Watchmaker and jeweller, Bill Pallot, has decided it's time to call it a day at his Bairnsdale business. Pallots Jewellers has been an institution on Main Street for 100 years. Founded by his grandfather, Herbert Pallot, in 1923, Bill Pallot started in the business almost half a century ago. He learnt the tricks of the trade from both his grandfather and father, John, initially starting work...

Residents of Greene Street in Bairnsdale have scored a victory with East Gippsland Shire Council voting in unison against a proposal to allow road access from the street into a proposed residential subdivision. Council had received more than 100 objections from residents, not only in Greene Street, but the immediate neighbourhood, objecting to plans to create a new road to access the surplus...

The Buchan Rodeo was one of the largest events held over the Easter weekend, despite the wet and wild conditions. Keen rodeo goers packed the Buchan Rodeo grounds to watch the spectacle, with president, Kevin Woodgate, estimating there were between 1800 and 2000 people attending the event. "We sold around 1800 tickets online," Mr Woodgate said. The conditions impacted numbers slightly, with last...

East Gippsland Water's Bairnsdale water recycling plant will soon start generating enough energy onsite – as part of the waste-water treatment process – to meet the facility's power needs into the future, while at the same time cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Under its $1.3 million biodigestion initiative to reduce greenhouse gases and operating costs, the organisation is bringing into...

Wiseleigh resident, Dominic Britten, knows the importance of good food. Mr Britten is an erstwhile chef who comes from a background where gastronomy was virtually a religion. His parents ran eateries in New Zealand and his father, the late Sir Des Britten, was a revered New Zealand restaurateur, television chef and cookbook writer. Well known for his 1970s television cooking show, Des Britten...