Farmers up and down the east coast of Australia are under siege from giant rat’s tail, a weed that has proliferated like never before after flooding, wet weather, global politics and the pandemic.
Hundreds of millions of dollars of work, including a bike and foot bridge across the Mary River, are among the big projects sitting in the state government pipeline.
Welcome to My First Year, celebrating the very first year of school for prep students all over Gympie in 2023. Here are the details:
The plan to connect Borumba Dam to the Woolooga and South Burnett substations is causing significant anxiety in the communities most likely to be saddled with high voltage power lines. Here is a brief outline of what they can expect to happen and when:
With so many talented florists scattered throughout the Gympie region, The Gympie Times this week put a call out asking online readers to name and nominate their first choice florist for the unofficial title of best local in the business.
The rates hornets nest has been kicked once again, with rates bills dropping into mail boxes and inboxes this week and Gympie region ratepayers taking to social media to vent their anger and frustration as the rises continue.
A stoush is brewing between Gympie Mayor Glen Hartwig and the Chamber of Commerce president over the fate of two 30-year-old leopard trees in the main shopping precinct.
Property owners in the Gympie region are reporting ‘particularly aggressive’ wedge-tailed eagles targeting their livestock and pets, including one that made off with a family’s beloved pet duck, Daryl. Watch the video:
The long-awaited ride sharing service will finally be operating in the Gympie region every weekend, with an eye to kicking off Uber Eats if the public demand is there. SEE THE DETAILS
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will conduct planned burn operations from Wednesday August 11 to Friday August 13.
Health services continue to be a growth industry in Gympie with plans unveiled to build a new medical centre in a growing commercial precinct surrounded by older houses and businesses.
Cindy Hartwig of Heartbeat Training, the Cooloola Coast Bowls Club, Beverley Goodall of Gympie Medical Transport and Gympie Medical Transport itself have been nominated in their respective categories, with winners to be announced in November.
Sources confirm there was a structure fire on Laminex Rd in the Toolara Forest area at about 10pm on Monday night, with officers taking almost two hours to get the situation under control.
Gympie residents are being given the chance to have their say on plans to transform one of the Mary Valley’s most popular tourist attractions into a renewable energy hub.
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