Golden Plains News
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Golden Plains Shire Council now offers residents a condensed version of the Council meeting minutes as a further service to residents who wish to learn about key Council business, but may not have the time to read the minutes.
Happy Easter from Golden Plains Shire Council.
Our Customer Service Centres will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday – we will re-open at 8.30am on Tuesday 3 April. Our after-hours phone message service will direct you to our emergency contacts over the Easter break.
Mayor, Cr Helena Kirby, was recently interviewed on 99.9 Voice FM (a great Ballarat community radio station) by Anne and Veronica, talking all things Golden Plains Shire!
Golden Plains Shire Council has officially launched its new tourism website, ‘Visit Golden Plains’, to promote the Shire as a great place to ‘Taste. See. Explore.’

The Premier’s Active April program encourages all Victorians to do 30 minutes of physical activity a day during April. It’s free, it’s fun and it’s part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to get more people active and healthy.
Council is pleased to present the fourth 'Golden Plains Shire Council News' item, which was published in The Miner today.

It was so great to see so many people in the northern end of our Shire on the weekend for the Arts Trail (North Trail)

It is great to hear that local community groups are finding innovative ways to build their clubs, and discovering success as a result.

Council is offering residents who currently have an unregistered cat the ability to have their cat desexed for FREE for a limited time only.

Here are some updates on Works projects happening around the Shire.