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Gympie Regional Council has revealed the combined factors of recent hot weather and low water levels have been the main contributors to a large fish kill at Lake Alford.
Local visitor Rhiannon Carly McNamara made the shocking discovery this week, capturing images showing fish floating in the lake and sharing them on social media.
The council confirmed it had received “multiple calls” on the issue on Wednesday morning, and later estimated that between 300 and 500 Bony bream and Eel-tailed catfish have been found in the water.
The council’s marketing and communications manager Sharna Rowley said recent harsh conditions had been identified as the primary cause of the fish kill.
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A complaint against an unnamed former Gympie councillor of giving false information to the public late last year has been thrown out by the State’s local government watchdog.
The anonymous complaint accused the former Gympie representative of providing “false information to the community on December 9 and 19, 2020, in relation to planning instruments”.
The Office of the Independent Assessor dismissed the allegation saying it failed to raise “reasonable suspicion of inappropriate conduct or misconduct by a councillor”. It is the fourth complaint about comments made on social media to be resolved in the past six months; one against Bruce Devereaux was dismissed last week. Picture: Shane Zahner
Goomeri tourism is about to get a boost if Donald and Heather Greeff get their wish, with plans unveiled to turn an empty Moore St hairdressing shop into a bed and breakfast.
The Greeffs, who bought the property in December last year, have lodged a development application with Gympie Regional Council asking for permission to turn the existing house on the block into a two bedroom “boutique accommodation”.
The developers said the project would allow more visitors to the town to stay “on a short-term basis”, with the added benefit of their business flowing on to food outlets and retail shops nearby.
Gympie Regional Councilâs decision to shut the cityâs caravan park has been met with mixed emotions by long-time residents, with some calling the choice a âkick in the faceâ and others praising the councilâs efforts to help.
But almost all are in step on being left in limbo by this weekâs shutdown announcement.
Allan Wakefield said he had âno ideaâ what could come next once the council finally locked the parkâs gates in three monthsâ time and forced him from his home of the past 18 months.
âIâve got nowhere to go,â Mr Wakefield said.