It’s official. Dan Murphy’s will open a store in the main street of Bairnsdale. The Bairnsdale Advertiser revealed several weeks ago that Dan Murphy’s was looking for a site on the Princes Highway in the centre of town. The liquor giant has signed a 10-year lease on 259 Main Street, the site of the former Bairnsdale Electrics store. The proposed 1250 square metre building will benefit from three...

After enduring bushfires and COVID closures, The Stockmans Camp at Buchan South is finally able to provide people with the ideal opportunity to get out and about in a COVID-safe way with a unique Bush Heritage Show. The Stockmans Camp Bush Heritage Shows provide a unique insight, both past and present, into the life and skills of the Australian stockmen and bushmen. In a picturesque open space...

The Romawi Landcare Group has told the Bairnsdale Advertiser that East Gippsland Water has been discharging secondary treated effluent into Forge Creek. The effluent is reportedly being released from the Paynesville Sewage Treatment Plant into the creek which makes its way into the Newlands Arm backwater and then into the Gippsland Lakes. Secretary of the Landcare Group, Alistair Mailer, said...

The race is on in Buchan to see who will be the first to move into their new home following the Black Summer Bushfires which destroyed homes when it swept through the town in the final days of 2019. COVID-19 restrictions, a shortage of timber and general malaise has resulted in work progressing slowly on the rebuilds. “I think the ability to get tradespeople and the over demand on their services...

Two cases of COVID in East Gippsland reported over the weekend as 'low positives' have this morning been reclassified as negatives.