What about Victorians who were further afield?
January 3, 2021 10.00pm
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What about Victorians who were further afield?
When the Victorian border closure with NSW was announced late in the afternoon on New Year’s Eve it appears that there was no consideration given all of the Victorians like us who had driven to Queensland before Christmas for a long-awaited reunion with loved ones.
We met many couples like us on the way who were headed to various locations in Queensland. When the announcement was made, we had virtually no hope of being able to get to the border in time. It would have meant packing up and leaving immediately and trying to condense a three-day drive into 24 hours of non-stop driving with little chance of finding accommodation on the way. We are seniors and such a prospect was just too difficult as well as very dangerous.
1964-2020
Roger Lee Hauf was born on June 26, 1964, to Don and Glenda (Robertson) Hauf in Norfolk. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Peterâs Lutheran Church in Pilger. Roger attended Pilger Elementary School and graduated from Wisner-Pilger High School in 1983. After graduation, he lived at Pilger and later moved to OâNeill, where he was employed as a truck driver. He returned to Pilger and was currently working for ASAP Express out of Norfolk.
Roger loved to hunt, fish and trap. But his true passion was going artifact hunting for Native American relics; Roger basically fell into his fatherâs footsteps when it came to these things. Roger would do just about anything for anyone; if you called he was there.
3. Gympie mourns much-loved resident dead in horror crash The Gympie and Cooloola communities were in mourning over the loss of one of their own in a horrible two car crash at Tinana. 74-year-old Bev Nimmo was killed when her red Toyota Corolla collided with a white RV heading north on the Iindah Rd West Bruce Highway on-ramp. The Gympie and Cooloola communities are in mourning after a fatal crash at Tinana claimed one of their own. Bev Nimmo (in red shirt) is being remembered for her sense of humour, while thoughts and wishes remain with Sylvia Kyte (in white) as she fights for life in hospital.
Chronicle earlier this year. He said his dad Phillip was also seriously injured in the crash. Rhonda and Phillip owned Wide Bay Laser Skirmish at Apple Tree Creek. A woman was killed in a fatal crash at Tiaro. She was well known across the region and her loss had been felt throughout the community, Tim said.
Motorcyclist killed in Maryborough crash A MOTORCYCLIST died following a crash at Maryborough on May 30. Shortly before 1pm, police received reports about a motorcycle travelling around Dunn Street and Panorama Drive causing excessive noise. Tribute to Damian Lawton killed in a motorcycle accident – father Ron Lawton and Damian s girlfriend Rayleigh Burke at the crash site on the corner of Woodstock and Neptune Sts in Maryborough. Photo: Alistair Brightman
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It has been a horror year on Queensland roads in 2020, and the Gympie region has been no exception.
260 people have died in 235 fatal crashes across the state to December 13, according to the Queensland Road Crash Weekly Report.
Those numbers are up a staggering 21.5 per cent and 22.4 per cent respectively on the statistics from this time last year.
We remember the 13 people who died on Gympie region roads this year, and will not be coming home to spend Christmas with their loved ones.
A 28-year-old Gympie man was one of two people killed in an horrific single-vehicle crash at Capella on Monday night, police revealed.