New Visitor Guide released
Tourism visitation to our Shire is growing with 37,000 tourists flocking through the doors of our transformed visitor centre since its reopening in September 2023.
This week we launched our new Official Visitor Guide to help ensure this number continues to grow.
The Guide is a key marketing tool that showcases our region to potential visitors – enticing them to visit and discover our hidden gems.
It is packed with experiences, suggestions on what to see and do, along with places to eat, drink, visit, and rest.
The Official Visitor Guide is available at the Central Goldfields Visitor Centre at the iconic Maryborough Railway Station, or from local tourism operators. Copies will also be distributed at Visitor Information Centres across Victoria including Melbourne.
The digital version can be accessed via our dedicated tourism website at www.visitmaryborough.com.au
Rural Living Zones
We're inviting community feedback on the draft Urban Residential Land Opportunity Study - a review of our rural living zones to identify new housing potential for our growing population.
The Study is important for us to understand which areas have significant constraints, versus others more suitable for higher density living around Maryborough and Carisbrook by allowing smaller rural lot development.
This document is coupled with our Draft Land Use Framework Plan, looking closely at higher density urban infill and broader industrial land uses across our Shire.
Feedback from the community is invited for both documents until Tuesday 26 August.
Visit: www.engage.cgoldshire.vic.gov.au/landuseframeworkplan
Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund
Our Council was represented with 21 others in Melbourne last Sunday to oppose the Victorian Government's new Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund, which will be levied through local rates.
Deputy Mayor Ben Green was among those in attendance. It's the Council's view that emergency services should be properly funded through the State's general revenue – just like other essential public services.
We urge the Victorian Government to rethink its plan, and work with local governments and their communities to ensure a truly effective and equitable emergency services model.
Flood Study
The Carisbrook Flood Study Advisory Reference Group is hosting a Community Session on Monday 11 August from 2pm to 6.30pm at the Carisbrook Recreation Reserve, 8 McNeil Street.
We are seeking input from the community about the 2022 flood – particularly photos, videos, personal observations, and any known issues with the drainage network in Carisbrook.
This project will update the flood modelling originally completed in 2013. As part of the current study, the models will be recalibrated using data from the 2011, 2016, and 2022 flood events.
The current study will also apply climate change considerations, mitigation modelling, flood risk and emergency management.
