Rally cars invaded the district last weekend for the 2022 Snowy River Sprint, part of the Australian Tarmac Rally Championship. Spectators were given the opportunity to see all the cars at the Central Hotel on the Lakes Entrance Esplanade from just after midday on Friday, as well Sunday for official trophy presentations. For the first time, the event had a ceremonial start from Lakes Entrance...

With the toxic blue green algal bloom still permeating East Gippsland’s waterways, further warnings have been issued about consuming seafood. The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) has cautioned that prawns caught in the Gippsland lakes and five nautical miles off the Gippsland coast between McLoughlins Beach to the New South Wales (NSW) border are not suitable for human...

The Federal Election is this Saturday, May 21, and the public is reminded that if you are 18 years of age or older it is compulsory to vote. Lakes Entrance Mechanic’s Hall has been open for pre-poll voting since May 9 and has seen a steady flow of voters flowing through the door. “We have been getting an average of 350 to 400 people a day and there has rarely been any queues,” the superintendent...

Diego Lazzar and his wife had been coming up to Lakes Entrance for the past 18 years and in March last year made the decision to move here permanently. However, not long after their move they became concerned about the disrepair and narrowness of the section of road on Golf Links Road between the Princes Highway and Palmers Road. This piece of road has a large volume of traffic with motorists...

Yet again Eastern Beach Road residents have had their properties inundated with floodwater during the last East Coast Low rainfall and they have been pleading for something to be done about it for many years. The major problem is a drain running behind the homes on the northern side which cannot cope with the amount of water channeled into it during heavy rain events. Jean and Ron Guy have been...