Some Great Things about Our Town and District

Organisers of the Community Opportunity Workshop included in the program a warm-up session asking each participant to list 'Some great things about Violet Town and district'.

An amazing collection of feelings and thoughts were called out and recorded. Below is the list:

  • Fiddle lessons at community house
  • Local produce
  • Walking track
  • Support for seniors
  • Social events
  • Diverse variety of groups
  • CFA
  • Streetscape and historicity

Facilities and fixtures

  • Pool
  • Community house
  • The market
  • Hospital
  • Community health centre
  • Friendly businesses
  • Nursing/aged centre
  • Railway station (and train services)
  • Beautiful walking track
  • Indigenous wildlife and birds

The community

  • Friendly people
  • Welcoming
  • Proactive and creative community
  • Fantastic volunteer effort (always)
  • Strong community spirit and action
  • Self reliant people
  • Communicative (i.e. village voice)

The Place

  • Safe and secure
  • Good size
  • Central to big cities but country
  • Includes no toxic dump
  • Great agricultural base

Town centre

  • Easy parking
  • Wide main street
  • Good quality services and businesses

For details/interview call the Editor on (03) 5798 1858

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Did you know...
that a number of gold mining ventures operated in the Violet Town area in the mid to late 1800s.

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