Pressing water supply issues in Mary Valley towns take a turn
The residents of two Mary Valley towns have received an unexpected helping hand from the past year’s rain
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’Months, not hours’: Flashback to the Bruce Hwy 100 years ago
As the $1 billion Gympie Bypass closes in on a year until completion, a historian has revealed the very different route the Bruce Highway once took from Maryborough to Brisbane, and the months it took to make that journey.
Rural landowners transforming properties with mini-campgrounds
Rural landowners are cashing in on the lucrative regional tourism market by opening their land up with mini campgrounds to holiday-makers. See where the campsites are opening.
How 20km Bruce Hwy stretch has become the deadliest in Qld
A dad is killed when his car and a truck collide, a bystander is forced to pull a screaming toddler from a wrecked vehicle, a 25-year-old dies in another wreck, then a 70 year old in another. Five accidents within the same 20km stretch. And the year has barely begun.
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PHOTOS: Festivities flow in Gympie CBD for Mary Christmas 2021
Gympie families flooded the CBD on Wednesday night for the annual Mary Christmas street party, complete with merry outfits. See all the festive photos from the night here:
GALLERY: 94 festive faces spreading holiday cheer at Mary Christmas 2021
Gympie families flooded the CBD on Wednesday night for the annual Mary Christmas street party, complete with merry outfits. See all the festive photos from the night here:
First look at multimillion-dollar Bruce Hwy upgrade revealed
The concept design of the $336 million Tiaro bypass has been released, and includes 9km of four-lane highway across Tiaro, between Maryborough and Gympie, complete with interchanges north and south of Tiaro. Take the first look here:
‘We’re delighted’: WTO rules in Aussie canegrowers’ favour
The WTO has sided with Australia in ruling India must scrap its ‘blatantly unfair’ subsidies to growers. Read why India will reject the decision.
EXPLAINED: No, Gympie council isn’t taking stand against Gov’t
Gympie council is setting the record straight after a social media post about Covid mandates was misunderstood, causing an online flurry. Here’s everything you need to know about the council position.
Gympie business declare they won’t be enforcing mandates
As the deadline approaches for Queenslanders to get the jab or risk being shut out of pubs, cafes and clubs, some businesses have voiced their opposition. This is what they had to say:
‘Bubbly, selfless, caring’: Community mourn loving grandmother
About 100 mourners have gathered to farewell a Bundaberg grandmother well-known in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and member of the Stolen Generation in a heartwarming ceremony.
Why brave little Lucy will need a ventilator for the rest of her life
At just 10 weeks old and an only child, little Lucy Grace Armbruster has battled more than what many brave adults have. Now a shock diagnosis means she and her parents have had to leave their Gympie home to give her a fighting chance.
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