Regional Victorians were plunged back into yet another round of COVID lockdown on Saturday, August 21. The Premier hastily made decisions in order to contain the current Delta outbreak that is wreaking havoc on much of eastern Australia and has since developed in regional city, Shepparton, costing the remainder of the state to feel the full effects of lockdown.  While Orbost Club Hotel...

A group of ladies from St Andrews Uniting Church in Orbost, organised a sewing group to make some sanitary packs for girls in need of support. They have been meeting regularly to work together as volunteers for a great cause of helping others. Lockdowns did delay their work, but they kept their spirits high and made it a priority to keep connected and continue to meet when they could. The ladies...

Businesses in Cann River are struggling financially to stay afloat with the current Victoria-New South Wales border closures. Cann River essentially relies on cross border trade, capturing visitors from NSW coming into Victoria and Victorians passing through the township en route to interstate destinations. As the lockdown in New South Wales drags on indefinitely, some businesses in Cann River...

Three sites in Orbost - Andrew’s Land and Surf, Snowy River Mail and FoodWorks - have stands with shopping bags for residents and tourists alike to take for free, complimentary from the Orbost and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ODCCI).  Inside the bags are brochures focussing on the local area with different drive and activity options for people to do.  Some of the...

A 23-year-old Tasmanian man is lucky to be alive after diving into the sea to fetch his fishing rod off Mallacoota on Sunday morning. The man had been drift fishing alone on a six metre aluminum half cabin boat, about five to six kilometres offshore from Bastion Point when his fishing rod dropped overboard just after 7am. The man dived into the water to retrieve it and when he surfaced the boat,...