A number of fires were ignited by lightning strikes over the weekend with speedy response from Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) crews keeping them to small sizes. The fires were in remote forest areas 10 kilometres north-east of Genoa, nine kilometres north of Orbost, 14 kilometres south-west of Buchan, 15 kilometres south-west of Tambo Crossing and 23 kilometres east of Dargo. FFMVic...

Orbost RSL Sub-Branch calls on locals to stop and pause on Remembrance Day this Sunday. A total of 354 men and women from the then Orbost Shire enlisted in the World War 1. Many of them went overseas believing the war in Europe to be an exciting challenge and to lend a hand to the Mother country, England, who was at war with Germany. They fought at sea and in conflicts like the Gallipoli...

When a local started growing pumpkins and suggested to Sailors Grave Brewing’s Gab and Chris Moore that a pumpkin growing challenge would be a good thing for the brewery to host, the pair picked up the idea and are now running with it. Pumpkin growing used to be a ‘thing’ in Orbost, Gab says, with giant pumpkins grown to feed pigs. And a lot of fun was had with them, too, as they were hollowed...

East Gippsland Shire Council, Orbost Regional Health and Far East Victorian Landcare met last week to detail how the first instalment of Victorian Government drought funding will be delivered to the Orbost and district community. East Gippsland and Wellington shire councils will receive $250,000, with the first instalment of $100,000 now available. Council’ s chief executive officer, Gary...

Around 30 Cann River and Mallacoota P-12 college and Eden Marine High School students took a look into their future career options on October 17 and 18 with a careers event on the Sapphire Coast facilitated by the Gippsland East Local Learning and Employment Network (GELLEN). Day one consisted of tours and talks at the Bega Valley Shire Council, the South East Regional Hospital, and Illawarra...