The Black Summer Bushfires that tore through Mallacoota, wiping out more than 100 homes on New Year’s Eve may be a distant memory for some, but not so for those still living a nightmare. Many in the community are still suffering ongoing trauma from the bushfires, compounded by a sequence of events which has meant they are still living in temporary accommodation, unable to move on with their...

Thirty-five medical students got a glimpse of life as a rural GP in East Gippsland last weekend. The students, from universities in Queensland, NSW, South Australia and Victoria, attended an event called Farm Stay at the  Coonawarra Farm Resort in Glenaladale. General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA) and the General Practice Student Network (GPSN) organised the two-day program for...

East Gippsland Water (EGW) has been hit with a $9000 fine by EPA Victoria for discharging into Macleod Morass in April this year. The environmental watchdog said EGW discharged more than 30 million litres of wastewater into the morass from the Bairnsdale Waste-water Treatment Plant following wet weather. The EPA fine of $9087 is for the unlawful deposit of wastewater under section 115(4) of the...

McMillans of Metung Coastal Resort has long been synonymous with Victorian visitors to the holiday resort as a swanky, upmarket stay. Since its inception in the early 80s with eleven cottages, a tennis court and a swimming pool, the business has expanded. Tourism to East Gippsland exploded in the 80s with winemakers and restaurateurs from Melbourne converging on the area. These days nine...

The local headquarters of the Bairnsdale SES Unit was the venue for a busy morning of experiences for 15 second-year Monash University medical students during their recent rural placements in Bairnsdale and Sale. Hosted by SES volunteers and an Ambulance Victoria paramedic, the students gained an insight into the realities of emergency medical response in remote or isolated situations. After an...