Free guided art tour for Shire’s dedicated volunteers

To show Strathbogie Shire Council’s appreciation to local volunteers, and to celebrate Volunteers Week, volunteers are invited on a guided tour of the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM).

e tour will take place during Volunteers Week, on Wednesday May 17, 2023 and transport has been arranged to collect registered volunteers from both Nagambie and Euroa at 9:30am. On arrival, two groups of 35 people will then embark on a guided tour of SAM, the visit will also allow guests to have time to explore the various exhibitions at their own leisure prior to departure at 1:30pm.

Strathbogie Shire Council Mayor Cr Laura Binks said volunteering was a crucial part of community spirit and areas within our Shire could only ourish with the hard work of volunteers.

“ ere is a volunteering opportunity for everyone; volunteering comes in all shapes and sizes,” she said.

“ ere are so many great bene ts from taking a few moments out of your week, month or year to put towards making a real impact on the people and world around you.

“Volunteering is all about making a di erence in your community; it also bene ts you personally as it o ers opportunities to learn, grow, share, enjoy and connect. Just a few hours of volunteer work can make a di erence to your happiness and mood.” e theme for this year’s Volunteer’s Week (May 15-21) is ‘ e Change Makers’. e week-long event recognises the vital support that the millions of volunteers in our country provide to their communities and encourages people to consider volunteering.

At Council, there are several volunteering opportunities. ere are opportunities to volunteer for a wide range of roles at the Euroa Community Cinema, and the Nagambie Lakes & Euroa Visitor Information Centres.

To attend, bookings are required via https:// events.humanitix.com/volunteers-week-samtour

Corporal David Robinson - Last Post, MCG Anzac Day

The traditional Anzac Day clash is the biggest AFL home-and-away game of the season and it once more lived up to that billing.with a crowd of 95,179 turning out to go down in history as being the biggest Anzac Day attendance at the MCG on record.

ere is no doubt that among those 95,179 attendees there were many of us from Avenel and Nagambie in attendance but what we didn’t know was that the bugler that played the Last Post was one of our own.

At 15:00 hours on Anzac Day, in the midst of the MCG, a ceremony honouring all those who served in the Australian and New Zealand armed forces began.

Over 95 thousand fans stood and fell silent as Catafalque Party entered, the ode was recited, and the sounds of the Last Post and Rouse echoed around the ground. en the National Anthems of New Zealand and Australia were sung, and the ceremony ended with a roar from the crowd as the soldiers le the ground.

Former Goulburn Valley resident, Corporal David Robinson was the bugler, and his very proud parents, grandmother, wife, baby daughter, and other family and friends watched from their homes dotted across Australia.

Although now living in Melbourne, David grew up in the rural area of Wahring, attended Nagambie PreSchool and Nagambie Primary Schools and his secondary years at Shepparton High School. David now visits family when time permits returning to the Goulburn Valley.

David is an active member of the Australian Army Band and performs regularly in Melbourne and around the state, serving continuously since he enlisted in 2004. David is a brass teacher at Haileybury College, teaching at all four Melbourne campuses.

As an active Cub and Scout from the age of 9, he would proudly join the RSL commemorations in Nagambie. Music came into his life around the same time when his grandparents retired nearby, and David received piano lessons from his grandmother.

At Secondary school David took the opportunity to learn another instrument and to be a part of a band. Here he learned the trumpet throughout his six years of secondary studies, practicing every day to improve his talent.

Always the eager student, he was provided with the opportunity to become a part of Shepparton Brass Band. Studying music at Melbourne University followed, and