The inaugural Mallacoota Wild Harvest Seafood Festival is only days away! So it’s time to head East and get your taste buds cranking.Immerse yourself in a weekend of all things seafood. Opening this Friday, April 12, at 5pm and running through until Sunday, April 14, the Wild Harvest Seafood Festival caters for everyone.From abalone to sea urchins, mussels to oysters, and everything in between,...

A descendant of the Davidson family, the legendary 18th century whalers of Eden, Elsie Severs-Hancock has returned to her former home of Mallacoota after several years in Melbourne.The seventh child in the Severs family, Elsie went to school in Mallacoota and eventually worked in real estate when she and her husband, Peter Hancock, moved to Melbourne.Elsie is named after her famous forbearer,...

Walk into the Orbost Exhibition Centre (OEC) over the next three weeks and you will be welcomed by a sea of colour from the many exhibits being displayed.Wearing butternut orange and matching accessories, Cr Marianne Pelz officially declared the Community Art Exhibition open last Saturday, congratulating the artists for all the contributions to the show.Cr Pelz made reference to the continuation...

Favourable conditions saw Bemm River’s Sydenham Inlet artificially opened last Thursday, March 28, with almost immediate benefits.Recent rainfall had filled the lake to around 1.8 metres, which meant that conditions were favourable for Parks Victoria to artificially open the entrance with lake levels now subsiding.The Sydenham Inlet estuary closes frequently, between one and four occasions each...

New mobile phone towers will be built at Cape Conran and Manorina (near Bellbird Creek) under round four of the Federal Government’ s $220 million Mobile Black Spot Program.“Upgrading mobile phone towers are important steps to improve mobile phone coverage across the region, benefiting businesses and visitors,” Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, said.“Connectivity in all its forms,...