Australian actor, Samuel Johnson, took a cruise on the Thunderbird in the Gippsland Lakes with a bunch of local women, and a sprinkling of men, as the sun set over Lakes Entrance last Wednesday.The former star on The Secret Life of Us is in East Gippsland to raise awareness about his cancer charity – Love Your Sister – and is leading the campaign for personalised treatment once cancer is...

As Lakes Entrance swells with visitors over the summer there’ll be a new outdoor dining and arts experience available to them at the Old Slipway site.The Slipway Collective was given the go ahead following an expression of interest process undertaken by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), Gippsland Ports and East Gippsland Shire Council.“The opportunity for the Lakes...

As a child growing up Barb McMahon always wanted to be a physical education teacher.Coming from a family of 10 children and being third youngest, it was expected she would leave school at 16 and help the family.It is prophetic that after many varied jobs over the years, she ended up working at Lakes Entrance Primary School for almost 30 years as a teacher’s aide and then a library...

Kangan Institute automotive refinishing apprentice and Lakes Entrance’s very own, Amber Gabelich, was named the 2019 Victorian Training Awards’ People’s Choice Award for Apprentice of the Year.Presented on September 6 at the Victorian Training Awards gala event, the People’s Choice Award provided the public with an opportunity to have their say on outstanding individuals in individual...

Gold Logie winning actor, author and advocate, Samuel Johnson, is visiting Lakes Entrance tonight as part of a two-year Australian tour to raise money for medical research.As co-founder of Love Your Sister, a charity set up after his late sister Connie’s diagnosis with terminal breast cancer, Johnson has raised more than $10 million towards Connie’s dream of “vanquishing all cancers, now”.As...