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9 unusual facts about Gympie


2012 DH-84 Riama crash

The wreckage was discovered just below a ridge line near Lake Borumba, 36 km south west of Gympie on 3 October with none of the occupants having survived the crash.

Araluen, Queensland

It is part of the Gympie local government area.

Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues Festival

Set in the Noosa hinterland, the festival weekend highlights blues, jazz, food, Queensland wines is held at Dingo Creek Vineyard situated at Traveston, Qld, just south of Gympie.

Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival

The Festival is in the regional Queensland city of Gympie, just a two-hour drive north of Brisbane, along the Bruce Highway and a short 45 minutes drive from the beach at Noosa Heads.

The Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival is a film festival which has been held in Gympie, Queensland, Australia since 2006.

HMAS Gympie

HMAS Gympie (J238/M238), named for the city of Gympie, Queensland, was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

International House, University of Wollongong

During her tenure there were two tragic accidents which had a profound impact on the community: an American student became a paraplegic in a car accident; and three students from New Jersey, USA, were killed in a minibus accident in Gympie, NSW.

Kaine Bennett Charleston

While living in Australia for primary school, Kaine attended Kai Ora Public School outside Gympie, Queensland.

Nev Pask

Neville John Pask (born in Gympie, Australia) is an Australian businessman and one of Queensland's biggest property developers, having built 1500 homes and many other projects.


City of Gympie

On 19 March 1992, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission, created two years earlier, produced its report External Boundaries of Local Authorities, and recommended that the City of Gympie and the Shire of Widgee should be amalgamated.

Dingo Creek Jazz and Blues Festival

With David and Marg's retirement the from Dingo Creek Jazz & Blues Festival, Gympie Rotary Club has agreed to take on the management of this event with all proceeds going to community charities and keeping with festival tradition, SIDS will be the major benefactor.

Gympie Region

On 21 November 1940, the Widgee Shire Council moved into new premises formerly occupied by the Bank of New South Wales at 242 Mary Street, Gympie.

Jacob Stumm

Born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated at state schools in Toowoomba before becoming a Hansard reporter, a journalist and the proprietor of the Gympie Times.

Mary Valley Heritage Railway

The steam train, a fully restored C17 class locomotive from the early 1920s, departs Gympie station at 10 am.

Shire of Cooloola

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Widgee Division became the Shire of Widgee on 31 March 1903, and on 21 November 1940 moved into new premises formerly occupied by the Bank of New South Wales at 242 Mary Street, Gympie.

Shire of Widgee

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Widgee Division became the Shire of Widgee on 31 March 1903, and on 21 November 1940 moved into new premises formerly occupied by the Bank of New South Wales at 242 Mary Street, Gympie.

Southside, Queensland

It contains the Gympie Racecourse and the Adrian McClintock Park showgrounds, named after a former mayor of the Shire of Widgee.

The Wildes


During 2009 The Wildes appeared on the main stage at The Gympie Muster and performed with artists outside the country genre including Gin Wigmore and The Basics.


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