East Gippsland could soon have Australia’s first hot springs golf course with plans for geothermal relaxation pools at Metung’s Kings Cove Golf Club submitted to East Gippsland Shire Council.  If approved, the development would allow visitors and locals to play a round of golf at the course, then relax in state-of-the-art geothermal hot and cold pools. The project is funded by Metung Hot...

Bairnsdale Primary School (754) was on Wednesday notified of a positive COVID-19 case being on site. The infected person was at the school last Thursday and Friday, October 7 and 8, the school this Wednesday notifying staff and students, and other close contacts, of the news.The school has since been closed to undertake a deep clean. Anyone deemed a close contact would be contacted by the...

The future of a 208-lot residential subdivision at Wy Yung remains up in the air after East Gippsland Shire Council failed to make a decision regarding its future last week. The development of 30 Clifton Creek Road had received 32 objections from community members concerned about a host of issues, including its impact on the environment (including the nearby creek) and the impact of additional...

Former Victorian Chief Fire Officer, East Gippsland local, Ewan Waller, has called for an urgent national approach to fighting bushfires, labelling the three most recent bushfire inquiries conservative and inadequate. “Bushfire is now a national issue and it’s got to be approached that way,” he said. “What we need is really strong direction and policy, built largely around prevention, not...

Local beekeepers have weighed in to the forestry industry debate that has created headlines and community interest of late.Members of the Victorian and Gippsland Apiarist Associations claim they have for many years lobbied for a change to timber harvesting prescriptions for a range of reasons, not only for beekeeping. To read the full story,...