There was hope aplenty at the official opening of the Hope Restart Centre at Lucknow last Wednesday. The drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre has been operating for two years but was forced to postpone formal proceedings because of the pandemic. Last Wednesday's opening was an opportunity for the founders of the centre, Margaret and Peter Down, to thank those who had contributed...
The toxic algae bloom currently permeating the Gippsland Lakes has turned Paynesville’s foreshore green. A local resident was horrified to see the green sludge polluting the sandy foreshore during a morning walk on Tuesday. “It’s like someone has tipped a tin of paint into the water,” Glen Luxford, told the Advertiser. “It’s staining the sand green. “The swans have green stripes on them,”...