo row
A new book by Sydney academic Rowena Lennox has shone fresh light on 30 years of controversy over the management of Fraser Island’s iconic...
Recognition for island ’Paradise’
The World Heritage Area on Fraser Island, along with surrounding waters and parts of the nearby mainland, has been renamed K’gari - the original...
‘Buffalo Wars’ in Cooloola battlefield
Gympie region's first ranger Ron Turner recalls a time of challenge and ham-fisted bureaucracy as the authorities cracked down on the vexed issue of...
For more than 130 years, Gympie was in the safe hands of only four...
On December 1, 1869 John Priddy was appointed as Gympie’s first sexton, having won the position from 40 applicants.
The cemetery was situated in Tozer...
ANZ give Landcare $15K
Gympie & District Landcare Group has received a $15,000 grant from the ANZ Community Foundation to go towards stabilising an eroding 1.5km section of...
Road closure adds stress for chippy
It's been a tense few weeks for owner of Fisherman's Haul, Bruce Pearce.
Mr Pearce discovered a cycling event, the Queensland Road Team Series, would...
Guardrails, widening of Veteran ‘blackspot’
Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O'Brien last week announced $513,000 to widen and reseal Sandy Creek Road, east of Laurel Road at Veteran,...
Gympie grooves for charity
The Wishlist Jazz and Wine Festival was an absolute success among ticketholders and organisers in a completely sold out event at Gunabul Homestead.
Under...
Flood relief for Westpac customers
While the Gympie region may have been largely forgotten by the Federal and State governments when it comes to flooding and disaster assistance, one...
