‘The show goes ahead’: Gympie staple returns, rides revealed
Despite a rainy forecast the Gympie Show is back on and organisers are expecting a big turn out as a list of popular thrill rides is also revealed.
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Three hurt in crash at highway turn off into rural town
Three people have been taken to hospital, one with a head wound, after a two vehicle crash at a highway intersection leading into a rural town.
‘Very surprised and grateful’: Heartwarming act after Gympie flood
The devastation wrought on Gympie netball by the February flood has left the sport without a home as it faces a $500,000 rebuild. But fellow netballers in Kingaroy are doing what they can to help.
‘We can’t help you’: More tents as homeless crisis deepens
An emerging tent city on Gympie’s Southside is testament to the region’s desperate and growing homeless situation of ordinary people caught in an impossible loop and with almost no support.
River to Rail Trail poised to reopen
Gympie Regional Council will clean up sections of the popular 7.8km trail and reopen it to the public.
Carpenter afraid of getting shot leads police on car chase
A 29-year-old man who led police on a short car chase through Imbil told them he’d been afraid of getting shot by somebody in the local pub.
Housing crisis trumps koalas as Gympie shoppers surveyed
A survey of Mary St shoppers has revealed that while the protection of koalas from developers and bulldozers is important, solving the region’s housing crisis is a higher priority.
Climber airlifted with chest and back injuries
A rock climber had to be winched off a cliff near Gympie over the Labour Day long weekend after falling several metres. Read the full story.
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