Erik and Mal Monteith who own Lakes Entrance café – Funkey Monkey – knew something wasn’t quite right shortly after their third son, Arlo, was born. Mrs Monteith noticed that Arlo, aka ‘George’ couldn’t sit at eight months old and “was in pain”. As time went on she also noticed expressive language delay. Trying to get answers, Mrs Monteith saw “many different medical professionals” but was...

Buchan residents, Gwen and Ian Strobridge, aged in their 80s, admit they would have probably perished in the Black Summer Bushfires, if not for the quick thinking actions of local police officer, Ray Moreland. The out of control bushfires had turned towards the Buchan township late on the afternoon of December 30 and Leading Senior Constable Moreland was mentally checking through a list of...

Lakes Entrance Action Development Association’s (LEADA) Business, Tourism and Events committee is getting the ball rolling with promoting the town. The group last Wednesday held a networking night at the Central Hotel, with more than 50 businesses attending, including a range from hospitality, accommodation, tourism operators and trades. Committee member, Matt O’Donnell, of Albert & Co,...

Minister for Regional Development, Mary-Anne Thomas, last Thursday joined representatives from Lakes Entrance Fishing Limited and East Gippsland Shire Council to discuss the works being completed on the Bullock Island. The Bullock Island masterplan received $1.87 million in funding through the  Building Works Package and is happening alongside the development of an on-water café,...

Swifts Creek resident, Richard Darby, didn’t have gold on his mind when he purchased a 300-acre bush property at Snowstorm Gully, near Cassilis, more than 30 years ago. Instead, Mr Darby, who paid $45,000 for the hilly landscape, was more excited about the “good firewood” he had inherited with the property. Aware that the land had been mined from the 1890s to early 1900s, Mr Darby knew that it...