Council News: Golden Plains Times - 14 July 2023

Are you looking for a change of scenery or curious about taking the next steps to become a Family Day Care Educator? Speak with us today about what life might look like as a Golden Plains Shire Family Day Care Educator!

Golden Plains Shire Council is seeking qualified childcare educators to join the Family Day Care team in Golden Plains.

As a Family Day Care Educator, you can enjoy working from home, choose hours that suit your lifestyle and you can look after your own children while you look after others.

You will develop your own learning programs – tailored to each child, and have a positive input into children’s lives, whilst contributing in a meaningful way to the Golden Plains Shire community.

For a more flexible and rewarding career in early

education, Family Day Care is one of the most rewarding careers you can have.

As an early childhood professional, you can enjoy the freedom and flexibility offered by Family Day Care to shape your career and your learning environment.

If you have a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care, complete the Family Day Care Educator enquiry form on our website or contact the Bannockburn Family Services Centre on 5220 7230 to find out more about progressing your career with Golden Plains Shire Council as a Family Day Care Educator.

Council welcomes the reduction of speed limits in Linton, Smythesdale, Teesdale and Bannockburn to enhance pedestrian safety across the Shire.

The speed limit reduction works in Linton, Smythesdale and Teesdale were undertaken by Council’s Town Maintenance team, and funded by VicRoads, following Council applying to the Department of Transport and Planning for the limit reductions.

New reduced speed limits in townships include:

• Bannockburn: Geelong Road from the Midland Highway to High Street, Bannockburn – speed limit reduced from 80kph to 60kph across the entire stretch of Geelong Road.

• Teesdale: Bannockburn Shelford Road from Tolson Street to east of Mercer Street – speed limit reduced from 80kph to 60kph.

• Linton: Sussex Street from Gillespie Street to Grant Street – speed limit reduced from 60kph to 50kph.

• Smythesdale: Brooke Street from Verdon Street to Heales Street – speed limit reduced from 60kph to 50kph.

The speed limit reductions introduced across the Shire aim to increase pedestrian safety for residents and visitors to Golden Plains.

ROAD GRADING PROGRAM

Golden Plains Shire Council will host a free environmentally focused Photography and Plant Identification workshop titled ‘Photo[Synthesis]’ for residents to capture the environmental significance of the local flora and fauna of Golden Plains.

Open to all residents, of all photography abilities, the workshop will be held on Saturday 12 August at the Don Wallace Teesdale Grassy Woodlands Reserve, 1164 Bannockburn-Shelford Road, Teesdale, from 10am until 12pm.

Participants of the workshop will not only develop their photography skills in the natural environment, but also gain a deeper knowledge of local native and non-native plant species. The ‘Photo[synthesis]’ workshop will be led by

members of the Golden Plains Youth Activation Committee (YAC) who recently captured photographs for the Volunteers in Action photo exhibition, currently on display at the Bannockburn Cultural Centre.

Photos captured as part of this workshop will also be eligible for entry in the Golden Plains Shire Council’s Spring in the Shire photography competition, returning in 2023. To register, visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au/events

Council's Road Grading Program allows for unsealed roads in the Shire that are maintained by Council to be graded throughout the year. The program runs from March to November. During the warmer months, when it's too dry for maintenance grading works to be cost effective and efficient, graders may be engaged to complete drainage, construction or sealed road shoulder maintenance.

To view Council's Road Grading Schedule, visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au/resident/roads or if you would like to know when a specific road is scheduled to be graded please call the Customer Experience team on 5220 7111.