The Rotary Club of Lakes Entrance had its first face-to-face meeting since the second COVID-19 wave last week to celebrate Mike Anketell’s 50 years as a Rotarian.Fifty people attended the dinner at Wyanga Winery. By using inside rooms and outside areas, all of the COVID-19 restrictions were met.Rotary’s District Governor, Mark Humphries, presented Mike with a letter from the international...

Lakes Entrance’s fishing industry has not been immune to the challenges of 2020.While taking hits through bushfires and COVID-19, the local industry has had to compete with the lake fishermen’s State Government licence buyout and off-shore seismic testing.South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) chief executive, Simon Boag, said the industry has had to ride the bumps, admitting...

A new Gippsland Primary Health Network (PHN) pilot project will provide an afterhours medical service to residents of Lakes Entrance and surrounds.The project, supported by Gippsland Lakes Complete Health (GLCH), will trial a community-led digital solution to support people who are isolated from after-hours face-to-face medical services from Nungurner to Wairewa due to distance and accessibility...

Despite an influx in visitors and significantly more movement around Lakes Entrance during the school holidays, there remains community concern about the number of empty shop fronts.A stroll or drive down the Esplanade is all the evidence you need with almost 20 shops empty.But with the improvements to the Lakes Entrance Esplanade and footpaths, president of the Lakes Entrance Business and...

Pauline Cherry has always loved Lakes Entrance and has visited regularly.Her father, Harry Kyrou, moved here in 1980 and Pauline continued to visit as much as possible.Sadly her father became unwell and Pauline moved down to take care of him, but he passed away.With COVID-19 shutting down her hair salon in Melbourne and Pauline feeling the need to stay where her father was happiest, she has...