Heavy rainfall across East Gippsland late last week resulted in 86 calls for assistance. Bairnsdale was heavily impacted with the Mitchell River bursting its banks and spilling over the Bullumwaal Road and cutting off access to Pound Swamp Hill Road. Bairnsdale received 98 millimetres of rain to 9am on Monday, while Glenaladale received the highest downpour in East Gippsland with 118mm reported...

Clifton Creek community members are livid. ‘No slashing no machinery’ say the signs. But Thursday, with the push of a blade, Clifton Creek residents saw their hours and hours of hand weeding, spraying and control of the noxious fireweed go to waste. The community is utterly disappointed as members have spent years actively controlling fireweed in their patch, Landcarers spending their Sundays...

Bairnsdale Neighbourhood House has recently taken possession of a purpose-built mobile en suite facility which boasts two showers, dual toilets, and two washing machines and dryers. The amenities cubicle trailer, made by Jayco, has been at the Neighbourhood House in Bairnsdale’s Dalmahoy Street for little more than a week and its popularity has quickly spread through the homeless community....

Council members are elected to provide viewpoints from their constituents and as such there are varying viewpoints on COVID vaccinations within council. The majority of East Gippsland shire councillors, and chief executive officer, Anthony Basford, are double vaccinated. Mr Basford, who was fully vaccinated in August, said all council staff must be vaccinated in accordance with mandatory...

A brazen thief has smashed the window of a Bairnsdale jewellery store to steal watches worth thousands of dollars. CCTV footage captured the man arriving in the arcade where Pallot‘s Jewellers is located in the early hours of Monday morning. The man, who appears to be wearing a jacket, removes a rock from his bag and throws it against the glass window a couple of times, causing it to shatter. He...