Errinundra to Snowy District Community Plan 2019 Community Vision: A remote district of exceptional natural beauty, which has the infrastructure and support to provide for a safe, healthy, productive and culturally diverse experience for its community, its businesses, its visitors and environment. Bendoc Bonang Cabanandra Deddick Valley Delegate River Dellicknora Goongerah Haydens Bog Tubbut eastgippsland.vic.gov.au Acknowledgements Contents East Gippsland Shire Council and undertake a pilot of the place Key Terms: Section 1: Section 2: Section 3: the community of the Errinundra based district planning process. Development of Errinundra Community Profile Implementing to Snowy District acknowledges Council officers from the ABS: to Snowy District The Plan the Gunaikurnai, Monero and the Community Planning team Australian Bureau of Statistics Community Plan 05 11 28 Bidawel people as the Traditional and across a range of other CFA: Custodians of the land that departments have supported Country Fire Authority A guide to reading this plan 04 Vision & Values 11 Future Challenges & encompasses East Gippsland the district community planning Opportunities 29 Shire, and their enduring process including the facilitation Council: Introduction: The District 12 relationship with country. The of workshops and providing East Gippsland Shire Council Purpose 06 Outcomes & Priorities: Traditional Custodians have cared information to community. District Map 13 DCRG: Healthy & Sustainable and nurtured East Gippsland for Place Planning 06 1 District Community Representative Environments 30 tens of thousands of years . We Minds@Work, an independent District Assets 14 pay our respects to all Aboriginal consultancy group, facilitated Group Building & Learning Thriving Economy 31 and Torres Strait Islander people sessions and skilled up staff and DELWP: from the Past 07 People 15 living in East Gippsland, their community around the IDEA Department of Environment, Land, Safe & Healthy Communities 32 Elders past and present. Model. Water & Planning How the Plan was Created 08 Healthy & Sustainable Environments 16 Resilient & Connected The community members of the The importance of our partner DET: Process & IDEA Model 10 Communities 33 Errinundra to Snowy District have agencies and local service Department of Education & Thriving Economy 17 made a significant contribution providers in being involved in the Training Ideas Bank 34 in the development of this plan process and the delivery of Safe & Healthy in terms of time and kilometres information workshops has been DHHS: Communities 19 Implementing the Plan 35 travelled to meetings, in addition critical in understanding how we Department of Health & Human to the completion of the community are and can all ‘work in place’. Services Resilient & survey. The commitment of the Connected Communities 22 community to the process is The One Place One Plan Project ORH: testament to their passion for the was funded by the Australian Orbost Regional Health future of the District. Government through the Building RRV: Better Regions Fund and has been Regional Roads Victoria Place Planning is a major initiative run across the Cann Valley District, within the East Gippsland Shire Errinundra to Snowy District and SES: Council Plan 2017 – 20212 . Twin Rivers District. State Emergency Service Resources were committed to Other Visual Action Plan Community Summary of Toolkit the District documents Community References: Plan 1 East Gippsland Shire Council Reconciliation Action Plan related to 2015 – 2018 Brown Mountain at sunrise 2 East Gippsland Shire Council (Photo: Judy Deland) Plan 2017 – 2021 this plan: 02 03 A Guide to Reading Section 1: this Plan Development of Errinundra to Snowy District Community Plan The Errinundra to Snowy District Community Plan (the Plan) provides a strategic direction for the people living and working in this community and the agencies that support them. A separate Action Plan will accompany this document and be updated to reflect the achievements and changes that occur over time. Section 1: Section 2: Section 3: Introduces community and place Provides a detailed community Focuses on the implementation planning, the purpose of this profile of the people living in of the Plan and how this will be community plan and the previous this community, drawing on undertaken. It does not have planning work undertaken in this demographic data and the findings specific details about each district. It provides details about from the community survey and priority and timeframe, this will timeline of the project, engagement community workshops. The history be captured in the Action Plan activities and community and geographical location of that will be developed by the participation in the journey to the district is explored, providing community and agencies. It will be develop the Plan. It includes an the context to the key assets that reviewed and refined regularly to overview of the process used to were mapped in the district. The implement this District Community develop the Plan and the IDEA community profile provides insight Plan. The future challenges and model used to support community into the people that live in the opportunities for each of the four thinking from ideas to actions. district and what is important to outcome areas are explored. them. Four outcome areas are (see pages 30 to 33). Through identified and discussed in detail the workshops, the community with the support of data gathered prioritised the 61 ideas from through the community their Ideas Bank (see page 34) to seven ideas that were worthy 1. Healthy & Sustainable of further development. These Environments are highlighted and outlined in 2. Thriving Economy this section. Described as priority 3. Safe & Healthy Communities ideas, the role of the community, 4. Resilient & Connected Council and partner agencies is Communities included for each. It outlines the formation and role of a District Community Representative Group (DCRG) in monitoring and implementing the Plan. Developing the Plan at Bonang Hall 04 05 Introduction Building & Learning from the Past Purpose of the District Separate documents accompany exchange ideas that will enable The Errinundra to Snowy District Achievements from 2012 to 2018 in the past from achieving their Community Plan the Plan including an action plan informed decision making about was known previously as the include: outcomes in the community plan. To provide a comprehensive that will be revisited by community, how best to meet identified needs. Mountain Rivers District. The The issues included: insight into the community of the Council and partners on an annual members of these communities • A new hall in Goongerah Errinundra to Snowy District, and basis (the Annual Action Plan), and Developing a comprehensive decided that the name Errinundra • Community driven fire wood • Lack of follow up by both the people who call this ‘place’ a toolkit with a range of resources understanding of the needs of to Snowy was a better reflection of collections supporting local community and agencies home. It will give community and information to support the people that live in this district the environment that they live in. residents • Lack of community ownership of members, East Gippsland Shire community, Council and partner is central to Place Planning. The • Continued advocacy to the plan Council (Council) and partner agencies in implementing the Plan. District Community Plan brings The Errinundra to Snowy District Regional Roads Victoria (RRV) • Distracted by other priorities agencies an understanding of: together detailed demographic Community Plan builds on previous regarding sealing of Bonang and challenges of daily living This district now has a District information about who the people community planning undertaken Rd • Outcomes not identified and no • The people who live in this Community Representative Group are that make up this district, why in the district. The Mountain Rivers • New printer at Tubbut quick wins/small victories district and their needs (DCRG) to work together on the they live where they live, what Community Plan 2012 – 2017 set Neighbourhood House • Lack of commitment • The vision the community has priorities within the Plan on behalf is important to them, their future out the values of the community • Streetscape funding invested • Lack of real consultation for itself and what it values of all people in the district. The aspiration for their communities and the key priorities for the five in community facilities in • How the community currently DCRG enables the community and how they will work together years which have been revisited Goongerah, Tubbut & Bonang To overcome the issues that have operates and supports services to coordinate and cooperate and with key stakeholders to and revised. • Water crossings improved prevented the implementation of • The assets, resources and to achieve their outcomes and achieve this. • New satellite, 3G and 4G previous plans, the community felt strengths available in this provide a means for Council and A bushfire in 2014 had a mobile phone coverage and it would be important to develop community agencies to engage with and The priorities within the Plan significant impact in the district internet in some areas a plan which is clear and outlines • The top priorities the community work alongside a group that is are not a ‘wish list’, they are and subsequently affected the • Health and other agencies the roles and responsibilities of wants to