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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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A plane crashed east of Gympie, near the Noosa hinterland, on August 29.

Pair taken to hospital after plane crash into thick bushland

A pair has been taken to hospital after their aircraft crashed into bushland near the Noosa hinterland.

Business

Concept designs for the new Sheraton Resort in Hervey Bay.

What you said: Debate rages around 18-storey Sheraton Hotel

Public opinion appears to support a Sheraton Hotel at Hervey Bay, though some of those against it have nicknamed it the ‘foreshore eyesore’ as assumptions of an age divide appear in the debate.

Fraser Coast

A dingo walking along 75 mile beach on Fraser Island on a sunny day

Death in paradise: Mayor calls for ban on children outside K’gari fenced areas

A Queensland mayor has called on the state government to ban children younger than 12 from camping anywhere on K’gari that is not fenced against dingoes, citing the grave danger children are in and his fears of another death.

Fraser Coast

Brandi Allsop, a mother of two from Queensland, has been fighting triple-negative breast cancer for over three years.Â

‘Please don’t die’: Little boy’s heartbreaking plea as mum fights to live

A young Hervey Bay mother fighting to access costly treatment for her stage three breast cancer has shared the gut wrenching conversation she finally had to have with her two sons, and why. Read her story, and sign the change.org petition to help her:

Gympie

Kahn Thoroughgood was diagnosed with the osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in his right leg a week before his 15th birthday in October, 2022.Â He fought the disease with courage for almost two years.

‘See you around buddy’: Tributes flow after 16yo speedway star dies

The Queensland speedway family is in mourning following the death of an inspirational young driver, larrikin and “absolute soldier” who has died just shy of his 17th birthday.

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Laura Milner, Samantha Yates and Jodie Santowski were best of friends.

‘Wish they could’ve met my kids’: Crash survivor haunted by tragedy

Jodie Santowski was a teenager when a fully loaded logging truck speared onto the wrong side of the road and into the oncoming hatchback carrying Jodie and her best friends. What happened next will remain with her forever.

South Burnett

A Lifeflight image of a Ballogie farmer being airlifted after a serious motorbike crash on his property while mustering left him with significant chest injuries.

Farmer airlifted with significant chest injuries after mustering incident

A cattleman in the South Burnett has been airlifted from his property after hitting an anthill with his farm bike while mustering.

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Stingray viewed from the jetty at Port Noarlunga. Picture: SATC

Man rushed to hospital with ‘penetrating’ stingray wound

A man has been rushed to hospital after sustaining a ‘penetrating wound’ from a stingray at Tin Can Bay on the Cooloola Coast.

Business

Gympie’s top business women finalists announced for 2024

Organisers of the Gympie Women in Business awards have shortlisted their 2024 finalists, and there are some new faces and inspiring people among them. See the full list:

South Burnett

17,000+ people: Baconfest 2024 to be bigger than ever

As many as 20,000 people are expected to turn out across the South Burnett and Kingaroy in particular over the next three days as Baconfest 2024 fever takes over the region. All the details, full program here:

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