“If it ain’t broke, why fix it?” These are the words of Orbost Annual Poker Run committee member, Kevin Goudge, as the poker run team looks forward its 10th anniversary ride this Saturday, February 29.After last year’s ride, the charity event had raised just over $244,000 for Ronald McDonald House Monash (RMHM).“We’re hoping to crack the quarter of a million this year,” Kevin said. It’s a good...

Inspired by the Silo Trail of western Victoria and the artistic cows of Gippsland’s Cowwarr and other towns about the country, East Gippsland is set to develop its own trail attraction a Scarecrow Trail along the Princes Highway.“Why not scarecrows?” one of the Scarecrow Trail organisers, Audrey van den Berg, said.“They are fun, fairly easy for most people to make and having them along the...

Parks across East Gippsland and northeast Victoria have been seriously affected by fire.While fire is still an issue, Mother Nature is already slowly starting to regenerate in some areas.The most obvious part of many parks is the plants – towering eucalypts, lush tree ferns, creeping ground covers and flowering shrubs to name a few. Not only are they a source of food for wildlife and critical...

Locals and visitors to Marlo in the past week who have wondered down to the water may have seen a distressing sight as hundreds of dead fish have floated ashore.James Costello, at the Marlo General Store, said the mass fish kill may have happened had the estuary not been reopened last week, but believes the flushing out of the fresh water with the opening contributed to the fish kill.“The river...

With a keen interest to visit the fire-ravaged Far East Gippsland town of Mallacoota, Governor of Victoria, Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, accompanied by her husband, Anthony Howard AM QC, made the trip last Thursday, February 6.The couple received a warm welcome from the emergency service members who gathered at Mallacoota CFA station to meet her.Her Excellency is the first...