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Vol 15 No 16
Community Newsletter Lift-out Inside Community Newsletter Winter 2020
Community Newsletter
A step back in time Winter 2020
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elcome to our new look Moorabool Matters, produced quarterly by Moorabool Shire Council. In this edition, read about Council’s newly adopted 2020/21 Budget, which includes more than $38-million in capital works, delivering fantastic projects for our region. The Budget includes plans for the next stage of the Moorabool Regional Sports Hub. Currently, work is nearing completion on the sports pavilion (pictured), which will include four change rooms, two umpires’ rooms, public toilets and a canteen. With the approval of the Budget, Council will go out to tender in the next few months for several projects at the site, including landscaping works, cricket net construction, park furniture, camp-draft fencing and a playground. This entire site is an extremely important project for Council, for Moorabool and for the entire region. When completed, the site will be able to be used for state, national and international competitions in several sports, including BMX and horse events. It will also be used widely at a local level for soccer, cricket, Aussie Rules football and passive recreation. With the current unprecedented times of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Council Budget offers relief for residents most affected by the pandemic. You can read more about this inside, in our detailed summary of the Budget. We hope you enjoy the revamped Moorabool Matters, now delivered to you quarterly via The Moorabool News newspaper.
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elcome to our new look Moorabool Matters, produced quarterly by Moorabool Shire Council. In this edition, read about Council’s newly adopted 2020/21 Budget, which includes more than $38-million in capital works, delivering fantastic projects for our region. The Budget includes plans for the next stage of the Moorabool Regional Sports Hub. Currently, work is nearing completion on the sports pavilion (pictured), which will include four change rooms, two umpires’ rooms, public toilets and a canteen. With the approval of the Budget, Council will go out to tender in the next few months for several projects at the site, including landscaping works, cricket net construction, park furniture, camp-draft fencing and a playground. This entire site is an extremely important project for Council, for Moorabool and for the entire region. When completed, the site will be able to be used for state, national and international competitions in several sports, including BMX and horse events. It will also be used widely at a local level for soccer, cricket, Aussie Rules football and passive recreation. With the current unprecedented times of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Council Budget offers relief for residents most affected by the pandemic. You can read more about this inside, in our detailed summary of the Budget. We hope you enjoy the revamped Moorabool Matters, now delivered to you quarterly via The Moorabool News newspaper.
www.moorabool.vic.gov.au The Eureka Express Steam Locomotive passing through the Rowsley Cutting last Saturday morning. Photo – David Whelan
By Helen Tatchell Did you “hear the train a comin’, rollin’ round the bend”, last Saturday? The smoke poured and the whistle loudly echoed across the hills and plains, the gate-way to the Central Highlands that is Moorabool, from a steam train travelling from Mel-bourne (Southern Cross) to Ballarat. The Eureka Express made its way along the Ballarat line, speeding through the west-ern suburbs, across the grassland plains towards Melton before stopping in Bacchus Marsh, the half-way point of the journey. The R711 and A2 986 steam locomotives then worked hard
to climb the summit of the famous 1 in 50 Ingliston Bank, providing the paying passengers spectacular views back towards Melbourne and across the Werribee Gorge State Park. It was an inaugural run for the R711 to Ballarat since coming into the care of Steamrail in 2004. The train line was littered with enthusiasts and spectators of all ages, even providing a backdrop for the juniors in the football match at Ballan recreation reserve. Digital and mobile phone cameras were clicking non-stop as were those that videoed the spectacular and rare occasion. The trips organised by Steamrail Victoria is a volunteer run, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the restoration and
operation of historic railway vehicles. This includes steam, diesel and electric locomotives and carriages. www.moorabool.vic.gov.au Due to operational reasons the return journey ran via Geelong on the way back from Ballarat to Melbourne, travelling through the smallers hamlets of Moorabool including Navigators, Yendon and Lal Lal. The next one-way trip from Melbourne to Ballarat by steam, and coming through Moorabool, will occur on Saturday 15 May; Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 May will be steam train rides from Ballarat to Lal Lal and return, as part of the Ballarat Heritage Fes-tival. Bookings can be made on the Steamrail Victoria website – www.steamrail.com.au
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