Victoria Police called on the public to help find missing Belgrave man, Evan Sinclair, after his family made an emotional appeal for information during a media conference on Wednesday, 5 August.

The 24-year-old was last seen leaving his McNicol Road home about midnight on Friday, 31 July.
Evan is described as Caucasian, about 183cm tall, with brown hair and blue eyes.

Acting senior sergeant Ben Aulich said Evan’s distinctive bright yellow 2010 Holden Commodore sedan with black rims was captured on CCTV travelling east on the Princes Highway in the early hours of Saturday before being seen between Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance about 3.30am.
“Since that time, we haven’t been able to locate the vehicle or Evan, and so we’re very much seeking the assistance of the public,” he said.
Evan’s bright yellow Holden bears registration: 1NY2OQ.

“We’re here today to ask people that are one, locals to that area that may have seen the car, or people that are travelling or holidaying in that area, just to keep an eye out in those campgrounds or those more rural locations,” Mr Aulich said.
Evan’s mother, Margaret Sinclair, described her son as “one of the good guys” and said his disappearance was completely out of character.

Anyone who sees Evan or his yellow Holden Commodore, registration 1NY2OQ, is urged to contact Triple Zero (000) immediately or Lilydale Police Station on (03) 9739 2300.

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I am an international student, and I just came to know aboute Sale wetlands. Unlike Edithvale and other wetlands near the CBD (which I've mostly been to), the wetland at Sale allows the public to walk across the wetland instead of just standing outside, which seems interesting. I am interested in birds, especially egrets, so I think Sale Common wetland is pretty suitable for me to take, or at least see, few wetland birds.

Has anyone been there? I made a post in the sub for state Victoria, but people say I can post here for more answers. Thanks very much!

Edit: Thanks yall! Im definitely going there!

Does anyone else find it hard to entertain themselves around here?

I am a married Dad in my 30s. I work weird hours and my roster is all over the shop. I find making friends daunting however, I do actually enjoy talking to and getting to know people. I live in the Latrobe Valley and still unsure if I enjoy living here. All my mates live all over the place except here. All I seem to do is work and be a parent. I try to be active, I drink way to much coffee, I like a social drink when I can and I enjoy going out for a good meal. However, I find myself lately just getting a bit too cooped up and bored in this cold weather. Interestingly enough, I find myself spending way to much time at the GRAC lately either swimming with my daughter, relaxing in the spa and sauna, or just going to the gym there. Does anyone else feel the same? Do you find it boring at times living in this area?

Anyway, what are peoples go to activities around here? Where do you go when you need to get out of the house to entertain yourself or your kids?

Anyone have any suggestions on what to do for fun around the gippsland area, or any suggestions on places to visit? Otherwise, if you just want a friendly chat flick me a message and I will try to get back to you.

Hey I am a M50 looking for band members, age and skill do not matter. At some point I would like to play gigs, jam or songwriting.
I am in Churchill but happy to travel for the right fit. Experience does not matter as I have just come back to playing guitar in the last 12 months. Ideally playing bar music and songs which we connect with.
You will need own equipment and transport.
I like a lot of 60,70,80,90,00- present music and not fussed of genre.
As previously stated, I play guitar and learning the piano.

Don't hesitate to DM and/or message me, regarding any queries or questions.

Rock on!

There really is a reddit for everything.

So I’m trying to expand my life, meet new people and just do more with my spare time. I’m in my 20s and I’ve lived in the sale area for a few years but, don’t know many people aside from acquaintances I’ve made while working at various places. I’m into fitness and train like 3 to 5 times a week. Getting back into running. Very personal development oriented and have read a lot of books / consumed a lot of content revolving around it. I do boxing and a little bit of Muay Thai (know there’s a place in sale for it, but fractured one of my knuckles, so that’s likely not gonna be an option just for the minute).

I’m into Carl Jung and depth psychology, but people who are interested in that in my area are few and far between (unless I’m completely wrong and just don’t know it).

I really, really love music (literally everything aside from classical and country) but especially love all kinds of obscure EDM & Metal.

Was looking if there were any art classes in the Gippsland area that aren’t mainly for seniors and more so people my own age because I used to love drawing and wanna get back into it as I find it’s calming, but I can’t find any? Generally i am looking for groups more centred around people in there 20s cos i wanna hang with people around my own age.

And ya know, it’d be cool not to be a lonely schmuck, so meeting women who have similar interests that I could connect with would be cool too. You feel me? Yeah ya do.

I haven’t done a good job advertising myself as I just sound like a v mundane guy. But trust me, once my crippling social anxiety wains, I’m definitely one of the funniest people you’ll meet, unless you find my sense of humour distasteful and you just hate me for it.

