Lakes Entrance Secondary College said farewell to its 2021 year 12 students with a graduation dinner attended by students, family members and teachers last week. College principal, Craig Sutherland, congratulated the students on completing their studies and wished them well for their future.  He likened their senior years to a roller coaster ride that they had met head on and in doing so,...

Chants Carnival is set to return to Lakes Entrance for the summer holiday season. It has been a tough time for the attraction over the past two years with the bushfires and then COVID interrupting their time in Lakes Entrance. “We are based in metropolitan Melbourne so it has been a long lockdown. We are really looking forward to getting back down to Lakes Entrance and having a good season,”...

As Metung continues to boom in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a local couple has unveiled an ambitious plan for a rooftop wine bar in the village. Andrew and Adele McInnes purchased the Amcal chemist building, in the heart of Metung’s café strip, when it came up for sale about 12 months ago. They’ve engaged Slap Architects to design the three-storey building, which will feature a lounge...

The proposed Fingerboards Mineral Sands Mine at Glenaladale will not proceed. Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne, said  the project would have unacceptable risks to the environment. Minister Wynne accepted the independent advisory committee recommendation that found the project would significantly impact local wildlife, vegetation, air quality, agriculture and horticulture. The...

It has been just more than a year since Arthur Allen was elected to the East Gippsland Shire Council and he is justifiably proud of all the hard work that has been put in over the past 12 months. When Arthur agreed to stand for election, after many requests from the Lakes Entrance community, his main stance was to improve the planning area of the Shire. “The planning department had a terrible...