We have 40 new tenancies in Feb 2021 compared to 18 in Feb 2020. Enquiry is at an all time high. Her top five tips for securing a rental: check the websites daily for new listings; make sure your application is sharp; apply online where possible; attend viewings; and apply quickly. Ms Harratt, who has worked at Century 21 for five years, puts the spike in the squeezed market down to people relocating to the Gympie and Cooloola Coast regions over the past 12 months. Gympie Century 21 agent Rachael Harratt gives her best tips for securing a rental. This has driven the prices of rental properties up and vacancy rates have plummeted, she said.
Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien announced the Show Society would be given $23,848 to buy two shaded grandstands to improve the showgrounds during hot or inclement weather.
“While we’ve seen good rainfall in some parts of Wide Bay, many communities like Tansey will still be feeling the effects of the prolonged drought, and has been further compounded by the additional challenges of COVID-19, making our ongoing support all the more vital,” Mr O’Brien said. Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien.
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“This funding for Tansey Show Society is part of a $1.1 million investment under the Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal’s Tackling Tough Times Together program to help build social connections in the community, encourage greater participation in events at the Showgrounds, and stimulate the local economy.”
Inspector Pat Swindells from the Gympie Patrol Group.
The Fatal Five – speeding, fatigue, impaired driving (drink and drug), failure to wear a seat belt and driver distraction and inattention - will be high on the priority list.
There will be roadside testing for drugs and alcohol, and “covert and overt speed enforcement in high risk zones”.
Inspector Pat Swindells of the Gympie Patrol Group said police were concerned with a “growing number of lives lost” on Queensland roads.
“There has been a 46 per cent increase in vehicle related fatalities compared to the same time period last year,” Inspector Swindells said.
The 12-time Country Music Awards of Australia winner was announced as Muster ambassador this week, and will close the festival with his set in the Crow Bar on Sunday night.
The performance will be Brandâs first at the Crow Bar since his first Muster gig in 1998.
âI am honoured to be the Gympie Music Muster Ambassador this year, and to celebrate it, Iâm going back to where I started in 1998, the mighty Crow Bar,â Brand said.
âIâm doing the curtain closing party with my brothers Cornell & Carr. The very last note, the very last drum beat, the very last hurrah for the 40th birthday of the one and only Gympie Muster. Sunday night, loud, proud and last.â
Paramedics were called to the scene of a private address in Gympie after an occupant there was reportedly bitten at about 2.55pm.
The patient was assessed for unknown injuries and taken from the scene to Gympie Hospital in a stable condition.
The latest incident follows at least four on the region’s roads to kick off the Easter weekend, with two crashes on the Bruce Highway northbound causing traffic chaos.
A two vehicle crash near Tiaro blocked one lane of the highway at about 10am, while traffic going in the same direction was delayed by a minor incident near Bauple in the early afternoon.