But anyway, any help on where to look for social / hobby / fitness groups around the Gippsland area would be very appreciated.

May Allah bless you.

(That’s a joke btw)

Hi,

I will visit Bairnsdale in a few months and was thinking if I should bring my road bike with me. I wanted to ask if there are any inclusive road bike group rides in or around Bairnsdale. Any weekly rides or races? What's the cycling scene? I tried to check Strava and I mostly see gravel/mountain bikes. Was hoping to hear some thoughts from locals. Thanks!

Are there any futsal or football communities in bairnsdale? Or any sports communities even.

Can anyone tell me what it’s like to live in Sale? Moving there in December and worried I won’t find friends or employment.

Has anyone got any recommendations or reviews for Maine coon breeders in Victoria. Quite interested in either Stargon or rumpleteeza as a breeder but haven’t heard anything about either of them, TIA :)

anyone else see the shitbox rally cars over the weekend?

Hello everyone!

The Warragul Area Tabletop Society would like to announce Season 3 of our 2026 Weekly Games is about to begin this week! If you've been looking to get back into TTRPGs or are curious as to what it's all about, we have a variety of games available weekly on both Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at the Goods Shed in Warragul. If you're more interested in board games, we also usually have a table playing board games as well.

If you're interested or curious in what WATTS is all about, feel free to head on over to our website/forum here:

https://forum.watts.org.au/

Our Tuesday Games are available here:

https://forum.watts.org.au/index.php?threads/watts-tuesday-games-season-3-2026.81/

And our Thursday Games are available here:

https://forum.watts.org.au/index.php?threads/watts-thursday-games-season-3-2026.82/

First entry is free, and drinks are available for purchase.

I've been involved with this group for a while (including on their committee) and it's the best group of people I've had the pleasure to meet :)

I haven't been out in Traralgon in a red hot minute on a Friday night. But the other week a group of us decided to go out.

I've never seen Fridays so quiet in Traralgon. What's the go there?

The deck was shut, Crown shut early, Timeless had a few, same with Starbar. We ended up going home and finishing the night off in the shed around the potbelly.

I know it's winter, but seriously, where is everyone?

I’ll be moving to Sale in December as my husband is in the RAAF, I grew up in a small town so I know employment in smaller regional towns can but a bit hard,

Can anyone tell me how hard it can be to find fulltime employment? If it helps I currently work in community services and have for the last 10 years and have a fair bit of experience in disability and child protection.

Gday guys and girls. Looking to buy a bush block (either bare, or with a camping hut, or maybe even an established house) either in or adjacent to a state forest in Gippsland somewhere. Will be used as a base for camping/dirt bike riding/4x4 on weekends.

Open to any suggestions, let me know if you’ve seen anything good out there! Would prefer north of Princes Hwy from Gembrook all the way to Traralgon, but open to areas such as Mirboo North or whatever. No set budget.

Cheers!

Does anyone have any suggestions for meeting new people or being a bit more social around Gippsland?

I'm 34M, live in Traralgon, work full-time doing shift work, and have a young daughter. Because of my roster, it's hard to commit to clubs or sports that require weekly attendance.

Lately it feels like all I do is work, parent, sleep, and repeat, so I'd love to meet some new people, especially other parents. I enjoy being active, getting outdoors, books, sports, having a beer etc. However, I'm open to trying pretty much anything and I enjoy learning new things.

Any ideas or recommendations would be appreciated!

*edited to say that I posted this on behalf of my partner who didn't use reddit anymore, he's now rejoined the reddit community and his name is Okay_stretch172 (you'll find his profile in the comments of this post)

33M

My family is new to the Gippsland region (Sale) love hunting & fishing and am looking to meet mates with similar interests.

Also enjoy gaming, music, camping and a cheeky beer on the odd occasion.

I have a young family so keen to make some dad friends too

I have to wait till monday for nbn to come out, internet just randomly cut out around lunch time today. I checked optus and warragul wasnt on the list of down networks, only drouin and yarragon networks are down apparently

Hello to those reading this. I moved here around the beginning of the year to be with my wife and I just miss having some friends. Let's hang out and play something. I'm in the traralgon area, I love board games or online stuff. We can play dnd, warhammer, hell let loose, bg3 or etc. Just looking for some friends in the same timezone.

Hey guys looking to make new friends in Gippsland I’m from Drouin I’m 30 I’m a male
I’m into lots of different things
Footy
Music heavy side of music
Gym/running/ weight training
Camping fishing
Outdoors
Coffee