Orbost, Marlo, Newmerella CFA members raised $15,648.95 for this year’s Good Friday Appeal, and with the QR code Eftpos donations, a further $2608.48 was added, bringing the total to an impressive $18,257.43. “A huge thank you to the Orbost, Newmerella and Marlo CFA volunteers, we could not do it without your help,” organiser, Judy Farley, said. “Also to the money counters, Orbost FoodWorks,...

After four years of waiting, the East Cape Boardwalk has finally reopened. Last Thursday, rumours surfaced that local contractors, Built QA, had completed the boardwalk at East Cape in the nick of time for the Easter long weekend and school holidays.  The first section of the East Cape Boardwalk was destroyed during the 2019/20 Black Summer Bushfires and the process to getting it...

If you happen to have nothing to entertain the kids with on Good Friday, then Glenda McKay is extending a warm welcome for youngsters to come along to Murphy’s Garden Centre and help decorate ornaments for her entry into the Shitbox Rally. Children aged between four and 10 will be able to paint garden ornaments from 9.30am in the morning until lunchtime, the cost will be $5, and the money will...

The East is the place to be this Easter long weekend. Easter in Marlo is synonymous with visitors flocking to the area for fishing or a quiet weekend away with loved ones. The anticipated weather forecast looks like an absolute pearler with showers not likely to dampen any Easter festivities until Monday. If you don't have any luck reeling in a feed of fish for Good Friday then don't stress, the...

CFA is calling for interested members headed to Mallacoota this coming Easter to lend a hand in the Vols on Hols program as tens of thousands of visitors are set to make their way to the region. Following a successful summer campaign which saw 21 CFA members based in the area participate in the initiative, local members are enlisting further help to respond to the anticipated influx of call outs...