August 1999 News | AccommodationGippsland.com.au

Residents of a tiny Gippsland island say the peace of their own quiet paradise is about to be ruined. They say owners of a $1 million accommodation centre have flouted planning rules and ignored locals' environmental concerns. And they say the 60-bed Espas Arts Resort could start a holiday res

Tourists Thumb Their Noses At Nature's Wrath

Monday August 2, 1999

In the Old Testament, Egypt had to endure 10 varieties of plague - hordes of frogs, swarms of gnats, flies and locusts, just to name a few. Last year, East Gippsland had to endure only six - the worst drought on record, sand that clogged the lakes at Lakes Entrance, huge floods, the so-called Bai