Eagle Point Caravan Park, nestled on the edge of the Gippsland Lakes at Eagle Point, has been a popular spot for holidaymakers over the summer period. Some families have been coming to the park for generations to celebrate the close of one year and the beginning of another. Those who camp in the park speak of the peacefulness and how the kids are free to frolic safely in the shallows of the...

East Gippsland police are praising crowd behaviour on New Year’s Eve. In Paynesville, where many people flocked to the restaurants and cafe’s, and along the foreshore, to welcome in the ‘New Year, police reported the evening being incident free. Many families enjoyed a picnic on the edge of the Lakes as they listened to live music from Stu Hughes and the Blues Cruise on the new floating tin...

Holidaymakers are swarming into popular camping spots around East Gippsland. Bruthen and Buchan are reporting a spike in visitation post Christmas and traders are happy their tills are tinkling. While the weather has been perfect in attracting the holiday crowds to the area, the rainy days are also proving their worth in prompting tourists to come up from the water and splash the cash in shops...

Despite a campaign by the Bendoc community to have a permanent police member stationed in the far East Gippsland township, it’s unlikely to ever occur again. Superintendent of policing for the Eastern Region, Mark Edwards, told the Advertiser prior to Christmas, that installing a full time police member in Bendoc “at this stage it’s not going to happen”. Instead, regular patrols will make the...

Fire season has arrived and while the threat is significantly lower than previous years, preparations are still taking place. Almost three years ago to the day, East Gippsland was facing its biggest ever bushfire threat, one that rattled the region to its core - infrastructure and homes were destroyed, tourists were stranded, roads and highways were cut, lives were lost.Despite the events of the...