Gympie Regional Libraries What's On October - November
First Five Forever Storytime (3-5 years)
Gympie Library: Mondays, 9.30am-10am
An enjoyable session of stories and craft with an emphasis on fun! This is an interactive program for preschoolers and is suitable for ages 3-5 years.
First Five Forever Rhyme Time (1-3 years)
Gympie Library: Tuesdays, 9.30am-10am
An interactive and joyful session full of songs, rhymes and dancing. Suitable for toddlers aged 1-3 years.
First Five Forever Baby Bounce (0-1years)
Gympie Library: Wednesdays, 9.30am-10am
An interactive session aimed at babies from 0-1 years and their caregivers. Meet other parents and babies for a fun session of nursery rhymes, fingerplays and songs.
First Five Forever Storytime (0-5years)
Rainbow Beach Library: Mondays, 9.30am-10am
Tin Can Bay Library: Thursdays, 9.30am-10am
Imbil Library: Thursdays, 9.30am-10am
Goomeri Library: Fridays, 9.30am-10am
Kilkivan Library: Fridays, 9.30am-10am
Fun session of stories, rhymes and songs. This is a program designed for 0-5-year-olds and their families and carers.
Ghost Footprint Keepsake
Goomeri Library: Thursday 31 October 3pm-4pm
Create a cute ghost footprint keepsake. Suitable for ages 3-5 years.
Programs for Under 5's
Recycle
Rainbow Beach Library: Monday 4 November 9.30am
Join us for some songs and a book, and then, let’s see what we can make by recycling old craft items and turn them into something new.
Cupcake Liner Poppies
Goomeri Library: Thursday 7 November 3pm-4pm
Create your own special poppy. Suitable for ages 3-5 years.
Games Galore
Rainbow Beach Library: Monday 18 November 9.30am
Join in a fun outdoor game circuit to celebrate International Games Month! Suitable for ages 0-5 years.
Visit www.slq.qld.gov.au/first5forever for more information.
First 5 Forever is an initiative of the Queensland Government, coordinated by State Library of Queensland and delivered in partnership with local government.
Community Groups
Book Clubs
Book Clubs flourish throughout the Gympie Region, with more than 25 active reading groups currently accessing the multiple book-set collections from Gympie Regional Libraries. If you’ re an avid reader and would like to discuss the work of great authors with other book lovers, consider organising a group of like-minded friends and forming your own book club. Contact your nearest library branch today.
Gympie Library Craft Group
Gympie Library: Mondays at 10am
Come and share your current project with our Gympie Library Craft Group. Bring along a piece you’re working on - be it knitting, sewing, crochet or cross stitch - and share ideas and learn with other craft-minded people. There’s no leader and no pressure; you can work, watch or simply enjoy a friendly chat.
Kilkivan Nibbles and Giggles
Kilkivan Library: Mondays at 9.30am
Join us at the Kilkivan Library for Nibbles and Giggles. This social get together to chat over a coffee or tea gives you the opportunity to meet people in your local community and to borrow a book or DVD from the library. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be supplied.
Gympie Library Craft Group
Rainbow Beach Library: Mondays at 1.30pm
Rainbow Beach Boomerang Bag Sewing Group meet MOST Mondays from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. This small group sews their hearts out to help reduce the use of plastic bags, by providing reusable cloth bags made from recycled, donated fabric. For more information please phone Rainbow Beach Library.
Tin Can Bay Family History Group
Tin Can Bay Library: First Monday of every month at 1pm
Join other family historians to share hints and tips as well as work on your projects.
Goomeri Mahjong Mornings
Goomeri Library: Tuesdays at 10am
Join us at the Goomeri Library for Mahjong Mornings. This is a social get together to chat over a coffee or tea with the opportunity to play a round or two of Mah-Jong. Phone: 4168 4340 for more information.
Tin Can Bay Art Group
Tin Can Bay Library: Tuesdays at 10am
Calling all artists! Join us at Tin Can Bay Library to share work and new ideas and connect with artists in our community. Bring your work-in-progress and join in a friendly chat and exchange ideas. All artists, levels and mediums welcome. Phone: 5486 4355 for more information.
