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A major overhaul of the regionâs pools could be on the cards, with Gympie Regional Council throwing open the doors to possible new management of its $23 million aquatic centre and regional facilities.
The council is inviting tenders to take control of its four community owned pools, which includes the aquatic centre and public pools at Kandanga, Goomeri and Tin Can Bay.
The pools have been managed by Belgravia Leisure for the past five years.
The companyâs run has not been without controversy. The 2016 appointment of the Victorian-based company as managers was met with community backlash and in 2017 it made national headlines over its internal photograph policy after a Gympie grandmother was told staff had to check the photos she took on her phone before she left.
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The Gympie community showed exactly the kind of spirit it is so well-known for at Anzac Day commemorations in the CBD on Sunday.
Tune is as we bring you the Anzac Day march through Gympie live!Posted by The Gympie Times on Saturday, April 24, 2021
At least hundreds of attendees lined the Mary St footpaths as schools, bands, veterans and their family members marched under a near-spotless blue sky in time with tunes such as
Waltzing Matilda.
The crowd then made its way to Memorial Park to hear a stirring address from keynote speaker, former RAAF wing commander Mark Patterson, book-ended by speeches from MC Martin Muller and Mayor Glen Hartwig.
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The Goomeri Pumpkin Festival is a go for next month. But fortunes have taken a turn for the better with recent easing of statewide COVID-19 restrictions, and a good outcome at last week s meeting. Event co-ordinator Kim Boyter said before the meeting that Mr Hartwig had been in communication with the public health unit in a bid to have the festival run as normal as possible . Mr Hartwig said this week it was important the community support this year s event in the wake of confirmation it would be going ahead. I am both relieved and excited the Goomeri Pumpkin Festival is going ahead. The reality is COVID will continue to have an impact on us into the future, this is an example of that, Mr Hartwig said.