East Gippsland’s 12th Biggest Ever Blokes BBQ lunch last Friday saw 300 men gather in Cremin Hall for lunch and entertainment with comedian Dave O’Neil, AFL hall of famer Dermott Brereton, Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis and veteran broadcast journalist and Channel 7 news reader Nick McCullum. Nick drew the best out of a retired Philippoussis and a more flamboyant Brereton while O’Neil...
As the clean-up from the February 13 storm event continues across East Gippsland, mayor Cr Tom Crook has praised the collaborative effort of volunteers, emergency services agencies and the work of East Gippsland Shire Council staff and contractors. Cr Crook said the efforts to pull together and help each other during such events means that collectively we were back up and running as quickly as...