Mega gallery: School leaders of Wide Bay Burnett for 2023
300+ STUDENTS: We asked every school captain and leader across the Wide Bay and Burnett to share their vision for the coming year. Here’s what they told us.
Community
‘Apocalyptic’ cloud sends imaginations into overdrive
Giant spaceship? The end of the world? Nuclear war? A spectacular mushroom cloud off the Queensland coast has intrigued nephophiles and left more than a few speculating as to its origins.
Why council will turn $1.6m repair job into $10m rebuild
As the controversial shuttering of Gympie’s main arts hub drags on after almost three years, new plans to transform the building are expected to be a big win for the community.
Rural side hustles sweeping the region, saving farms
Lifestyle changes brought on by Covid have pushed many farmers to explore new ways of getting the most from their land. Here are 10 farms within a few hours drive of Brisbane that are pulling in the money from their fabulous side hustles:
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Mourning community raises thousands for ‘role model’ flood victim
The devastating death of Tiaro excavator Steve Bottcher in the January Wide Bay floods unlocked an outpouring of love and support that has helped his grieving family lay him to rest.
‘I was petrified. They told me to get on the roof but I couldn’t’
A Queensland flood survivor has fought back tears as she recalled the night she spent trapped and clinging to her two dogs and a soggy couch as the flood waters rose inside her home. The 62-year-old grandmother thought she was going to die.
Surprise site for new Gympie restaurant, cafe development
An iconic inner city site on a busy arterial has been pitched to the Gympie council to be developed into a dining experience capable of running seven days a week. Read the details of the project.
New pool management plan sinks, final cost to ratepayers revealed
What it will cost Gympie ratepayers to have the region’s public pools managed has finally been revealed, with some councillors ‘disappointed’ a local contract fell over.
From Gympie to Bundaberg, it’s time to fix the Bruce Highway mess
Queenslanders were shocked by pictures of the crumbling Bruce Highway after towns were cut off by flood. But the same stretch has seen more than 200 fatal and serious injury crashes in just four years. It’s time something is done.
TMR shut to all but ‘essential’ services as pandemic escalates
As the Covid pandemic heads towards its peak in Queensland, Transport and Main Roads has announced it will close its Gympie, Hervey Bay and Bundaberg service centres for the next two weeks. Here’s what you need to know:
Gympie Covid cases double overnight
The number of new Covid cases in the Gympie region has almost doubled overnight as Queensland breaks its record for the highest number of deaths since the pandemic began. UPDATE HERE:
Needle in a haystack: No relief on shortage of RATs, boosters
Waiting lists, ‘first in best dressed’, price gouging and long booster shot queues across Gympie, Bundaberg and the Fraser Coast plague a region with rapidly escalating Covid cases.
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