Over the past three weeks a group of 14 pre-service teachers from Melbourne have been living in Bairnsdale as part of the 'Teach Rural' program.  This initiative has been held in every region of the state and is funded by the Victorian Department of Education, in supporting rural government schools in their quest to attract teachers into the country. The overall plan is to place 200...

Nicholson Street Mall in Bairnsdale was a hive of colour and activity on Saturday as hundreds of locals turned out to support the Walk to Change the Story violence prevention march. Hosted by Gippsland Lakes Complete Health (GLCH) in partnership with 10 other community organisations and Respect Victoria, the walk is the first in-person event since 2019, participants starting and ending their...

Take steps to end violence against women and children this Saturday.  The Walk to Change the Story will start and finish at Nicholson Street Mall in Bairnsdale. Meet 10.30am sharp. And make sure you stick around, as there will be loads of cool stuff to see and do, including: - Clothesline Project - Banner making - Info stalls - Big Respect Gippsland Photo Booth - HEY Project t-shirt...

CFA is asking Victorians to take extreme care when burning off following 115 out-of-control burn-offs across the state during early spring. To avoid a further spike, CFA is urging residents who have recently undertaken burn-offs, or who are preparing to, to take extra precautions over the coming weeks as weather conditions become warmer and drier with challenging gusty winds. The out-of-control...

Kennedy Trailers is again at the forefront of dynamic design.  The custom trailer building Bairnsdale company has just  built the Acciona trailer which  will carry wind turbine tower blades to south Queensland's Macintyre Windfarm, the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere and the first 'giga-watt-scale' renewable energy project in Australia. The new generation wind tower...