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Captain-less Curlip to mean cancelled Christmas functions
The newly-launched Snowy River paddle-steamer, the Curlip, could be confined to dock till next year.[MORE]
Orbost prepares for Curlip celebration
The Curlip on the Snowy Festival will begin in Orbost tomorrow.[MORE]
VicForests rejects reafforestation criticism
VicForests is denying claims by the green movement that it is well behind its own reafforestation targets in East Gippsland.[MORE]
Workshops work towards timber truckies accreditation
The Victorian Forests Harvesting and Cartage Council (VFHCC) is running a series of workshops in Gippsland next month to ensure timber truck drivers in the region qualify for government accreditation.[MORE]
Missing deer hunter returns safely
A deer hunter missing since yesterday in bush near Orbost walked back into his camp site safe and well this morning.[MORE]
Sale of rare mask helps Orbost historical society
The Orbost And District Historical Society has received a financial windfall from the sale of a rare mask at a Paris auction.[MORE]
Feral cat trap program planned for East Gippsland
An East Gippsland Landcare group will soon begin a feral cat trapping program in a bid to reduce numbers in the region.[MORE]
Church appeals for Burma cyclone aid
The Uniting Church Minister at Orbost, Bruce Gallagher, is asking Gippsland residents to dig deep for the people of Burma.[MORE]
Diver fined over Cape Howe abalone theft
A New South Wales commercial diver has been fined nearly $12,000 for stealing abalone from a Victorian marine park.[MORE]
Spate of speeding in Gippsland
Gippsland police say they are shocked by the number of people caught breaking the road rules in the region last weekend.[MORE]
Govt grant allows East Gippsland gold exploration
The Victorian Government has awarded an exploration grant to a mining company to explore for gold in East Gippsland.[MORE]
VCAT to hear gas plant extension application
A controversial application for a gas plant extension near the Snowy River will go to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).[MORE]
Lightning sparks fresh Vic blazes
Lightning storms have sparked numerous blazes across Victoria, with six new fires sparked near Yea, north of Melbourne.[MORE]
Man killed while building firebreaks
Worksafe Victoria is investigating the death of a Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) contractor, killed while building firebreaks in Gippsland.[MORE]
Lightening sparks bush fires
Lightning has sparked dozens of fires in East Gippsland, around the Orbost, Buchan, Nowa Nowa and Dargo areas. [MORE]
Protesters chain themselves to logging machinery
Anti-logging protesters have locked themselves to heavy machinery today at forest coups in East Gippsland in south-east Victoria.[MORE]
VAFI at odds with green group over Gippsland timber claims
The Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) has rejected the figures of an environmental group suggesting just 2 per cent of Gippsland timber products, in the south-east, are high value.[MORE]
Search for plane crash victim continues
Dive teams at Cape Liptrap, in Eastern Victoria are using underwater scanning technology to recover wreckage and possibly a body, after the weekend's plane crash.[MORE]
Plane crash investigation underway
Investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will examine the site of a plane crash at Cape Liptrap, in South Gippsland in eastern Victoria.[MORE]
No survivors found after missing plane located
Three bodies have been located south of Inverloch, in south-east Victoria after the wreckage of a missing plane was found in the water.[MORE]
Still no trace of missing plane
The search is continuing for a light plane that disappeared near Orbost over the weekend with 4 people on board.[MORE]
Search resumes for missing plane
A search has resumed for a light plane missing for more than a day between Melbourne and the New South Wales south coast.[MORE]
Truckie dies in Combienbar crash
A 58-year-old Orbost man died when his truck rolled at Combienbar, north of Cann River, yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
DPI to prosecute over cross-border horse movement
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has confirmed at least one horse has been transported across the New South Wales-Victorian border in the past week.[MORE]
Horse transported illegally
The Victorian Department of Primary Industries has confirmed at least one horse has been transported across the New South Wales-Victorian border in the last week.[MORE]
