2020 was certainly the most challenging year for Great Ocean Road Health to date. The newly amalgamated health service (Lorne Community Hospital and Otway Health) was not only adjusting to internal changes but responding to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Our staff were required to ‘hit the ground running’ and this would not have been possible […]
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Lorne by sea, Lorne by rail, and Lorne by lakeside!
Our forebears in the Victorian era did dream and build big! … think burger with the lot – and don’t forget the pickle! … and our Victorian Victorians were way up there with the best of them. Indeed, their bold thinking – backed by gold from Ballarat and Bendigo, and endless wool from the Western […]
Lorne by sea, Lorne by rail, and Lorne by lakeside!
Our forebears in the Victorian era did dream and build big! … think burger with the lot – and don’t forget the pickle! … and our Victorian Victorians were way up there with the best of them. Indeed, their bold thinking – backed by gold from Ballarat and Bendigo, and endless wool from the Western […]
Footy’s back in Town!
After the season that didn’t happen, it’s great to know the local Football and Netball are happening in 2021. The first home game for the Lorne Football & Netball Club (LFNC) will be held at Stribling Reserve on Easter Saturday, April 3. Traditionally this has become known as the “blockbuster”. Lorne will compete against Alvie […]
Lorne’s Allenvale Road Embarrassment
If you’ve visited Lorne’s famous Qdos art gallery of late you will know only too well just how dangerous this is…on foot or in your car. It’s not kilometres out of town…actually 500 metres from the town boundary! Locals are fed up with the state of disrepair and the heightened risk to pedestrians, vehicular safety […]
“Dylan is Mine, but I do not own him”
The 2020/2021 Christos Poetry Prize – an annual search for a coastal reflection that speaks to the memory of Lorne’s beloved poet, Christos Raskatos – was recently worthily awarded to Yangamatta [John Clarke, an Eastern Maar man] for his simple yet beautiful poem, ‘Gundjit Lorne’. At the presentation ceremony, Yangamatta spoke quietly of Lorne – […]
People, Place, Future – Have Your Say – Survey Closes on 28 February
At a meeting last week, our ward Councillor was briefing the attendees on a number of topics and activities related to both Lorne and the wider Surf Coast Shire. One of the items he mentioned was a survey that the Shire was conducting on the topic of “People, Place Future.” Gary commented that this survey […]
The Resurgence of Historical Societies
Pause in any country town in Victoria – try not to hurry through, but rather, enjoy the peccadilloes of the journey as you hasten to your destination – and you will see vestiges of old 19th-century Victorian Victoria. To the left, perhaps, an old and all-too-often dilapidated Mechanics’ Institute; to the right, mayhap a Masonic […]
Lorne – What’s in a Name?
Well at the moment, quite a bit is in the name, Lorne. 2021 marks the 150thanniversary of the naming of Lorne. Lorne did not have a name for 30 years, it was classed by inland people as The Bay, or the place by The Bay. The late Malcolm Graham, one of the stalwarts of the Lorne […]
Lorne… Feast and famine – A town under both stresses
Feast or famine … too much or not enough … overpopulated or deserted … these words aptly describe Lorne through 2020 into early 2021. First, Covid-19 and ‘the lockdowns’ kept people away for nearly nine long months; then – with the travel brakes released to coincide with Lorne’s annual silly season – it was suddenly […]
