Blockading people out of East Gippsland this Easter is one option being talked about in the district with traffic already increasing despite calls for people to stay home.Bairnsdale local, Max Curtis, believes a simple solution to keeping the region virus free would be to block the shire off at its border.“Why not stop people coming into East Gippsland? It’s no different to isolating in our own...

The State Government has announced its upgrading school facilities at five schools in East Gippsland.Clifton Creek Primary School, Mallacoota P-12 College, Cann River P-12 College, Metung Primary and Buchan Primary will share in$1.3 million dollars to improve their respective schools.Mallacoota P-12 College will receive the biggest slice of the pie with a  $904,000 grant to upgrade its...

The trip of a lifetime to Europe, three years in the planning, turned pear-shaped rather rapidly for Lindenow local, Aaron ‘Lovey’ Love, as European borders were shut and flights became hard to get during the COVID-19 lockdowns.Once home, he completed a drivethrough test at Bairnsdale Hospital which confirmed he had the virus, the only case in East Gippsland at the time of print.“We’d heard...

Recreational and sporting shooters have effectively been stopped from enjoying their pursuits as another fallout of COVID-19.As of Wednesday, the State Government put a temporary ban on licensed dealers, prohibiting the sale of firearms and ammunition for sporting or recreational purposes for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak.Farmers and rural landholders, professional vermin control...

Bairnsdale businesses are doing their best to keep trading with the current coronavirus crisis, adjusting to what is quite simply a new world, not only in business.In some instances, trading figures for some shops had increased remarkably compared to last year, while others have faced significant challenges.Steve Butler, who owns Aussie Disposals, was all smiles when the Advertiser dropped by...