PODCAST - INTERVIEW WITH LAKES ENTRANCE COAST GUARD VOLUNTEER, MICK SMALLWOOD In this episode, Byron Smith talks with Mick Smallwood, Rescue Skipper for the Lakes Entrance Coast Guard (LECG). Although...
PODCAST - INTERVIEW WITH PAYNESVILLE’S LEIGH ROBINSON - MASTER SHIPWRIGHT & LOCAL LEGEND - In this episode, Byron Smith visit 92 year-old Master Shipwright and local legend, Leigh Robinson, at...
BEHIND EAST GIPPSLAND Podcast Series. PODCAST – INTERVIEW WITH BERNIE RYAN, COLOURFUL LOCAL IDENTITY & INVENTOR. In this podcast, Byron Smith talks with colourful Paynesville character and ideas man, Bernie...
PODCAST - INTERVIEW WITH LORNA KING WILDLIFE RESCUER, SNAKE CATCHER AND FOUNDER OF THE BAIRNSDALE WILDLIFE RESCUE SHELTER In the latest Beyond East Gippsland Podcast, presented by the Bairnsdale Advertiser,...
INTERVIEW WITH TREVOR HANCOCK PRESIDENT OF THE BAIRNSDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY In this Behind East Gippsland Podcast, Byron Smith talks with the recently-appointed President of the Bairnsdale Chamber...
Mallacoota schoolteacher, Jess Van Swol, lost her house in the Black Summer Bushfires at the close of 2019. More than two-and-a-half years later, Ms Van Swol still hasn’t rebuilt and...
PODCAST: A forum to try to find ways to solve East Gippsland's housing crisis was held in Bairnsdale last week. Hosted by the Gippsland Homelessness Network, the forum provided an...
PODCAST: The blue-green aglae which has been widespread throughout the Gippsland Lakes system over many weeks is slowly subsiding. The recent cold snap is helping disperse the algal bloom with...
PODCAST - Bairnsdale will benefit from a Victorian Government blitz on social housing for low income and vulnerable families. Housing Minister, Richard Wynne, was in East Gippsland last week to...
PODCAST - The role of community newspapers in holding local government to account plays a crucial role in ensuring transparency according to the Public Interest Journalism Initiative, also known as...
Deakin University academic, Alison McAdam, was in East Gippsland recently to examine the success of the Bairnsdale Advertiser. Ms McAdam is a lecturer in communications with the university's School of...
Youth worker and East Gippsland Shire Councillor, Kirsten Van Diggele, is part of a working group determined to have a youth accommodation foyer established in Bairnsdale. The move comes amid...
Have you ever stopped to think about how homeless people cope with the cold as they scramble to find shelter on a wet winter's night? Next month you will have...
Bairnsdale is home to a former singing star. Denise Morrison, who is the recipient of three Golden Guitar Awards and a prestigious MO Award, has been residing quietly in East...
PODCAST - Leonie Pendergast is a shining example that you are never too old to work. At 86 years young she has decided to reopen her Omeo business after closing...
