Welcome to
LOCAL PROFILE
A collection of interviews and stories from across Gympie.
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.
Meet the duo crafting with timber and textiles in their Cooloola workshop
Between school drop-offs, home renovations and plenty of cups of coffee, the vision for Barlow & Brooks started to build. But it had never exactly been the plan.
Inside Swing By with owner Erin Reddan
This character-filled café along Mary Street is full of history, good conversation and plenty of hot coffee.
Finance to floristry: Behind Sarah’s move to Gympie
Sarah McGuire’s days used to be based around a desk, working in finance for a bank, but she had always been creative. Now she’s the face behind Southside Stems, sending flowers across the Gympie region.
5 Questions With Barlow & Brooks
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. Aviva Brookman from Barlow & Brooks shares her answers.
5 Questions With Three Wild Seeds
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. Jess from Three Wild Seeds shares her answers.
5 Questions With JNF Electrical
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. Neil Fewtrell from JNF Electrical shares his answers.
5 Questions With Ellen Hardy
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. Ellen Hardy from She Is. Gympie Women in Business shares her answers.
5 Questions With Mandy Irvine
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. Mandy Irvine from Beehive Events shares her answers.