It’s been more than two years since the Black Summer Bushfires burned across the country, destroying homes, land and animal habitat.  As parts of Australia continue to recover, others are still struggling to rebuild. Over the past two years, the East Gippsland environment has slowly recovered, despite issues attributed to the global pandemic.  While the world has slowed down over the...

Orbost residents are disgusted with the service being offered by their local Commonwealth Bank branch. The bank has recently been closed without giving customers advance notice. Secretary of the Orbost and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Garry Squires, told the Snowy River Mail that the bank had been closed “with no notice to customers at short notice at least four times since...

A record number of more than 410,000 estuary perch have been stocked into seven waterways across Victoria, including East Gippsland. Five-thousand estuary perch each have been released into both the Bemm and Snowy Rivers. Estuary perch are a popular target for fishers and one of a dozen species stocked annually to further improve fishing opportunities in the state’s lakes, rivers and estuaries....

The Orbost Christmas Eve Festival is sure to go off with a bang!  Visitors and locals alike are invited to join in the Christmas festivities in Nicholson Street from 6pm. Market stalls, children’s entertainment - Wacky Wombat, food, Santa and to cap it all off Carols by Candlelight in Forest Park from 8.30pm and fireworks to follow after...

The Orbost and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been busy finalising artwork and activating business Eftpos terminals in the anticipation of the arrival of the Eftpos gift cards.  “We can finally announce that they are on sale from Wavez Salon or by contacting myself (Garry Squires) and will indeed make the perfect Christmas gift for those that are hard to buy for,”...