It's hard to draw comparisons between the big vaccination hubs of Melbourne and the sleepy, isolated valleys of far East Gippsland.
It's a solid six-hour drive from the clinic at Carlton's Royal Exhibition Building to Bonang, near the New South Wales border in the state's east. But even here, residents are rolling up their sleeves and getting vaccinated.
They're overjoyed that, with the help of the local health service, the vaccine is coming to them. So much so, they'll get there any way they can.
The fifth pop-up vaccination clinic was held at the Bonang Hall this week.
Orbost Regional Health has already held five vaccination clinics, with 66 locals fully vaccinated. That number is expected to climb to 200 in coming weeks.
Birgit Schaedler, from Orbost Regional Health, facilitated the clinic. She said running the clinic is no small undertaking.
"On a rough count it's about 19 hours of overtime a month just to do all the phone calls, listings, sending out reminders, typing things in databases, and just a lot of communications," she said.
"I had an idea [to take the vaccines to Bonang] so I went to my manager and … here we are at clinic number five. It's great. I've really enjoyed it, and it's an absolute pleasure doing something for the community here."
The community is grateful for her work too.
Jamie Ingram had both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Bonang clinic.
He said it saved two trips down south to Orbost or Bairnsdale and reduced his risk of exposure and contracting the virus.
"It's two-and-a-half hours to Bairnsdale from here," Jamie said.
"No doubt we'd make a day of it, do some shopping ... but it's an expense to go out."
Mr Ingram hoped being vaccinated would make it easier to leave town to go and buy bulls for use on his farm, as well as reduce the risk of bringing the virus back to the isolated community.
The clinic also offered flu shots, as well as tetanus and whooping cough boosters.
But for some locals, it broke ground in another way.
Cash Reed, from Delegate River, was among the first 12 to 15-year-olds in the region to get a Pfizer vaccination.
"(I got it) to get around and about … I'll be able to go back to school at Bombala," he said.
"I don't really like school but I want to go back to see my mates."
