East Gippsland primary school children are learning about the risks of vaping as part of a new program delivered by the health promotion team at Gippsland Lakes Complete Health. The Gippsland Lakes Complete Health Prevention of Vaping project was highlighted at the recent Alliance of Rural and Regional Community Health (ARRCH) conference and chair Mandy Hutchinson said she believed all...
Isobel Pirie travelled out from Omeo to her son's guest house, the Glen Wills Wilderness Retreat, to celebrate her 100th birthday on Sunday, October 29. Isobel was born in Scotland. She grew up in Coatbridge, 15 miles east of Glasgow, with two older brothers. In 1939 at the age of 16 she left school and worked for Rolls Royce and Scottish Motor Traction Co during the war years. She met future...