The Rotary Club of Orbost is calling for nominations for the 2020 Australia Day Orbost Community Awards with award nominations open for Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, and Community Event of the Year.The citizen awards recognise people who have made a noteworthy contribution to the community during the current year, or who have given outstanding service to the community over a...

Last Thursday’s State Government announcement to immediately cease logging in remaining old growth forests and cease all logging in native forests across the state by 2030 comes as a blow to local communities reliant on the industry, with flow on effects well beyond the timber cutters.In his announcement last week, Premier Daniel Andrews said as part of the plan, $120 million would be set aside...

Warm weather returned on Monday after a bleak weekend for Remembrance ay, which saw services well attended across the region to remember those who served their country in war.The day marked 101 years since the end of World War I.Among the services held across Far East Gippsland were those held at Orbost Secondary College, the Orbost Cenotaph, and in Mallacoota.Orbost Secondary College held its...

FoodWorks National held its annual awards night in Hobart on October 22 and Orbost’s FoodWorks came home a major winner.The annual FoodWorks National Store and Supplier Awards were held under the banner of AUR (Australian United Retailers) for the first time this year and opened the potential awards to the host of brands sitting in the AUR stable. As a result, competition was fierce. The team at...

VicForests timber contractors who have worked for years in the Orbost, Cann River and Bendoc areas are in limbo as coupes in the area of the proposed Emerald Link are closed to them.Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, last Wednesday addressed Parliament with the concerns of Far East Gippsland timber harvesters contracted to VicForests, like Rob Brunt, of Brunts Harvesting, Orbost, referring to...