Tin Can Bay Mahjong
Tin Can Bay Library: Tuesdays at 1pm
Join us at Tin Can Bay Library for a wonderful afternoon playing Mah-jong. Mah-jong is an ancient Chinese tile game of strategy, calculation, and skill with a measure of chance. This group is open to everyone, young and old, wanting to learn this ancient Chinese tile game.
Trivia Tuesdays
Gympie Library: Tuesdays at 10am
Come along and make some friends, have fun and test your knowledge with new and interesting trivia questions each week.
Cards with Friends
Goomeri Library: Wednesdays and Fridays at 9am
Love to play cards? Then why not come and play a game or two while enjoying the relaxing atmosphere of the Goomeri Library.
Cooloola Card Makers
Tin Can Bay Library: Wednesdays at 9.30am
We make all sorts of greeting cards, come and join us for a fun morning. Make and take your card creations. Beginners and experienced card makers welcome. Join this friendly group at Tin Can Bay Library and let your creative juices flow.
Goomeri Scrabble Thursdays
Goomeri Library: Thursdays at 1pm
Come down to the Goomeri Library to test your word knowledge and enjoy a friendly game of Scrabble every Thursday from 1pm.
Local History Research Group
Gympie Library: Third Thursday of the month at 10am
Are you interested in learning about your family or house history, but you're not sure where to get started? Join other like-minded local history lovers to share hints and tips on researching your family or house history.
Rainbow Beach Art Group
Rainbow Beach Library: Friday 4 & 18 October and 15 & 29 November 10-12noon
Join us at Rainbow Beach Library for a fantastic morning of fun and creativity. Each session covers something different, with the aim of exploring different styles of art. Come along and enjoy a morning getting in touch with your inner artist. Tea and coffee will be provided. Phone: 5486 3705 for more information.
Writing Fridays
Gympie Library: Third Friday of the Month at 10am
Here’s your chance to join other writers in practicing and honing your literary skills – every third Friday of the month at Gympie Library. Whether your interest is in writing novels, short stories, non-fiction or poetry, or perhaps gaining better marks for your assignments, Writing Friday will provide a regular opportunity to write, learn and enjoy the company of likeminded people.
Ancestry Library Edition
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Talks and Workshops
Bookings are essential for some of the following events. To reserve your place, visit the website or phone the library on 5481 0859.
Sewing Machine Introduction
Gympie Library: First Friday of the Month at 10am
Are you looking to get started with machine sewing? Join in the fun with this interactive workshop to learn more about and practise the basic techniques you need to operate our sewing machines and overlockers. No previous experience required but spaces are limited so booking is essential.
3D Printer Introduction
Gympie Library: Second Friday of the Month at 10am
Want to try 3D Printing but thought it looked too hard? Then come to one of our free learn-to-print sessions. We will teach you how to design your own 3D model and then turn it into a real-life object that you get to keep. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
Cricut Machine Introduction
Gympie Library: Third Friday of the Month at 10am
Rainbow Beach Library: Friday 4 and 11 October at 1pm
Cricut makes it easy to make something unique and remarkable in just a moment’s notice. Label your pantry or bust out a last-minute birthday card, customise home decor, create personalised T-shirts, or surprise someone special with a perfectly themed event. Join us to learn how to use the Cricut design space software to get started on your own special project. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
Laser Engraver Introduction
Gympie Library: Fourth Friday of the Month at 10am
The Emblazer Laser machine is utilized for the high-quality engraving and cutting of wood and other materials. This training session will guide members through basic operating procedures, software, and safety precautions for successful use of the machine. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
Get creative with Cricut
Rainbow Beach Library: Tuesday 1 October – Friday 11 October during opening hours.
Scrapbookers everywhere will have their lives made easier with the inclusion of our Cricut Craft Cutting Machine. Just load in your image and it cuts it out for you. The Cricut is also able to cut vinyl, cloth, thin plastic and balsawood. You can even use it to make iron-on transfers for bags and t-shirts.
