While firefighters contained recent fires which burned hundreds of acres in Tuchekoi and Obi Obi, QFES and BOM say climate change will cause longer fire seasons and higher fire risks. The cause of the two fires, in October-November, is not confirmed but Queensland...
Authorities are providing plenty of technical detail on how they will build the world’s largest pumped hydro plant south west of Gympie, but details of the environmental, safety and economic impacts are harder to find. Experts in the Mary River catchment are calling...
She’s best known for her Lady Gaga moment but there’s more to Gympie-based fashion designer and stylist, Cindy Vogels. She’s as passionate about advocating for female, regional and diverse young artists as she is about fashion. She also knows how to pivot: turning low...
Building on the success of Gympie’s first Pride Festival in June, 17 year old festival founder Emily Smith and her team are planning a larger scale Pride Festival with some country touches in 2024. Emily says this year’s event was pulled together fast. ‘This year I...
People are the real gold to discover in Gympie and one of those gems is Dr Sharon Hogan, founder and ‘Chief Energy Officer’ of Perseverance Street Theatre Company. Named after one of the oldest streets in Gympie, the professional theatre company is independent, not...
Gympie comic, comedy producer and teacher Anna Brennan describes herself as ‘pro-gan’. That means pro-bogan and she has a bogan drag act to prove it. Her ‘drag King’ character ‘Bruce Hwy’ is loosely modelled on ‘myself, my brother and bits of every guy I've ever...
When it comes to Queensland architecture, most of us think of the iconic timber Queenslander. The south east Queensland town of Gympie has plenty of stately Queenslanders. It also boasts one of the largest and most intact examples of residential mid-century modernist...