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Practically Green Festival
Attend the Practically Green Festival at Edendale Farm this Sunday 25 Oct. Brochure here
Gulf Station
Victoria's oldest farm complex shows their recovery from the bushfires here.
Federal Government Media Release
Benefits for Bushfire Communities amongst Solar Water Adjustments press release here
Sharing Experiences of Black Saturday
Share your experiences and photos of Black Saturday on Wikinorthia.
Read stories already on line at: http://wikinorthia.net.au/index.php/Category:Disasters
Stay up to date: Premier of Victoria website link to Bushfire Media Releases
The horrific bushfires across Victoria have devastated the lives of many Victorians.
Every Victorian community has been impacted in some way by these tragic events.
What's happened to the public libraries?
The Mitchell, Yarra Plenty, Murrindindi, West Gippsland, Eastern Regional, La Trobe
City, Upper Murray, High Country, Wellington, Wimmera and Goldfields libraries are
all serving bushfire affected communities.
Many people have expressed particular concern about the Murrindindi Library Service.
The libraries in Kinglake, Yea and Alexandra are still standing. The devastated
township of Marysville was served by a mobile library.
At this stage it appears that there has been no loss of library buildings across the State
and that no Victorian public library staff have lost their lives. Sadly a number have lost
their homes and many have lost stock. The majority of services continue to operate,
although some mobile library services have been curtailed until it is safe to venture into
the area. Several libraries are helping with the provision of relief services in their areas.
Public libraries across the State stand ready to support their local communities during
the recovery process in whatever way is most helpful to individual communities. Local
Government Victoria is working with affected councils on a range of resourcing, service
and infrastructure issues, including libraries. There have been many helpful suggestions
for ways that libraries can assist in community recovery, once the immediate issues of
loss of life and property have been addressed. We will be taking these up at the appropriate
time.
If you wish to help the most effective way is to donate to the Red Cross Appeal. Details
are at http://www.redcross.org.au/howyoucanhelp_donationopt.htm
