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Mount Alexander Shire Council is updating the conservation management plan for Victory Park in Castlemaine.
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The project will identify features of conservation significance, develop recommendations for future conservation activities, and the future directions and management of the park.
As part of the project, Council would like to hear from park users to better understand what they value about the park and its significance. For many it is a great place to meet with friends and family. It offers a fantastic green space to relax in the middle of town.
The updated plan will help Council manage and protect the park and its heritage, while balancing the needs and aspirations of how the community would like to use it.
Community members are invited to get involved by completing the Victory Park User Survey in the Have Your Say section of Council’s website by midnight on Friday 11 December.
We would like to hear from you about what you like about Victory Park and considerations for future management.
The project will include consideration of how the space between the Ray Bradfield Room and Forest Street could be used following removal of the pergola last year.
Council will run a workshop in December with community groups and organisations that regularly use the park and it’s facilities. Once the draft conservation management plan is developed it will go on public exhibition in 2016.
For more information, contact Customer Service on 5471 1700.
Jason Taylor, Director Sustainable Development
Volunteers are vital
On International Volunteer Day (December 5), all over the world, we celebrate volunteers and the difference they make to their communities.
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has a truly remarkable network of millions of volunteers – with 3500 in Victoria. They are guided and united by seven fundamental principles that ensure the work they do is grounded in humanity; from risking their lives to help the wounded in Syria, to burying Ebola victims safely and with dignity, or providing comfort to someone who has fled a natural disaster here in Australia.
We recognise that the volunteer landscape is changing. The percentage of people in Australia who volunteer has declined in recent years and people have less time to give. This year we surveyed more than 5000 Australian Red Cross volunteers and found they have an immense sense of pride in being part of the organisation and feel connected to their communities through volunteering. However, they seek more opportunities to learn new skills with us and want more input into the way we work.
We will use the valuable information we gained from the survey to find ways to keep our volunteers engaged and attract new ones so that we have a sustainable and diverse volunteer base – without them there is no way we would be able to deliver the huge range of services we offer our communities.
It goes without saying that volunteers are vital, not only to Red Cross, but to our whole society. Thanks to all the wonderful people who volunteer. You make Victoria stronger, more connected and a better place to live.
Penny Harrison, Executive Director, Red Cross Victoria
Big bang left unanswered
We have scientists putting forward a theory that a big bang caused the stars etc. that we see in the universe.
To date I have not seen any article written or shown on TV. A very big question - that is why, what, how did space get created?
Religion will have an answer and it may be the only answer. Science I do not think will ever be able to answer this question in a scientific way. It will be interesting to see if any reader has an answer to this question.