Fire season has arrived and while the threat is significantly lower than previous years, preparations are still taking place. Almost three years ago to the day, East Gippsland was facing its biggest ever bushfire threat, one that rattled the region to its core - infrastructure and homes were destroyed, tourists were stranded, roads and highways were cut, lives were lost.Despite the events of the...
Thieves targeted Beds R Us in Bairnsdale making off with a truck load of expensive stock in what the business owners believe was a planned raid. CCTV footage from a nearby business captured the group of bandits as they entered the back of the store by forcing the back door with what's believed to be a jemmy bar at 3.30 in the morning. Jenny Easton, who owns Beds R Us with her husband, Brian,...