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Shelley Strachan is the respected and award winning Editor of The Gympie Times, a mother of four, and a passionate advocate for her hometown (Gympie), the region it is the centre of and the people who live there. A recipient of multiple PANPA Community News Brand of the Year awards, and the coveted News Corp Achievements in Regional Journalism award, Shelley Strachan cut her journalistic teeth as a cadet at The Gympie Times before spending some time as a sub-editor with Quest Community papers in Brisbane and then returning to the idyllic lifestyle the Gympie region offers. She proudly leads a talented team of journalists covering all the news of the Gympie region 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Mark Bailey. Picture: Chris Ison ROK310117capprentice3

Million dollar upgrade for Kin Kin Rd

DESIGN works to boost safety on Kin Kin Rd, through the Pomona, Pinbarren and Kin Kin areas will soon be underway.

PROMOTED: Gympie MP Tony Perrett (right) with Wide Bay MP Llew Obrien with Minister for Infastructure and Transport Darren Chester. Picture: Renee Albrecht

Simpson resignation makes way for Perrett promotion

Fiona Simpson has quit the Shadow Cabinet, causing a minor reshuffle of the Opposition in which Gympie MP Tony Perrett has been elevated to Deputy Whip

True blue and moving display of Aussie mateship

True blue and moving display of Aussie mateship

The Gympie region has again rallied with generosity behind the two families, donating more than $30,000 over the weekend to help Paul Frampton and Scott Hoare

Main Roads district director North Coast Region Doug Wass has rebutted the claims from an unhappy Traveston residents about disruptions caused by the Cooroy to Curra upgrade of the Bruce Hwy near his home. Picture: Warren Lynam

Main Roads boss responds to resident’s complaints

Traveston resident may not have received any emails from Minister but Main Roads has been bending over backwards to investigate and take action on his concerns.

SCULPTURE: Who was the Mary behind Mary St? This image appears on the invitations sent out to Gympie businesses for the unveiling of the sculpture on Valentine's Day. Picture: Contributed.

There’s something about Mary in Mary St

Gympie council coy about Mary St sculpture that will be a tribute to “Mary”, but just who was “Mary”?

FLYING OFF THE SHELVES: Hot cross buns sales are already selling like hotcakes in February. Picture: Jacob Carson

Easter has come early to our region

IT IS only February 2, and already we are celebrating Easter and tucking into hot cross buns and Easter eggs.

What’s to become of Memorial Pool?

What’s to become of Memorial Pool?

COMMUNITY consultation on the future of the Memorial Pool and a proposed youth precinct on the site finished recently and led to the drafting of new plans

Good news on quad bikes, not so good for bullies

Good news on quad bikes, not so good for bullies

Discrimination is something most of us are happy is no longer openly practised or tolerated in Australia, though it still goes on.

New smoking laws come into effect in the morning. Picture: Oleg Kornilov

Lighting up just got even trickier in our national parks

VISITORS to national parks in the Gympie region who light up within 10m of visitor facilities, including information shelters, could cop an on-the-spot fine

The quick thinking of an eight-year-old Bundaberg girl led to the successful airlift of her grandfather from his North Burnett property following a quad bike accident in 2016. Picture: Contributed

New laws ban young children from quads in Qld

AS OF today, children under the age of eight will be prohibited from riding quad bikes and utility off-road vehicles being used on roads

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