Gippsland Ports opened its Bullock Island works depot in Lakes Entrance to 85 students from East Gippsland schools in the first Boating Industry Association of Victoria (BIAV) Student Industry Immersion Day.Senior students from Lakes Entrance Secondary College, Bairnsdale Secondary College and Mallacoota P-12 College took a working boat cruise on local ferry, Seabird, toured the giant suction...

Work by Regional Roads Victoria along several sections of the Princes Highway in Lakes Entrance continue to progress.“We’re upgrading the Princes Highway in Lakes Entrance to improve safety and accessibility for all road users and to support local businesses,” Regional Roads Victoria regional director eastern, Sara Rhodes-Ward, said.“The Victorian and Federal governments are investing $50...

The fourth annual Breakthrough Ride, which aims to reduce the stigma surrounding post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finished in Lakes Entrance last Thursday afternoon.Colin McIver, head of Monash Medical Unit of mental health, spoke at the dinner at Lakes Entrance RSL in the evening.A large group of motorbike riders left the Fitzroy Gardens on Tuesday, November 27, with participants joining...

Well known Lake Tyers Beach resident, Gloden Mercer, has made the hard decision to move back to Queensland in retirement after a famous career in theatre, opera and television.“It will be hard to leave all my dear friends and students, but it’s time to go home and be close to my goddaughters and family, who are in Brisbane,” Gloden said.She was born in 1934 to a policeman father, Victor Edwin...

Bushfires have put a precautionary halt to the planned opening celebrations at Brakenbush Unleashed Dog Park just out of Lakes Entrance this Saturday.Organisers have been working with the CFA, but feel it is just too risky to have an event.“It is disappointing and probably an unpopular call but although the fire is calm at the moment it is only 20 kilometres away and has been behaving...