The Orbost Club is a community club and therefore a percentage of its profits go back into the community in the way of grants/sponsorship.  For the 2020/21 year, the Orbost Community Sports Centre received $2248 towards a new treadmill in the gym, Orbost Hockey Club received $2500 for the replacement of goalie gear. Orbost Cricket Club received $1000 to go towards junior development and...

The indomitable resurgence of undergrowth in East Gippsland forests is cause for concern. Next month marks two years since the Black Summer Bushfires obliterated large areas of bushland throughout the region. Those fires were so intense that the undergrowth that has sprung back is thicker than ever. The Howitt Society, whose members are made up of foresters, scientists, and experienced land and...

The proposed Fingerboards Mineral Sands Mine at Glenaladale will not proceed. Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne, said  the project would have unacceptable risks to the environment. Minister Wynne accepted the independent advisory committee recommendation that found the project would significantly impact local wildlife, vegetation, air quality, agriculture and horticulture. The...

Every year on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Australians pause to remember the service and sacrifice of our servicemen and women. Remembrance Day has been observed in Australia since the end of World War I and commemorates servicemen and women who suffered or died in the line of duty. Their sacrifice is marked by a minute’s silence at 11am, the same time the guns fell silent on...

John Mulligan is a fourth generation far East Gippslander, who grew up in Gipsy Point.  Mr Mulligan was born in Orbost almost 91 years ago. “After I was born I went home to Gipsy Point in the fish truck with my mother,” he told the Snowy River Mail. “Orbost hasn’t changed much at all, except for the shops in the main street,” Mr Mulligan said, as he drove into the township last...