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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WATCH: Campers outraged as hoons tear up Teewah Beach again
“A marked police car going up the beach at lunchtime at low tide doesn’t work. The police need to be up there on dark in unmarked cars to have any chance of catching these idiots.”
VIDEO: Fence to block 4WD access to ‘trashed’ Mary River
Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee chairman Ian Mackay told the ABC last week the area was “being ruined by thoughtless visitors and free campers”.
Gympie Muster reveals special event after shock cancellation
The announcement comes after the Muster proper was cancelled for the second year in a row due to lockdowns caused by the latest Covid outbreaks in New South Wales and Victoria.
GoFundMe set up for Gympie dad after tragic Toowoomba crash
The Victory Heights family of five was travelling to a family reunion near Toowoomba on July 8 when the SUV Mr Greig was driving collided with a truck on Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Rd at Mt Irving. Mr Greig’s wife, Jessica, 29, was killed instantly and their eldest daughter, Giselle, 12, died at the scene in an unspeakable tragedy.
Mother, son charged after child filmed doing donuts in 4WD
Police have confirmed that a mother and child from Rainbow Beach have been charged over an incident where the 11-year-old boy was allegedly photographed and filmed doing donuts on the beach.
‘Irreplaceable’ Xavier was the ‘greatest gift of all’
A sea of footy jerseys filled the Gympie chapel on Friday afternoon as the heartbroken family, friends and teammates of nine-year-old Xavier Webb said goodbye to a “cheeky” and “loved child”.
Person in hospital after car rollover at Victory Heights
Emergency services received a call out to a single vehicle crash on Sandy Creek Rd at about 12.09pm
Sky News to launch regional channel
A regional channel from Sky News will be broadcast on free-to-air TV across Australia.
Shock as 11-year-old filmed doing donuts at Double Island Pt
A mother’s Facebook post of her young son apparently doing his “first donuts’ in a 4WD at Double Island Point has sent the internet into meltdown.
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.
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