Waratah Lodge has been nominated for a Victorian Regional Achievement and Community Award in the excellence in aged care category.
The Lodge, which has recently become famous for its ‘Words of Wisdom’ featured on social media and in this newspaper, is a 17-bed high-level aged care facility within Orbost Regional Health.
The health service is a multipurpose service that aims to meet the...

Tony Renn evacuated his 100-acre property at Goongerah on the Bonang Road a day before the bushfires swept through toward the end of December.
Mr Renn’s humble, but much loved home, didn’t stand a chance. It was wiped out.
The 66-year-old knew it was gone before he returned to the property.
“After I left I kept ringing my phone. I probably rang 20, 30, maybe 50 times. I knew it was gone when...