There are growing concerns that the retirement of some of Bairnsdale’s most prominent doctors is likely to create a scarcity of professional medical knowl-edge in East Gippsland. Long serving doctors, Graham Bromwich, John Urie and Jane Greacen have all retired from their medical practices in recent weeks. All three doctors were a mainstay of the Bairnsdale medical fraternity. President of the...
Ross Scott lives on an enviable part of the Gippsland Lakes. From his back verandah on the Banksia Peninsula he has views over Duck Arm, which opens onto Lake Victoria. However, a succession of algal blooms in recent years has turned the once tranquil waterway into a putrid green mess. “I’ve been watching this stretch of water go down the gurgler,” Mr Scott said.
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