The Lakes Entrance Fishermen’s Cooperative celebrates 50 years since its inception this month.The co-operative was opened by the then Victorian Premier, Sir Henry Bolte, on October 23, 1968.Sir Henry had initially offered a loan to the fishermen to build the co-operative but when the Premier arrived in Lakes Entrance to open the building he was so impressed with what they had done, he turned the...
A proposed dog off leash area in Lakes Entrance was given the tick of approval by East Gippsland Shire Council at its monthly ordinary meeting on October 2.Council officers undertook public consultation via a your say survey to ascertain the community’s preference between two potential sites in Lakes Entrance. The survey resulted in 124 responses with 103 responses in favour of a dog off leash...