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One more hurdle for rooftop wine bar

One more hurdle for rooftop wine bar

East Gippsland Shire has issued a ‘notice of decision’ to approve a planning permit for a rooftop bar in Metung. Long-time Metung residents, Adele Rosmalen and Andrew McInnes, bought the former Amcal chemist building in the heart of the cafe strip in 2020 and engaged Bairnsdale-based Slap Architects to design a wine and tapas bar over three levels. The project includes a ground floor with bar,...
Vaping education is coming to a school near you

Vaping education is coming to a school near you

Bairnsdale area schools are being invited to participate in a series of anti-vaping presentations led by Gippsland Lakes Complete Health (GLCH) prevention and population wellbeing worker, Tehseen Zafar. The project suggests ways to prevent children and teens from vaping at all by spelling out the dangers and long-term health effects of nicotine and the chemicals in vapes and e-cigarettes....
Peaceful at Eagle Point

Peaceful at Eagle Point

Eagle Point Caravan Park, nestled on the edge of the Gippsland Lakes at Eagle Point, has been a popular spot for holidaymakers over the summer period. Some families have been coming to the park for generations to celebrate the close of one year and the beginning of another. Those who camp in the park speak of the peacefulness and how the kids are free to frolic safely in the shallows of the...
Cells empty in a happy New Year

Cells empty in a happy New Year

East Gippsland police are praising crowd behaviour on New Year’s Eve. In Paynesville, where many people flocked to the restaurants and cafe’s, and along the foreshore, to welcome in the ‘New Year, police reported the evening being incident free. Many families enjoyed a picnic on the edge of the Lakes as they listened to live music from Stu Hughes and the Blues Cruise on the new floating tin...
Holidaymakers keeping it local

Holidaymakers keeping it local

Holidaymakers are swarming into popular camping spots around East Gippsland. Bruthen and Buchan are reporting a spike in visitation post Christmas and traders are happy their tills are tinkling. While the weather has been perfect in attracting the holiday crowds to the area, the rainy days are also proving their worth in prompting tourists to come up from the water and splash the cash in shops...
Modern policing in Bendoc

Modern policing in Bendoc

Despite a campaign by the Bendoc community to have a permanent police member stationed in the far East Gippsland township, it’s unlikely to ever occur again. Superintendent of policing for the Eastern Region, Mark Edwards, told the Advertiser prior to Christmas, that installing a full time police member in Bendoc “at this stage it’s not going to happen”. Instead, regular patrols will make the...

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