Small Halls To Host Big Nights

Small Halls To Host Big Nights

The Festival Of Small Halls – a unique program which brings touring musicians to smaller communities – is visiting the local region as part of its Spring tour of Queensland.

Radio Boost For Emergency Crews

Radio Boost For Emergency Crews

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington says persistence has paid off with essential communications technology to be improved for emergency services in the Booubyjan area.

Women Killed In Crash

Women Killed In Crash

The Police Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash which occurred at Booubyjan on Saturday.

Renewed Push For Flood Alerts

Renewed Push For Flood Alerts

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has repeated a plea to have flood warning gauges installed along the flood-prone Boonara-Nangur Creek system.

Rachael Wins Resilience Award

Rachael Wins Resilience Award

Tansey resident Rachael Lehmann has been presented with the inaugural Australia Day “Resilience Award” from Gympie Regional Council for her work during the region’s flood recovery efforts last year.

Collision At Booubyjan

Collision At Booubyjan

A man was taken by ambulance to Gayndah Hospital in a stable condition after two vehicles collided on the Burnett Highway at Booubyjan on Wednesday morning.

Police Target Speeding Drivers

Police Target Speeding Drivers

Police from Goomeri and the Gympie Patrol Group have been catching dozens of motorists speeding in the 100km/h zones on the Burnett and Wide Bay highways.

Man Airlifted After Dozer Crash

Man Airlifted After Dozer Crash

A rescue helicopter has transported a man to hospital in a serious condition after a bulldozer rolled down an embankment at Booubyjan on Wednesday morning.

MPs Urged To Improve Phone Links

MPs Urged To Improve Phone Links

Residents from areas around Booubyjan, Tansey, Goomeri, Kilkivan and Woolooga turned up in force at a special meeting on Saturday to spell out the communications hurdles they had to overcome during the recent flood emergency.

Governor Tours Flood Areas

Governor Tours Flood Areas

The flood-hit communities of Booubyjan, Goomeri and Kilkivan played host to a visit by Queensland Governor Dr Jeannette Young PSM on Tuesday.

Urgent Call For Flood Alerts

Urgent Call For Flood Alerts

Landholders in the Goomeri region – inundated during the January floods – are pressing for flood warning gauges to be installed to give them an alert before the next disaster strikes.

Search For Girl Scaled Back

Search For Girl Scaled Back

The search for a 14-year-old schoolgirl swept away by floodwaters at Booubyjan during the early hours of January 8 is being scaled back.

Teenager Still Missing

Teenager Still Missing

Police hold very grave fears for the safety of a 14-year-old girl who is still missing after being washed away in floodwaters near Booubyjan at the weekend.