Vote now for your favourite tradie in the Gympie region | Poll
They’re on worksites, construction sites, crawling around in hot ceilings and on roofs, digging holes and trenches, fixing our cars and connecting our pipes - they’re the tradies of the Gympie region and now we want to find out who is everyone’s favourite.
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The Wide Bay has undergone some rapid growth since the start of the pandemic, with residents from other states in Australia moving in their droves to regional Queensland.
This construction and real estate boom has left tradespeople across the region busier and in higher demand than ever before.
The profession has also seen growth and change, with more women taking up trades and levelling representation for both genders in this typically male dominated field.
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To celebrate and recognise these sparkies, plumbers, builders, mechanics and others, we put the call out on Facebook for nominations and were inundated.
You can thank them for all their hard work by voting for them in the poll below.
You must be a digital subscriber to vote in the poll, and only one subscriber per vote will be recorded.
Voting closes at 12noon on Friday, August 27.
The nominees include:
Amanda Mills – Telstra technician
Anthony May – Electrician
Jared Blanco – SP Thorne homes
Ben Wright – Groves plumbing
Andrew Van Doren – Groves plumbing
Scoota Houghton – Gympie Motor Group
Joshua Valentine – Electrician
Ryan Smoothy – Heavy diesel mechanic
Liam Williams – Electrician
Alec Carmichael – KD Electrical
Katherine Kingma
Barry Hooper – Brick layer
Andrew Hosking – Brick layer
Jack – All Day Electrical Contractors
Tyler Oxenham – Plumber
Jim – JMack electrical
Nick Carlton – Electrician
Matt Brown – MRB Electrical and Earthwork
Michael Harch – Gympie Glazing Works
Adam Cross – Gympie Glazing Works
Chris Dale – Gympie Glazing Works
Taine Collier – Welder
Taylor Groom – TRG plumbing
Les – Khaler electrical
Tom Carman – Electrician
Jack Cross – Electrician
Tom Cross – Electrician
Shekina Schulga – Electrician
Andrew – Newks Plumbing
Kath Kingma of JAKDrilling and Geology
Liam Maher
John Colls – Colls Motor Clinic
Marc Ryan – Plumber
Dean Tennant – A2Z Appliance Servicing
Dean Baade
Simon Portch
Rhys Collings – R&R Landscape Renovations
Robert Downman – Rob Downman Painting
Brad Vick
Carl Winn – Winning Electrical
Jeremy George – JPGBuilding Services
Doug Rose
Originally published as Vote now for your favourite tradie in the Gympie region | Poll
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