1. Corangamite Shire Council, South West Victoria

2. Firstly I wish to acknowledge theNgunnawal people as the traditionalowners and custodians of land on whichwe meet today.From the southern limestone cliffs of PortCampbell to historic Skipton in the north,Corangamite Shire has a diverse environment ofinternationally recognised wetlands, volcaniccones, rolling hills and a lush hinterland of fertilegrasslands. Its spectacular coastline includedthe Great Ocean Road, the 12 Apostles andkilometers of world renown National Park.Corangamite Shire is situated in the middle ofVictorias Western District, covers 4,600 squarekilometers and has a population of 16,504. 3. Corangamite Country has a rich history and produced many great Australians, their achievements and contributions have helpedform the foundation of our present day community champions.Skipton: Population 885 Celebrating 175 years in 2014 and will be hosting Councils Australia Day celebrations to start theiryearlong celebration.Henry Boltethe longest serving Premier of Victoria.Silent movie start Claire Adams and her husband Scobie Mackinnon,Australia Test Cricketer Alan Connolly 4. Noorat :The township is located at the base of Mount Noorat, a dormant volcano, which is considered to have Australias largest drycrater.Birthplace of Alan Marshall, authorI Can Jump Puddles (picture)Derrinallum Population: 506 Mount Elephant 5. Derrinallum home to Hephzibah Menuhin sister of Yehudi. She moved with LindsayNicholas to his grazing property "Terrinallum" near Derrinallum where she spent thenext 13 years. She started a travelling library for children and families in the district. 6. Lismore, Population 538Sheep and cropping area Ji Wallace Silver Medalistat the Sydney Olympics. 7. Terang Population 2,283 John Robertson Duigan MC pioneeraviator who built and flew the firstAustralian made aircraftHome of Australian Immunologistand Nobel Laureate Sir Frank MacFarlane BurnetBernard Salt was educated in Terang AuthorAFL & VFL Footballers, Chris Heffernan, Dick Wearmouth, Ronnie WearmouthAnd also 8. Cobden; Population 1,785 The Cobden area was first settled in the 1840s by Dr. Daniel Curdie.. 9. Simpson 10. Simpson 11. Timboon Population 1,178 12. Port Campbellpopulation 774A beautiful seasidefishing town, PortCampbell. And ishome to the iconic 12ApostlesThe Twelve Apostlesis a collection oflimestone stacks offthe shore of the PortCampbell NationalPark, by the GreatOcean Road inVictoria 13. Camperdown populationCamperdown is Corangamite Shires biggest town is renowned for its classic historical buildings.. 14. Geoffrey Wickham AO Cardiac pace maker pioneer,Sir Chester Manifold AFL footballers, Norm Sharp, Paul Broderick,Ross Thornton and Ken Hinkley and Scott Lucas, Olympians BillRoycroft, and sons Wayne, Clarke and Barry and Cameron Rahles-Rahbula 15. This is snap shot of our district and just some of our local champions be it from Education, the Arts, Sports, Science andResearch, our Returned Service Men & Women, but a continuing involvement our community volunteers, individuals,organisations, like the Lions, Rotary CWAs the CFA, SES, Surf Life Saving Corangamite has a lot to be proud of. 16. Time for ChangeThe One Council, One Event, the Ten Towns Model Council has hosted Australia Day Awards and Celebrations formany years prior to amalgamation Corangamite Shire consistedof 3 LGAs The Shire of Hampden, Heytesbury Shire & theTown of Camperdown .The Result, Rotate and Celebrate whats Great 17. A renewed Interest from Communities and increased involvement on Australia Day With the ever growing popularity of the Australia Day Celebrations and the opportunity to include the Australia Day Ambassador program helped create change, interest started to grow and communities Now embrace the rotational concept and started to plan and look forward to being the hosttown. 18. Budgets Councils budget of $1,000.00 for the Australia Day Awards and Celebrations needed to be increased, $5,000.00 wasallocated. The momentum of the event was growing at a very fast rate and soon the Budget allocation to $10,000.00 tohelp celebrating our National Day.Why more dollars? Taking our Australia Day Celebrations around the shire can be a logistical nightmare! 19. Nominate your local champion, Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the YearCouncils advertising for nominations using the regular means of letters, radio advertising, newspaper and direct mailing andmore recently the electronic highway to community organizations has seen increased in local nominations.How we Celebrate Our Australia Day celebrationsInclusive and Active encouragement to nominatecommunity groups 20. Let your community know about the local nomineesPhotos and Stories 21. 2013 Australia Day CelebrationsIn 2013 we held our Australia Day Celebration at the historic Dalvui homestead in Noorat one of our smallest towns onAustralia Day Noorats population increased from 167 to nearly 650 on Australia Day.(700 scones baked the night before) 2014 Australia Day goes to Skipton The Town will celebrate 175 Years January 26th 2014 will kick start a year ofCelebrations. Planning has already started for Corangamite Shires 2014 Australia Day Celebrations.