The Cann River Fashion Parade was held last Thursday night.Models included local youngsters Danielle Gardner, Evie Cochrane, Matilda Lees, Hailey Gardner, Macey Lynn and Brooke Connley, followed by teens Alice Searle, Alexis Watson and Ruby Stork, helped out by Matilda’s mother, Tammy Lees.The organisers thanked those who helped make the night a success, including Julie Mustard, who manned the...

Orbost Golf Club was awash with a sea of pink last Wednesday when the annual Flamingo Fling high tea raised more than $13,300 to support local women tackling cancer.Final tallies are yet to be determined with donations still coming in and some auction items still being paid for, but Tracey Barnett, who heads up the Snowy Flamingo’s Cancer Support Group, is already thrilled with the fundraising...

Rotary Club of Orbost membership continues to grow, with new inductees and one member in particular acknowledged at the club’s August 21 meeting, when Gordon Andrews celebrated 60 years as a Rotarian.Last Wednesday, Glenn Carmichael was inducted into membership of the club, and thus into the worldwide fellowship of Rotary International.Glenn moved to Orbost five years ago, having worked with the...

Public Transport Minister Melissa Horne’s assurance that a conductor would be present at Bairnsdale Station to assist bus passengers until midnight, is not being delivered.Ms Horne told Gippsland MP, Tim Bull, back in May when he first raised the issue with her that when buses replace trains conductors at Bairnsdale would make themselves visible to passengers to enhance safety and ensure that...

Orbost and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ODCCI) has had a busy 12 months with plenty of progress in and around the town.ODCCI president, Susan Hooper, reported at the group’s annual general meeting last week that chamber members had been actively providing input to many projects, particular in the Orbost township, through various committees, including the Nicholson Street...