Rainbow Beach School to buy its own native beehive
The school is one of 1021 schools to get extra funding for projects that support bees, with the money going to new gardening equipment and a native beehive.
The school is one of 1021 schools to get extra funding for projects that support bees, with the money going to new gardening equipment and a native beehive.
A 56-year-old man will face trial in the Gympie court for allegedly hitting his partner with a motorbike and then refusing to take her to hospital to have her injuries treated.
Out of 29 finalists, one young up-and-coming superstar has been voted by our readers and his supporters the best soccer player in the region.
Police went to an Amamoor property looking for a missing person and found methamphetamine, cannabis and two syringes in the 34-year-old’s car.
The 41-year-old Gympie woman committed a string of random offences between September and December 2020, including stealing a $1400 knife block from Robins Kitchen in Gympie.
The 35-year-old was first spotted in the carpark of Gympie’s Verandah Motel, where she appeared to be trying to break into a car, before approaching guests, asking if she could use their hotel room shower.
From failing to realise the drugs were still in their system to alleging their drink had been spiked, 10 men and women were busted driving with drugs in their saliva and had to face the court on Thursday.
A Gympie man was more than five times over the limit when he missed a busy Mary Valley turn-off and drove straight into a paddock for 60m without once touching the brakes, the Gympie court has heard.
Thousands of farmers across the region have been fighting a losing battle with the Gympie drought since it was declared in December 2019, but predicted rainfall for the region this winter may bring some relief.
Paul Meakin, 64, first began making sculptures out of scrap metal and old car parts a year ago, but now has opened a private-viewing gallery in his Amamoor home for visitors to admire his creations.
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