Learn to play Ukulele
Rainbow Beach Library: Thursday 3,10, 17 and 24 October 10am - 11am
Come along and learn a new skill, or refresh on an old one. Bring your own Ukulele or use one of the supplied ones and see how much you improve over the four sessions. Singers welcome to join. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
Mary Valley Prisoners of War
Gympie Library: Friday 4 October 10am - 11am
Did you know that during the 1940's many farms in the Gympie region housed approximately 214 Italian Prisoners of War? Come along to this presentation to hear an interesting personal account and see photos of how the Italian Prisoners of War lived and worked in our region. This session will be presented by long term local Mr. Alex Miles, who grew up on a farm where his family housed the Italian Prisoners of War. Bookings are essential.
Bad Art Night – Ghost Painting
Gympie Library: Thursday 10 October 5pm – 6pm
Let off some steam with Bad Art Night. Let your creativity flow without the pressure to make something good. Learn new skills and have some fun. Come along and make something truly terrible. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
Hand building with clay
Rainbow Beach Library: Wednesday 16 and 23 October 2pm – 3pm
Build your very own masterpiece with non-fire clay over two sessions, with the assistance of Lena Broden, a local artist. Bookings are essential.
Sustainable Saturdays –Veggie Patch 101 with Claire Bickle
Gympie Library: Saturday 26 October 10am-12noon
Do you want to learn the secret to growing an abundance of vegetables throughout all the seasons? This workshop will cover all the basics and more. From soil preparation and additives to site selection, fertiliser choices, mulching and watering. We will also look at what to grow with regards to traditional vegetable varieties, heat tolerant selections, successive planting and how that creates successive harvesting. The session will also cover organic pest and disease control as well as troubleshooting galore. Bookings are essential.
Scanning Photos, Slides and Negatives
Rainbow Beach Library: Friday 18 and 25 October 1pm-2pm
Bring along a USB, your photos/slides or negatives and make digital copies of them. We will show you how to use the scanner to save your old photos. The scanner will be available for use at Rainbow Beach Library for the last two weeks of October.
Haunted Histories of the Gympie Region
Gympie Library: Thursday 24 October 5.30pm-6.30pm
Are you interested in all things paranormal? Come along for a spooky evening filled with tales of Ghosts, yowies and other supernatural occurrences in the Gympie region. Bookings are essential.
Page Turners - David Dufty
Gympie Library: Friday 25 October, 5.30pm-6.30pm
Before the NBN, before the Snowy River Scheme, the greatest infrastructure achievement in Australian history was the completion of the Overland Telegraph in 1872. Its singing wires traversed the continent north to south, including desert landscapes not previously trodden by Europeans, under an onerous contract that demanded its 3,000 kilometres would be completed in eighteen months. Charles Todd’s Magnificent Obsession is the definitive account of the construction of the Overland Telegraph that linked Australia with the outside world via an underwater cable to Singapore.
Drawing on original letters and journals, David Dufty has uncovered never before published details about the project. It was the greatest feat of engineering in 19th century Australia, one that very nearly collapsed in the face of immense challenges, and an epic race against time. David Dufty is an historian and researcher. He is the author of Nabbing Ned Kelly, The Secret Code Breakers of Central Bureau, (winner of the 2017 Nib Military History Prize), and of Radio Girl, the story of a pioneering engineer and wartime legend, and winner of the Best Non-fiction, 2020 ACT Notable Awards. Bookings are essential.
Last Friday Social Club - Devonport
Gympie Library: Friday 25 October, 10am-11am
Discovery and opportunity await us my friends, as together we broaden our horizons exploring the delightful Auckland suburb of Devonport on this live virtual tour. There’ s a reason why Devonport is sometimes called Divineport - let us show you why! Our livestream walking tour will end at Torpedo Bay looking across the harbour to downtown Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, as the sun glimmers across the bay. Bookings are essential.
