New Nhill Lawn Tennis Club Room Set to Open Published on 30 January 2023 Tennis in Nhill has a new home, with federal Member for Mallee, Dr Anne Webster set to open the new Club Room facility at a twilight event next week.Dr Webster will join Hindmarsh Shire Council Mayor, Cr Brett Ireland, at the Nhill Lawn Tennis Club in Turner St, Nhill for the 6pm opening on Friday 10 February 2023. The Club will provide a sausage sizzle after formalities conclude... Tagged as: , Announcements, Events & Activities, Honours & Celebration, Improvement Works, Media Releases, Council News, Project Updates
Hindmarsh Shire Australia Day Awards 2023 Published on 26 January 2023 Hindmarsh Shire Council Mayor, Cr Brett Ireland, attended all four events on the day where he addressed the crowd and presented Hindmarsh Shire’s 2023 Australia Day Awards for Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year. Tagged as: , Announcements, Events & Activities, Media Releases, Council News
February Start for Works at Rainbow Rises Events Centre Published on 11 January 2023 Development of the new Rainbow Rises Events Centre is set to commence in February, with civil works contractors commencing construction of the new access road and pit area at the site.A new 200m x 100m limestone base pit area will be created at the rear of the existing GrainCorp bunker on Rainbow Rises Road and will initially serve as a pit area for the staging of off-road racing events... Tagged as: , Improvement Works, Media Releases, Council News, Project Updates
VicHealth Local Government Partnership Success Published on 21 December 2022 Hindmarsh Shire Council is thrilled to announce that it has been successful in an application to become part of VicHealth’s Local Government Partnership, an initiative with the community and young people’s health and wellbeing at the forefront of all decision-making. Tagged as: , Announcements, Health & Lifestyle, Council News
Hindmarsh Shire Youth Formal Success Published on 20 December 2022 On Friday 16 December Hindmarsh Youth Council began preparing for the biggest event of the year – the “Youth Formal”, held at the Nhill Memorial Community Centre. A handful of our dedicated Youth Councillors headed to Nhill around 1:00pm where they began decorating and preparing for the formal attendees to walk through the doors at 7:00pm. Tagged as: , Events & Activities
Rae Keam Awards 2022 Published on 20 December 2022 Every year, Hindmarsh Shire Council presents the Rae Keam scholarship and award to a year 12 student at each of the Shire’s Secondary Colleges (Nhill, Rainbow & Dimboola). The award provides a monetary award of $500 each.Rae Keam was Shire Engineer for the Shire of Dimboola from 1955-1979. He was born and raised locally and was well respected in his role with Council. Tagged as: , Honours & Celebration, Media Releases
Hindmarsh Swimming Pools Published on 15 December 2022 Whilst the weather hasn’t really been conducive to swimming, we know the community is disappointed with the way our 22/23 pool season has commenced.Despite efforts from Council and the YMCA to have the pools ready and open by the end of November – we have faced a number of challenges from recruiting lifeguards through to the accessing the experts and parts needed to keep the pools running. Tagged as: , Improvement Works, Media Releases, Council News
Mayoral Matters December 2022 Published on 15 December 2022 Hi everyone, I was privileged to be a guest of honor at awards nights recently at our schools in Rainbow, Nhill and Dimboola. The Hindmarsh Shire Council sponsors the Rae Keam award which is in memory of a former engineer on the shire of Dimboola. What a wealth of young talent our shire has, and I wish all the graduating year 12 students a successful transition into their desired vocations... Tagged as: , Mayoral Columns
Community Action Grants Program Round Two Published on 05 December 2022 Round Two of the Hindmarsh Shire Council Community Action Grants Program will be opening Monday 19 December 2022 and closing 5:00pm Friday 10 February 2023. Applications will be presented at the March 2023 Council meeting. Tagged as: , Grants
Business Assistance Grants Program Round Two Published on 05 December 2022 Round Two of the Hindmarsh Shire Business Assistance Grants Program for 2022/2023 will open for applications from eligible businesses on Monday 19 December 2022 and close 5:00pm Friday 10 February 2023. Applications will be presented at the March 2023 Council meeting. Tagged as: , Grants