DESPITE recent research revealing teenage vaccination rates have dropped in Australia, the Gympie region is on track to record its highest rate of immunisation yet.
The Gympie Times
Record number of nursing graduates warmly welcomed
Gympie’s first heart transplant patient is 81
WITHOUT a heart transplant 23 years ago, Gympie grandfather Durshin Begeda would have missed many defining moments in his life.
Possum recovers after being shot by an arrow
A BABY brushtail possum has been found alive but with an arrow through its body at Cooran, shot through the side while clinging to its mother.
‘Senseless act’ of cruelty kills native swallows
A FAMILY of native welcome swallows has been killed and its nests destroyed in what has been described as a senseless act by RSPCA regional inspector Julia Steley.
Kandanga Cemetery Association among funding recipients
HARD-WORKING Gympie region community groups like the Kandanga Cemetery Association are set for a funding boost with more than $200,000 in grants from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.
Burnt to ground at Goomboorian
A GOOMBOORIAN man was left homeless last night after his rented home was reduced to a blackened skeleton by fire.
Players spread NRL’s anti-bullying message
TACKLING bullying head on is something Bulldogs players James Graham and David Minute are passionate about.
‘Good sports’ honoured
SPORT is something Gympie High State School takes very seriously. The dedication of two teachers to Wide Bay school sport was rewarded with life membership.
A Mothar of all venues
GYMPIE horse enthusiasts could soon have themselves a new competition and training venue with the Noosa Equestrian Centre nearing completion at Mothar Mountain.