The next Café Culture Series show to play at Lakes Entrance will be Melbourne fourpiece band, Canyon, whose show marks the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.Canyon’s show, on Friday, August 23, at Bellevue, will feature tastefully-arranged acoustic versions of many of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s greatest songs, including some of those first heard at Woodstock.Supported by East Gippsland Shire...

Road safety upgrades are currently underway to seal a 5.4-kilometre section of Scriveners Road from Armstrong Track to Colquhoun Road, near Lakes Entrance.Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, secured $415,000 when he was Minister for Infrastructure and Transport from the Federal Government’s Black Spot Program, to install guide posts, chevron alignment markers, advanced warning signs,...

Lakes Entrance Historical Society was delighted as Lynette Hallett launched her new book, A New and Commodious House on Saturday.Lynette has written a fascinating history of the Club Hotel, which was the first building people saw as they came down Jemmys Point into Lakes Entrance for more than a century. The landmark hotel was destroyed by fire at Christmas in 2000.The author is related to the...

More than 40 local leaders from across East Gippsland met in Lakes Entrance to collaborate on how to prevent violence last Wednesday.The fourth East Gippsland Partnership Forum created the opportunity for partners to come together to develop local collective goals in response to this complex problem.Led by Dr Tracy Castelino, attendees built a shared understanding of prevention of violence,...

Following the highly successful ‘High Tea at the Citz’ in 2018, Lakes Entrance Amateur Dramatic Society (LEADS), Lakes Entrance Girl Singers (LEGS), and Lakes Ukes and Voices (LUV) have joined forces again for an encore - ‘High Tea at the Hall’.Last year’s event raised $1000 for drought-affected farmers. This year’s event will be held at the Mechanics Hall on Sunday, September 8, at...