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The community of Murrindindi-Woodbourne celebrated the opening of their new Hub building on Saturday the 27th August, 2011. The building was officially opened by Cindy McLeish State member for Seymour who's family has long history in the area and was also attended by Hon.Pat McNamara representing VBAF(Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund) Mr Ian Dicker representing (VBRRA) Victorian bushfire Reconstruction & Recovery Authority, Mayor Cr. Peter Beales (Murrindindi Shire Council) Ms Margaret Abbey CEO of Murrindindi Shire Council and Rob Mitchell Federal Minisiter for McEwan. Mr Roger Kirkham the President of the Murrindindi-Woodbourne Community Hub Inc., MC the opening. Roger thanked all the Community of Murrindindi-Woodbourne for their committment and dedication in helping to deliver the project on time and on budget. He also thanked the builder Mr Tony Helleren of Co-Design Construction and his sub-contractors for being so flexable with working in with the community. The new building was made possible through the generosity of the people of Australia & overseas who gave to the Black Saturday Bushfire Appeal.,The Southern end of the Murrindindi Valley was hit very hard during the bushfires with a loss of 9 homes, businesses, livestock, flora & fauna The Murrindindi-Woodbourne Community Hub Inc., project managed the building which was a huge advantage in achieving this wonderful outcome, having no project management fees meant more money for the building and also having specialist work such as legal, surveying, some building, accountancy all being done pro-bono helped in this area as well. The new building has an office, male & female toilets, disabled toilet & shower, commercial kitchen, open fireplace in the main room and a large balcony which has a BBQ & pizza oven in a lockable area. All this overlooks the beautiful Murrindindi River, landscaped gardens and a lush grassed area. The community has already held many functions in the building and the building is open on the first friday of every month for drinks and a mystery light dinner.(The building is licensed) Coming up soon is a "Back to Murrindindi" day which has already had a huge response and numbers are growing by the day.
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New Community Meeting Room ahead of schedule and on budget should be completed by late June 2011 and due to be officially opened by end of August.
COMMUNITY EVENT: The Rotary Club of Yea on behalf of the Melba CRC Committee/VBRRA would like to invite you all to KICK UP THE DUST - A community gathering and thank you for residents and volunteers of the Yea Valley.
The Murrindindi Scenic Reserve has re-opened in November
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NEWS: The Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority Melba Community Recovery Plan has been posted on the website.
COMMUNITY EVENT: The Murrindindi-Woodbourne CFA fire-ready meeting and Christmas Dinner photos have been posted to the Woodbourne site.
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