The Alpine Shire Council was due to hold the March meeting in Mount Beauty. Unfortunately, this had to be cancelled due to Covid requirements.
The Mount Beauty Council meeting has now been scheduled for Tuesday, May 3rd, possibly at the Community Centre at 5:00 pm. This venue will be confirmed in the next week.
A Council meeting was held in Myrtleford in April and there were no community members in the public gallery.
Our community opinion in the past has been that Council should hold meetings outside Bright. If this is to continue there needs to be a community personally attending the meeting.
If you have any concerns or questions about Council business come to the meeting, voice your concerns and actually meet the Councilors.
Watch for confirmation of the venue.
The continuing advocacy for our towns and region incurs significant administrative costs, so we rely heavily on community contributions by way of membership fees.
2021/22 membership fees — $10.00 per household or $15.00 per business or organisation.
Please pay by Direct Credit. Bank details: Bendigo Bank USB: 633 00, Account No. 156 980 120 or over the counter at the Bendigo Bank.
If you would like more information on the association or wish to access a Membership Form please visit the UKVCA website <www.ukvcommunity.org.au> and select Membership from the menu bar.
Government funding will be sought to design and construct an extension of the Kiewa River Trail from the end of the recently completed extension along the East Branch of the Kiewa River back to Damms Road (extra 2.3 km). Read More ….
Alpine Health now partners with Care Opinion to gather feedback from our hospital patients, aged care residents and community clients. We encourage and welcome all feedback as learning about your experiences will help to improve our services and support.
Care Opinion is independent and confidential, so you or your loved ones can feel safe to provide any negative feedback without concern that future care may be impacted. You can tell us about your positive experiences as staff love to hear about what they are doing well.
Not sure how to tell your story or support someone to share theirs? Consider attending one of the Care Opinion workshops (see link below) to learn about how the platform works and how to write about your experience with Alpine Health. The workshop also covers how Care Opinion will share your feedback with Alpine Health.
Please click on this link for more information (including session dates) and to register for one of the workshops — Click [HERE]
If you’re ready to share your experience about any of our hospital, residential aged care or community services, please:
1. Call 1300 662 996 and speak to someone from the Care Opinion team
2. Collect a paper feedback form from our hospital reception staff
3. Visit Care Opinion via the link on the Alpine Health website – www.alpinehealth.org.au/patients-visitors/feedback
Hi All
REMINDER – Parks Victoria will be conducting aerial shooting operations on the Bogong High Plains and Mt Bogong areas in the Alpine National Park, over the next few weeks:
Parks Victoria’s will be aerial shooting in the Alpine National Park, around the Bogong High Plains, from the 28th March to the 1st April, and from the 4th April to the 8th April.
The aim of this program is to reduce deer activity around significant environmental values that are vulnerable to deer impacts, including alpine wetlands.
The areas that will be targeted will be closed (see attached map). The majority of walking tracks and visitor sites will remain open. There are some Management Vehicle Only tracks that will be closed (Moncrieff’s Gap Track, East Kiewa Firetrail, Little Bogong Track, Ropers Track, Mt Arthur Firetrail, Spion Track, Junction Spur Track, Red Fox Track, lower part of Big River Firetrail).
During aerial shooting, you may see helicopters and hear gunshots.
Suitably qualified and experienced contractors have been engaged to deliver the work. They follow all relevant legislation, Codes of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures to ensure that high standards of animal welfare are maintained during operations.
For more information visit:
Overall Project: www.parks.vic.gov.au/projects/deer-and-feral-animal-control-in-response-to-bushfire
Current Closures (Alpine National Park): https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/alpine-national-park
(note – scroll to the bottom of Alpine National Park page for “Change of Conditions” then “Alpine National Park“)
For more information on conditions in other specific parks visit that Park’s page on the Parks Victoria website: www.parks.vic.gov.au
With many thanks
Cheers
Kev
____________________________
Kevin Cosgriff
Ranger Team Leader | Kiewa and Murray
Parks Victoria
PO Box 309, Tawonga South, VIC 3698
‘I respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the country throughout Victoria and the ongoing living culture of Aboriginal people’
The continuing advocacy for our towns and region incurs significant administrative costs, so we rely heavily on community contributions by way of membership fees.
2021/22 membership fees — $10.00 per household or $15.00 per business or organisation.
Please pay by Direct Credit. Bank details: Bendigo Bank USB: 633 00, Account No. 156 980 120 or over the counter at the Bendigo Bank.
If you would like more information on the association or wish to access a Membership Form please visit the UKVCA website <www.ukvcommunity.org.au> and select Membership from the menu bar.
Click Alpine Community Recovery Newsletter & Alpine Chat to read the latest.
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TREK, Towards Renewable Energy Kiewa, is a small group headed by Virginia Vindin–Price which is working to improve the availability of renewable energy in our community.
They have just been awarded a grant of $203,000 .00 through the Federal bushfire recovery grants to install solar panels, batteries and a three-phase system on the Mount Beauty Stadium, which has been listed as a Bushfire Place of Last Resort.
The TREK team are all members of UKVCA and we acknowledge their fantastic efforts put into this project.
Click Alpine Community Recovery Newsletter & Alpine Chat to read the latest.
To receive this very informative newsletter each month click [HERE] to subscribe.
The UKVCA is appreciative of the support received from the Alpine Shire in funding the development of this website.
2006 fires approaching Mt Beauty from the west with the Pondage in the foreground.
The Old Tawonga Store - Tawonga
Winter view of Bogong Village at 675m
Blue Wren sculpture at Dederang PS
