Packed full of features

June Edition of the Gippslander newspaper is out now. Currently being distributed throughout Gippsland. Floodwaters may delay copies in outlying areas of Bairnsdale, Sale, Stratford and surrounds.

This month our main feature is on the RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride, beign scheduled to start in November of this year.

Loch are holding their Food and Wine Festival over the Queens Birthday Longweekend.

Briagolong have their Big Screen Film Festival on again this year, starting June 8.

Metung is also celebrating the Queens Birthday long weekend with a Food and Wine festival on the Village Green.

Lakes Entrance will see the arrival of hundreds of Hot Rods over the same weekend, with the Country Cruise scheduled to take place.

A new feature writer, Kate Brilli, has written a nice article on "Messages from the Heart" on our Spirit, Mind and Body page.

Heaps of Market information as usual, with the full listing of all Markets on around Gippsland for the month of June.

June is also Bowel Scan Month, with Rotary Clubs supporting pharmacies with test kits.

The 2012 GSI East Gippsland Business Awards have opened on June 1, 2012 for entries. All local East Gippsland Businesses are encouraged to enter.