New Signs Lead The Way
17 February 2021 | 09:36am
New wayfinding signs for mountain bike trail
Making the most of Warrnambool’s mountain bike trail has been made easier thanks to new directional signs.
A total of 60 signs have been installed at the Thunder Point mountain bike trail, directing people along three different loops.
Council provided $15,000 for the project via the Small Infrastructure Fund, with Warrnambool Mountain Bike Club volunteers installing the signs over a series of working bees along 7km of trail.
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Club Treasurer Graeme Wines said that the new signs made riding the trail easier for everyone, especially new riders.
Moyne Community Groups Encouraged To Apply
The Moyne Shire Council is encouraging local community groups and organisations, to apply for funding as part of its 2021 Community Grants Program.
Applications are now open for Council’s Community Assistance Funding, with grants of up to $20,000 on offer to help support local initiatives that benefit the wider community.
Moyne Shire Mayor, Cr Daniel Meade said that the program has helped many local groups achieve some great projects.
“Each year, Council’s Community Assistance Funding helps our local community organisations, sporting clubs and other groups, to bring their projects to life,” said Cr Meade.
10 February 2021 | 03:24pm
Three South West Students Score Scholarships
The Gardiner Dairy Foundation has awarded it s seven Tertiary Scholarships, three of which have gone to students from the South West dairy region.
They were awarded to Warrnambool s Grace Billington (Bill Pyle scholarship), Boorcan s Toby Fleming (Shirley Harlock scholarship) and Garvoc s Rachel Dickson (Jakob Malmo scholarship).
The scholarships are awarded annually to students have shown a commitment to leadership and personal development and who intend to return to regional Victoria at the completion of their studies.
Each scholarship recipient will receive $10,000 annually for up to three years to contribute towards costs associated with their studies.
Failure to vote notices to be issued
Residents in the Warrnambool City, Moyne and Corangamite Shire s are set to be among around 350,000 Victorian residents, in line to receive a please explain notice this week.
The Apparent Failure to Vote Notice is legislatively required to be sent to those who appear not to have voted in the 2020 local council elections, and provides an opportunity to explain what has happened.
It follows one of the healthiest participation rates ever in local council elections in October 2020, with the figure around 40% lower than the number of notices sent out in 2016.
Electoral Commissioner, Warwick Gately, stressed the importance of recipients responding with a detailed explanation and asked that the notice is not ignored.