Orbost District Community Recovery and Transition Committee (ODCRTC) is up and running.A little more than a year has passed since last summer’s devastating bushfires and recovery mode is now in full swing with the committee now formed in pushing ahead.The groups consists of: Heather Macalister (chair), Liz Smith (deputy chair), Scott Campbell-Smith (secretary), Brendan Pfanner, Carl Turney, Emma...

A damp weather forecast didn’t deter concert-goers at Mallacoota on Saturday where everyone thrived on live music in the outdoors – particularly with a surprise appearance from the legend herself, Kylie Minogue.One attendee was Cassy Cunningham and her family, who said she was originally worried about the weather with a damp forecast.“We needn’t have been concerned,” Cassy said. “The night was...

Last Thursday, the three small communities at Tamboon Inlet - Tamboon, Tamboon South and Furnell Landing - got together to swap stories, share experiences and meet old and new friends and to thank the support agencies and contractors who did so much in helping to prepare and defend the communities from bushfire and in the restoration of roads into the communities.Nerida Stephenson, wife of...

Members of the Marlo Ratepayers and Residents’ Association (MRRA) are less than impressed with a 104-allotment subdivision proposed for the east of Marlo Road on the entry to town.The proposal has been in motion for more than three years, the vast majority of blocks being around 700 square metres in size, which the MRRA says does not fit the Marlo Urban Design Framework, produced in 2007 with a...

Since taking over the Marlo Caravan Park and Motel in August, Ros and Colin Mitchell, haven’t been able to keep the smiles off their faces.“We’ve been smashed with bookings,” Mr Mitchell said when the Snowy River Mail dropped by the park last Tuesday.“We were heavily booked before Christmas and our January bookings are also very strong,” he said.“When the border to New South Wales closed, the...