Welcome to
LOCAL PROFILE
A collection of interviews and stories from across Gympie.
5 Questions With Tully from TJB Hair Artistry
Tully from TJB Hair Artistry shares her experience in starting a business locally and what she loves most about Gympie.
The team behind Gympie Garage Doors
You probably think your garage door is just a ‘normal’ garage door. But really, there’s no such thing. Every door is made to suit the size of its opening, with different homes, sheds and commercial buildings calling for different sizes, styles and setups.
Meet local electrician, Neil Fewtrell
For Gympie electrician Neil Fewtrell, sometimes the smallest jobs demand the most care.
5 Questions With Macaila from Sunny Mill
Macaila from Sunny Mill shares her experience in starting a business locally and what she loves most about Gympie.
Wide Bay Therapy helps people do the things that matter to them
When Christine decided to start her own occupational therapy practice, she had a simple goal: to make it easier for people in Gympie and the surrounding region to access the support they needed, without having to travel down the coast.
5 Questions With Christine Watson
Christine Watson, Director and Senior Occupational Therapist at Wide Bay Therapy, shares her experience in starting a business locally and where you’ll find her in her spare time.
5 Questions With Sarah Dawes
Celebrant Sarah Dawes shares her experience in starting a business locally and what she loves most about Gympie.
The story behind Big Bites for Little Bellies
What started as one social media post to help local parents has turned into thousands of students supported across the Gympie region.
5 Questions With Olivia Everitt
Grant Writer and Arts Consultant Olivia Everitt shares her experience in starting a business locally (plus some insight on her search for the best local babychino).
5 Questions With Donagh Chisholm
The face behind Chisholm Accounting, Donagh shares her experience in starting a business locally and her favourite things about Gympie.
5 Questions With Caitlin Schaefer
The face behind Caitlin Schaefer Energy Healing, she shares her experience in starting a business locally and her favourite hidden gem in the Gympie region.
5 Questions With Angie Treichel
Angie Treichel from AJT Legal shares her experience in starting a business locally and her favourite hidden gem in the Gympie region.
Gympie Growers: Petal Head Farm & Florist
Being a flower farmer and florist is a bit of a stretch from when Erin Dore worked in Sydney as an interior architect for over a decade, but it makes sense. She’s always been the outdoor type.
5 Questions With Tiana Smith from Simple Systems Co
Tiana Smith from Simple Systems Co shares her experience starting a business locally and what she loves most about the community she calls home.
Gympie Growers: Haruha Ridge Farm
What started as a small flower patch has grown into something much bigger: a vision for a sustainable, community-driven space where people can reconnect.
Building community after the 2022 floods
Beehive Events hosts events in Gympie every month, but before that, it all started when founder Mandy Irvine was helping the community recover from the floods that swept through our town in 2022.
5 Questions With Amanda Ewing
We ask locals about the area: what they love most, their favourite things to do, and where you’ll most often find them out and about. Amanda Ewing from Street Food Social shares her answers.
5 Questions With Holly & Gerard Irvine
Holly & Gerard from U & I Co. share their experience of starting a business locally, and what they love most about the community they call home.
Gympie Growers: Fleur Pocket Farm
Tucked away at Wilsons Pocket near Goomboorian, Fleur Pocket Farm is a boutique micro flower farm bringing fresh blooms to the region.
5 Questions With Caitlyn Shadbolt
We ask locals about the area: what they love most, their favourite things to do, and where you’ll most often find them out and about. Naturopath Caitlyn Shadbolt shares her answers.