Spoon into Painting
Tin Can Bay Library: Saturday 26 October, 9.30am-10.30am
For those who have always wanted to give painting a try but didn’t know where to start. No talent required, just bring your imagination and a dessert spoon. Bookings are essential.
Armchair Travellers –Haunted Tales from Birmingham
Beneath the streets of modern Birmingham lies a history of dark deeds and mysterious happenings. On this virtual tour of England's second city, you will see plenty of haunted locations and discover fascinating stories of murder, execution, plague and much more. Bookings are essential.
Bad Art Night – Pastels
Gympie Library: Thursday 14 November, 5pm-6pm
Let off some steam with Bad Art Night. Let your creativity flow without the pressure to make something good. Learn new skills and have some fun. Come along and make something truly terrible. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
Sustainable Saturdays – Re-new Craft
Gympie Library: Saturday 16 November, 10am-11am
Join us as we show you how to reuse old items and turn them into something new. Bookings are essential.
Nikki Mottram is the author of Crows Nest and Killarney. She has a psychology degree from The University of Queensland and has worked in London and Australia protecting and promoting the welfare of children at risk of harm. She uses her background in child protection in her crime fiction. She has been shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize and the Hal Porter Short Story Competition and was a recipient of the Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writer’s Centre Fellowship. She grew up and resides in Toowoomba and brings to her work an understanding of rural communities. Bookings are essential.
Create an amazing piece of wall art with leaves and canvas. Bookings are essential. Leaves on Canvas
Tin Can Bay Library: Friday 22 November, 9.30am-10.30am
Gympie History Trivia
Gympie Library: Thursday 28 November, 10am-11am
Do you consider yourself a local history buff or perhaps you are just interested in learning about all things Gympie History? Come along to our Gympie History Trivia and put your knowledge to the test. Bookings are essential.
Armchair Travellers – Rural Indonesia
Gympie Library: Thursday 28 November, 5pm-6pm
For a traditional Javanese experience in Jogjakarta, join our livestream walking and bike tour where we’ll explore a different way of life in a small local village and enjoy the rural scenery while discovering the life and work in this quieter and simplified way of life. During the live virtual tour, you’ll be greeted by the friendly and warm villagers and workers. It’ s even an opportunity to learn a few words in the local dialect; we can start with ‘Mongo’ which means hello. You might even be invited to stay for some Gudeg, the delicious local dish, served on a banana leaf. We look forward to sharing this traditional and beautiful village with you! Bookings are essential.
Last Friday Social Club – How to research your home
Gympie Library: Friday 29 November, 10am-11am
Are you interested in learning about the history of your home, but you're not too sure how to get started? Join us to learn how to use the Local History resources and connect to other information agencies to uncover your home’s past. Bookings are essential.
Fun for Kids
Bookings are essential for some of the following events. To reserve your place, visit the website or phone the library on 5481 0859.
Tinker Table
Gympie Library: Mondays, 3.30pm-4.30pm
Kilkivan Library: Wednesdays, 3.30pm-4.30pm
All activities are based on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths). No bookings required but space is limited. Suitable for ages 5 -12 years.
Thursday Robotics
Gympie Library: Thursdays, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Come down and get hands-on in one of our fun, relaxed sessions. No bookings required but space is limited. Suitable for ages 5 -12 years.
Fun Palace
Gympie Library: Saturday 5 October, 9am-12noon
Everyone’s a scientist, everyone’s an artist! Roll up your sleeves and get stuck into a one-day-only celebration of arts and sciences, learning, play, and adventure. Fun Palaces are about all of us making things together: a public event where arts and sciences meet. Take part in the experiments and games; draw, write, dance and explore the scientific mysteries of our weird and wonderful world. Suitable for ages 5 – 105 years.
Kids Learn to Sew – Beginner
Harry Potter Pixie Jars
Tin Can Bay Library: Thursday 17 October 3pm-4.30pm
It’s Harry Potter Book Night so join us at the library as we show you how to make your very own pixie jars. Suitable for ages 512 years. Bookings are essential.
