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Jorina Maureschat is a reporter for the Sunshine Coast region focusing on court, business and property. Jorina completed her cadet year with The Gympie Times in 2022. The masthead won a regional campaign award for the team’s Save Our Sport campaign advocating for sports communities affected by the 2022 floods.

Jorina Maureschat

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Gympie

Proposed site changes for the Cooloola Great Walk ecotourism project.

Private meeting to discuss Great Walk ‘glamping’ sites

Potential changes to sites for an eco-tourism “glamping” project proposed for national parkland between Noosa North Shore and Rainbow Beach will be flagged at a private meeting.

Gympie

A man is being assessed for injuries in a truck rollover on Coonoongibber Creek Road. Pic: Google Maps

Paramedics rush to second truck rollover in Gympie region

Not long after a truck rolled on its side in the Gympie region, a second crash has injured a driver in the Mary Valley.

Gympie

Truck rollover leaves driver injured near Gympie

A driver was injured on a highway near Gympie after a truck rolled on its side.

Fraser Coast

‘Wherever you are you’re flying high, beautiful Brodes’

Family members, sporting organisations and schools have led hundreds of tributes to the popular young larrikin whose life was cut tragically short while driving to what should have been a long weekend camping trip with his mates.

Community News

Kathleen Dennis, Fiona and Peter Herrington and Steve Dennis (front) among the relaxed crowd at Saturday's Mary River Festival at Kandanga.

‘Beautiful friend’: Tributes flow for mum killed in horror crash

While her son clings to life in the Royal Brisbane Hospital, a beloved mum is being mourned by the community where she and her large, tight-knit family made their home.

Police & Courts

Jacob Robert Searle appeared in Gympie Magistrates Court via video link on September 29, 2022.

Apprentice chef goes on rampage at council building

A homeless man who went on a property damage crime spree across Gympie and the Sunshine Coast has revealed the surprising reason why.

Police & Courts

Estephanous Barnaba Isaiah was caught drink driving on Channon St in December. Photo: Facebook

Serial bail breacher gets last warning from Magistrate

A Gympie region electrician and son of a priest facing a string of charges has been given a short leash due to his inability to obey court orders.

Police & Courts

Isaac Alan Rogers was charges with offences between Gympie and Morayfield.

‘Evidence’ found on alleged drug, gun dealer’s phone: Court

An alleged drug and gun dealer’s family supported him in court as he faced multiple charges, including supplying pump-action shotguns and a rifle in Gympie and other parts of Queensland.

Police & Courts

Sherrilyn Page appeared in Gympie Magistrates Court on September 28, 2022.

‘Shut your junkie mouth’: Neighbourhood dispute boils over

An early morning dispute between two households in a Gympie street got out of hand when an aspiring traffic controller blew up.

Gympie

Tailgating driver bashed after overtaking slow car on country road

An ex property manager doing 45km/h on a regional road north of Gympie has faced court after swerving into the car he claimed was tailgating him, and then going after the driver when he stopped at an intersection.

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