Less than five hours after entries opened for the Alpine Rally of East Gippsland, the field limit of 105 cars and 20 reserves has been reached.All entries were received online with no issues through a system developed for organisers, the Historic Rally Association of Victoria. Entries have been received from every state and territory in Australia.“With more than 300 registrations of interest...

Lindenow has won the opportunity to vie for its fourth East Gippsland Football Netball League senior premiership.The Cats will take on Boisdale Briagolong this Saturday at City Oval after surging away from Wy Yung in a wildly windy, physical preliminary final.Lindenow won the low-scoring battle by 35 points, keeping the Tigers to just two second quarter goals – both free kicks to Brodie Anderson...

A “tremendous milestone” in the history of Bengworden Hall was celebrated at the end of August when the doors opened to a refurbished interior, complete with a series of history panels.Bengworden Hall committee president, Gerard Deery, said the re-opening was the culmination of three years’ work, with the help of building owner, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, and a...

Police Operation Argus commenced at a minute past midnight on Thursday morning.The four-day operation is a one-off additional statewide policing operation designed to crack down on drivers doing the wrong thing on the state’s roads.The operation is taking place as a direct response to the significant increase in the number of lives lost on Victorian roads this year.The major focus of the...

Bairnsdale’s Kennedy’s Trailers has been inducted into the Gippsland Business Awards (GBA) Hall of Fame.The innovative trailer building company joined an impressive list of Gippsland businesses to be inducted into the GBA Hall of Fame at last Friday’s annual gala dinner held at Traralgon’ s Premier Function Centre in front of 400 business people.Awards chairman, Sheridan Bond, said the business,...