Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Buninyong electorate

Ms SETTLE (Buninyong) (12:38): Last week I spent the day visiting some of the wonderful towns in the Golden Plains. I would like to say a very big thankyou to Peter Trevaskis of the Leigh News for introducing me to some of the wonderful folk in Inverleigh. There was just such a strong sense of community there. John from the men’s group said that the town’s success has really been as a consequence of such active community leaders. It was wonderful to speak to people from the Inverleigh Progress Association, the men’s group and the senior citizens. It is always a pleasure to meet with someone from Golden Plains council, in this case Clayton Whitfield.

After that we visited the Inverleigh Primary School, and I met with the lovely Steve Trotter. I know Steve well from his time at the Meredith Primary School, and it was just wonderful to see his passion now in Inverleigh. He really is inspiring—and such a beautiful little school. I had lunch at the Teesdale shop and met the lovely owner, Sunny. The Teesdale shop is really the heart of the community: it has got the post office and the general store, so everybody comes through there. It was just a lovely opportunity to meet with so many people. And there is the commitment of all of the users of the recreation reserve in Teesdale—it was lovely to meet with the cricket club, the football club, tennis and even representatives from athletics to talk about their plans for an upgraded rec reserve. Of course the lovely Lynton was there to talk about the Victorian women’s public art program, happening soon.