COVID vaccines have started rolling out across East Gippsland. Aged care residents and some staff were the first to receive their first dose last Thursday in Orbost. “A total of 26 residents and seven high risk staff, including one GP received their first COVID-19 vaccination last Thursday,” Orbost Regional Health chief executive officer, Vicki Farthing, said.   “Ten staff from the...

What a day for Mallacoota. Last Wednesday, March 10, the Mallacoota community was proud to welcome the HMAS Choules on her first return visit to the town following the 2019/20 Black Summer Bushfires. The Choules played a positive and calming role in the Mallacoota community in its time of need, conducting the largest domestic maritime evacuation in Australia’s history – more than 1300 residents,...

The 112th Orbost Agricultural Show was a spectacular success on Monday, with a COVID-safe record crowd filling the Newmerella Recreation Reserve. Despite some changes to the schedule with some horse events not going ahead, a number of new stall holders and the Landcare Sustainability Expo proved winners with the punters. For the second year running, gate entry was covered thanks to a generous...

The Orbost Poker Run attracted 139 motorcyclists on Saturday with good riding conditions for another successful charity run.Now in its 11th year, the annual event brought in riders from New South Wales and across Victoria for the event.Some riders had pillion passengers onboard resulting in 175 registrations for the poker hands.Funds raised from the ride reached $24,440 yesterday, all to be...

Orbost North Primary School junior school council held its first fundraiser for the year, a Mexican Day, last Thursday, to raise money for the little known disease: A-T (Ataxia Telangiectasia).This is a rare and incurable blood disease at present which affects only 40 children in Australia, one in which local resident, Jarrah Beveridge, who is also the school principal, Jo Dacy-Broome’s, cheeky...