Harry Potter Book Night
Gympie Library: Thursday 17 October 5pm-6.30pm
On Thursday 17 October, Harry Potter fans from around the world will once again celebrate Harry Potter Book Night. Come dressed as your favourite character and share in themed activities. Suitable for ages 8-14 years. Bookings are essential.
Kids Learn to Sew – Intermediate
Gympie Library: Fridays 1,8,15, and 22 November 3.30pm-4.30pm
Finished the beginner course and looking for some new sewing projects? Join us over four weeks as we expand your knowledge of sewing.Participants will have the opportunity to complete a new project each week. These sessions will inspire creativity and build life-long basic skills, while having fun at the same time. Spaces are limited so booking is essential. Suitable for ages 8 – 12 years.
Games Galore!
Rainbow Beach Library- Month of November during opening hours
Indoor board and card games available. Outdoor ‘big games’ as well. Suitable for all ages.
Cute as a button sheep
Tin Can Bay Library: Saturday 9 November, 9.30am10.30am
Bring to life this cute little sheep with only buttons and a steady hand. Suitable for ages 8 – 12 years. Bookings are essential.
Read with Libby
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Teen Activities
Bookings are essential for some of the following events. To reserve your place, visit the website or phone the library on 5481 0859.
Creating Characters and Creatures for Comics and more!
Gympie Library: Saturday 5 October 10am-11.30am
Ever wanted to write and draw your own character or creature for a Comic book? Animation? Web comic? Role Playing game? Join Dr. Paul Mason (The Deep season 4 cartoon) and learn the best ways to design and draw your own character! Suitable for ages 12-17 years. Bookings are essential.
Games Night
Gympie Library: Friday 8 November 5pm-6.30pm
Join us at Gympie Library for a special after-hours event. This year ’s games night will include our Xbox Gaming competition, board games and much more. Suitable for ages 12-17 years.
The best card in your wallet is now on your phone!
Use Gympie Regional Libraries new app to manage your library account, search our catalogue, scan your library card to checkout materials, and even scan the ISBN code on any book to see if it’ s available at your favourite library branch.
Visit our website for more information https://library.gympie.qld.gov.au/
Search Gympie Regional Libraries in your App store
Technology Help
Bookings are essential for some of the following events. To reserve your place, visit the website or phone the library on 5481 0859.
Book a Librarian
Rainbow Beach Library: Mondays 10.30am-12noon
Tin Can Bay Library: Tuesdays and Fridays 2.30pm-4pm
Gympie Library: Wednesdays 9am-12noon and Thursdays 9am -12noon
Do you need a hand to get started online? Do you have a question about something that you have recently learned? Book in for a one-on-one half hour session where our library staff will help answer your questions and provide tips and strategies to point you in the right direction for your future learning. Bookings are essential.
Drop-in Help
Kilkivan Library: During Opening Hours
Goomeri Library: During Opening Hours
Rainbow Beach Library: During Opening Hours
Need tech help? Want to learn how to use your devices better?
All about Android Tablets
Gympie Library: Thursday 10 October and Thursday 7 November, 1pm -2pm
New to the world of tablets? Learn how to adjust the security, privacy and accessibility of your device, how to use the camera to take great photos and manage your notifications. Bookings are essential.
All about iPads
Gympie Library: Thursday 17 October and Thursday 14 November, 1pm-2pm
New to the world of tablets? Learn how to adjust the security, privacy and accessibility of your device, how to use the camera to take great photos and manage your notifications. Bookings are essential.
All about Android Phones
Gympie Library: Thursday 24 October and Thursday 21 November, 1pm -2pm
New to the world of smartphones? Learn how to adjust the security, privacy and accessibility of your device, how to use the camera to take great photos and how to block unwanted phone messages. Bookings are essential.
Gympie Library: Thursday 31 October and Thursday 28
New to the world of iPhones? Learn how to adjust the security, privacy and accessibility of your device, how to use the camera to take great photos and how to block unwanted Bookings are essential.
