Friday 20 October 2023

Published on 20 October 2023

OCTOBER COUNCIL MEETING

The October Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday 24 October at 6pm.

The agenda will be available to view from Friday, 20 October at: www.centralgoldfields.vic.gov.au/councilmeetings

The meeting will be held in-person at the Community Hub in Maryborough and is open to the community to attend.

The meeting will also be livestreamed to Council’s Facebook page and a video will be available at the above web address following the meeting.

BIG EVENTS

Dunolly Rush!

Excitement is building for this weekend’s Dunolly Gold Rush Festival!

• Saturday 21 October from 1pm: Gold Rush Music Festival, Dunolly Golf Club on Short Street. Free camping available. Ticketed event
• Sunday 22 October from 10am: FREE festivities at Gordon Gardens on Market Street, including rides, games, face painting, spray-on tattoos and balloon art for the kids; Country Market on Broadway (main street) with all the popular attractions; ‘Dress-up selfies’, gold panning, ‘Hold the Gold’ competition, Court House Trial re-enactment, classic cars and motorbikes.
• Vibes on Broadway: FREE music all Sunday, featuring Catch 22, Midnight Blue Blues Band, ‘The chOvies’, The Staples, The Rockin Road Cars

For further information visit: www.facebook.com/DunollyGoldRushFestival

Photo: Courtesy of Dunolly Welcome Record

Ramping Up

With thousands of young people and their supporters converging on Maryborough for Energy Breakthrough in November, up to 1000 volunteers are needed to keep the operation running smoothly.

Thanks to Community Bank Avoca, Maryborough and St Arnaud, extra sponsorship to support volunteers this year will see their training, uniforms and food supplied. You can sign up for the whole week, a few events or just for a few hours. Help make it the biggest and brightest EB ever!

The event runs from Wednesday 22 November to Sunday 26 November 2023.

Visit: https://www.eb.org.au/volunteer

THE ART OF SUCCESS

Central Goldfields Art Gallery continues to draw interest following its success at the Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards last week.

Our Gallery has now been nominated in the ArchiTeam Architecture Awards later this month in the Commercial, Community and Public Award category.

ArchiTeam is an Australia-wide industry body promoting excellence in building design. The award winners will be announced on 16 November 2023.

The Gallery will also be featured in the upcoming issue of Architect Victoria, the official journal for the industry.

Visit: https://centralgoldfieldsartgallery.com.au

BUILD LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Are you an emerging leader in your local community? Are you passionate about developing opportunities to grow business and the regional economy, facilitate social cohesion and sustain the natural environmental assets of our region?

The LEAD Loddon Murray Community Leadership Program is a year you will never forget. It will accelerate your development as a leader and provide you with a network of supporters and friends.

The LLMCLP has produced 600 leaders across ten local government areas in the past 25 years, with a number of graduates from across Central Goldfields.

The course is 22 days from February to November 2024 and consists of face-to-face, online and group retreat sessions. As a participant, you will gain real life capacity and effectiveness as a leader of the future.

Applications close on October 30. For further information visit: www.leadlm.org.au/lmclp

START THE FLOW

GWM Water is continuing to consult with the community in the northern areas of Central Goldfields Shire regarding the extension of the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline. The non-drinking water is for agricultural and civic use, such as keeping our parks and gardens green over long dry summers and to provide water security for primary production.

You can submit an Expression of Interest in connection to your Central Goldfields property, helping to build the business case for the project across our region.

Visit: www.gwmwater.org.au/swnep-study

NOMINATIONS CLOSING

2024 Central Goldfields Australia Day Awards

Nominations for our Australia Day Aways are closing at the end of next week for:

• Citizen of the Year
• Young Citizen of the Year
• Community Event or Project of the Year

Or if you would like to lodge a request with Council:

PUBLIC TRANSPORT – WHAT'S YOUR STORY?

Whether you use public transport every day or almost never, we want to hear from you! 

Our transport connects us to jobs, study, vital services, friends, and family. But not everyone has a car or is able to drive.

The Central Goldfields Youth Council is asking community members to share their experiences of public transport in the Shire, to help build a picture of how and why our community needs public transport, so they can campaign for better options and services across our region. Everyone is invited to respond, even if you only walk or drive.

To share your story, please take a few minutes to fill out the survey online. The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete, and responses are anonymous unless you choose to include your contact details.

Visit: www.centralgoldfields.vic.gov.au/transportsurvey

TENDERS 
 
Tenders currently available through Central Goldfields Shire Council are listed below. Tender documents can be downloaded from eProcure, accessible via Council’s website: www.centralgoldfields.vic.gov.au/tenders