Fire: Bairnsdale saleyards "bursting at the seams" but Sale ready

Marian Macdonald
Updated January 3 2020 - 10:55am, first published 10:13am
GO WEST: East Gippsland Livestock Exchange, Bairnsdale, is full of livestock fleeing the fires but owners are still invited to come there if they cannot go further west. Map as at 10.30am Friday.
GO WEST: East Gippsland Livestock Exchange, Bairnsdale, is full of livestock fleeing the fires but owners are still invited to come there if they cannot go further west. Map as at 10.30am Friday.

Anyone with livestock affected by the fires who can take them west of Bairnsdale, should, but the saleyard remains ready to help those who need a refuge for their large animals.

Marian Macdonald

Marian Macdonald

National rural property writer

Writing for farmers in the Stock & Land, The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal and FarmWeekly, farming in Gippsland.

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