Popular meat worker the latest victim of catastrophic floods
A Gympie man whose body was found in floodwaters near Tin Can Bay Road on Saturday afternoon has been identified as a father of three and “well liked” team leader at Nolan Meats.
A Gympie man whose body was found in floodwaters near Tin Can Bay Road on Saturday afternoon has been identified as a father of three and “well liked” team leader at Nolan Meats.
A family of five that had only recently moved to the Mary Valley were airlifted to safety after their property became cut off by rising floodwaters. Their pet fox terrier was secured in a child rescue capsule for the flight.
Multiple locations across South East Queensland were placed on emergency alert overnight with warnings of life-threatening flash flooding.
Emergency services have found the body of loved husband and father-of-three Phil Lambert who went missing in floodwaters on Wednesday.
A jobs rich hydro-pumping project, which would raise the wall at Queensland’s Borumba Dam and double its footprint, is gaining momentum. See the plans.
Musicians from all parts of Australia and beyond have answered the call of a heartbroken mum and brought to life the haunting music composed by her son Kyan Pennell before he died in a freak accident in the Mary Valley. SEE THE VIDEOS.
Who are the best teachers in Bundaberg, Gympie and Fraser Coast? Nominate them here so we can recognise and thank them, but click into the story and put them in the running to win part of $640,000 in prize money across Australia.
A community devastated by the freak farm death of Mary Valley youngster Kyan Pennell has generously responded to the launch of a GoFundMe campaign to help his family, with one person donating $3250 and the campaign itself raising almost $20,000.
The wild weather is back, with storms dumping heavy rain on several suburbs in the Gympie region and forcing the evacuation of an aged care facility in Cooroy. See how much fell.
Grief-stricken family, friends and former teachers of a 12-year-old Mary Valley boy, killed while trying to close a gate for his dad, have remembered him as a “beautiful, sweet, quiet and smart boy”.
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