Orbost resembled a ghost town this week as businesses were forced to either shut up shop or operate at reduced capacity. “It’s dead in the main street,” Julie Leatham, from Café One2Five told the Snowy River Mail on Monday. “I think I might be the only café’ open today,” she said. Ms Leatham described trade on Friday and Saturday as “shocking”.“We ran at a loss over the weekend.”Café One2Five is...

“Everyone has a family, but not all families are this dysfunctional.” That is according to director Phillip A. Mayer, about the basic premise of Family is Murder, a comedy by multi-award winning Gippsland-based Here There and Everywhere Theatre Company that has proved to be a smash-hit with audiences. The show will head to Orbost this Saturday night at Orbost Secondary College drama room....

Vickie, Michael, Nathan and Nam, business owners and managers of Orbost Motel, last week announced the motel has been recognised as a 2021 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best award winner for Australia in the ‘Small’ category. This result comes after being ranked in the top one per cent of hotels worldwide.  Throughout a challenging year, Orbost Motel stood out to travelers and provided an...

Orbost school students will be the beneficiary of a $7 million State Government Budget windfall. The town will be home to a P-12 (prep to year 12) college on the current site of Orbost Secondary College in coming years after the government last week announced a $7.27 upgrade as part of its budget last Thursday. The P-12 college will see the merger of Orbost and Orbost North primary schools with...

An East Gippsland face representing the brilliant work Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers do in protecting their communities has been splashed across a Bairnsdale laneway. Bairnsdale Chamber of Commerce commissioned several artists to help light up a local laneway, asking them create art that represents resilience and recovery.   Bairnsdale artist, Tracey Solomon, said her mural...