Monday, 06 May 2024
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Volunteer Stuart says farewell

Volunteer Stuart says farewell

Long-standing Lakes Entrance Visitor Information Centre volunteer, Stuart McIvor, has decided to call it a day and give up his muchloved volunteering role. Stuart, 82, started at the Visitor Information Centre in 2006 and has seen a lot of changes over the years. He brought to the team a wealth of knowledge and will be sadly missed. Mr McIvor said he decided to volunteer after hearing a talk at...
Economic stimulus

Economic stimulus

Visitors flocked to Lakes Entrance and surrounding towns in their droves over the long weekend. The forecast cold weather held off and the sun shone to welcome everyone to the area after months of economic silence due to bushfires and coronavirus restrictions. With hotels and restaurants opening to restricted numbers, the takeaway shops all did a good trade as well with not everyone able to get...
Lakes Entrance a walking destination

Lakes Entrance a walking destination

One good outcome of COVID-19 is people have discovered the joys and benefits of walking. Lakes Entrance is blessed in having excellent walks that start from the main street Esplanade. These walks are currently having or are about to have major improvements as well as two new walks being created. “During the partial lockdown more and more locals have been out enjoying walking. The recently...
John’s camels trek in

John’s camels trek in

In late 2017, John Elliott decided he wanted to head across Australia. There was only one problem, he didn’t know how. “After careful consideration, I decided that I would take a motorbike across the Nullabor,” John said. But John wanted to get off the beaten track as much as possible and the motorbike was surrounded by many obstacles, the biggest of which was his mother telling him that...
Motels doing it tough

Motels doing it tough

Michelle Majcherzak and her husband, Kristian, have had the leasehold of Cunningham Shore Motel for the past seven years and have never experienced anything like 2020. The bushfires affected all Lakes Entrance motels when the evacuation call came. But most thought, when they were contained, it would be back to business and a good Easter would go a long way to recovering. Between February and...
Preparing for the permit

Preparing for the permit

Development of the new visitor facilities and café at the Lakes Entrance Fishermen’s Limited (LEFL) site on Bullock Island is well advanced, with the planning application recently lodged with East Gippsland Shire Council. The project involves construction of an on-water café, colocation of the existing ‘Off the Wharf’ fresh fish sales outlet into the new building and an all abilities access...

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