Downs Field News Today

Premium Content Subscriber only MORE than 100mm of rain pummelled parts of the Gympie region last night leaving some residents stranded at home this morning. To the south west of Kilkivan, 110mm reportedly fell at Mt View at Cinnabar, while 90mm near Glastonbury was enough to make crossing Glastonbury Creek impossible this morning. Officially Gympie received 31mm in the past 24 hours from yesterday until 9am this morning according to the Bureau of Meteorology, Kandanga received 67mm, Borumba...

Premium Content Subscriber only Development can be time consuming but for some Gympie region applicants the process has become a years-long exercise. These are the three oldest as-yet unresolved development applications still with Gympie Regional Council. Downsfield delay The oldest outstanding application on the council’s records is the request to split a block at Downsfield, between Kia Ora and the Curra State Forest, which was first lodged shortly after Mick Curran became the mayor in 2015...