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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.

Shelley Strachan

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Gympie

‘Weirdest sensation’: Gympie woman wins $520k

She was home alone when she found out about her win and says she will keep going in to work: ‘I couldn’t believe it. I was pretty excited but also scared – I couldn’t comprehend if it was real or not.’

Gympie

JOBS: 116 new apprenticeships open up with Energex, Ergon

Some of Queensland’s most in demand apprenticeships are up for grabs across Wide Bay in Gympie, Maryborough, Hervey and Bundaberg. Check out what kind of apprenticeships there are and how to apply.

Gympie

Wild video, 24 evicted, multiple charges laid in beach blitz

Twenty-four people have been kicked off a popular Queensland beach and charged with a range of offences as authorities crack down on out-of-control hoons.

OpinionGympie

Why no public consultation on Kilkivan Mini Muster plan?

The Gympie Muster team this week announced the Gympie Mini Muster will go ahead with the support of the Gympie Regional Council at the Kilkivan Equestrian Centre.

Gympie

Kilkivan rural firey’s honour a ‘significant achievement’

Kilkivan rural fire fighter Arthur (Wayne) Croydon has been named the Rural Fire Service 2021 North Coast Region Volunteer of the Year.

Gympie

Gympie train station, Rattler prepare for historic event

140 years of history lies beneath the Mary Valley Rattler as it traverses the Valley from its base at Gympie station, and that history will be on full display at this special celebration.

Your SayGympie

This letter writer asks the question, should we get the 'jab'?

Letter: Should people get the jab?

‘The reality is that most should, because that is the only defence that they have.’

Gympie

Old funeral business site to get $500k transformation

The Gympie CBD site will be extensively renovated to become the region’s dedicated disaster management co-ordination centre.

Gympie

Photos from the fatal Kilkivan crash site taken on Wednesday, July 28.

Chilling scars, debris all that remains of Kilkivan horror

Days after a young woman inexplicably veered off the Wide Bay Highway and into a tree on the outskirts of the South Burnett township the evidence of what happened there is haunting.

Gympie

Radiators part of huge line-up at Mary Valley music festival

The Muster may be off but there is a huge festival taking place over three days just south of Gympie at the Mitchell Creek Rock ‘N’ Blues Fest in September, where The Radiators will be singing their crowd favourites of Gimme Head, I’m Comin’ Home and 17 (I Wish I Was).

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