For more information about the Central Goldfields Shire Council check out their website here….
Our Mayor Ben Green wasn’t available this week but here are the notes provided by the Shire’s Media section…..
RADIO NOTES Wednesday 14 January 2026 :
We love babies :
- A special award every year
- to encourage families to the Shire and highlight what a terrific place to live it is in Central Goldfields
- All newborns in 2025 (or January 2026!) are presented with their medal by our Shire Mayor on stage after our citizenship ceremony on the Australia Day holiday, 26 January
- Need to register – just go onto our website www.centralgoldfields.vic.gov.au
- If you know someone who’s had a baby recently, and they live in our Shire, make sure they register and come along to get their medal
- It’s a wonderful day with activities for all ages, free breakfast and BBQ
Start reading early:
- Encouraging young children to develop a love of reading
- We’ve worked hard improve literacy
- the Mayor and Deputy Mayor present free reader-books to 3 and 4 year olds
- The idea is to encourage pre-school reading
- Even more important these days with all of the electronic devices taking over their attention
- To have a free book presented to your toddler on the Australia Day public holiday, simply go to our website and register
Recent heatwave:
- We had some really challenging conditions
- Wound back some services and closed others
- also prepare for the worst – getting ready to open an evacuation centre for example – to support Castlemaine at one stage
- Most of roadwork machinery like water tankers, our graders and other equipment was on stand by for the CFA
- We were planning carefully with all of the state and surrounding local councils
- Fortunately we were spared, but we did have very serious incidents nearby
- We’re reviewing some things –
- likely to be more heatwaves soon
- crews are working on the roads again
- tried out our new “Cool Spaces” plan
- very thankful to the volunteers and emergency responders who kept us safe
