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To Advance the Interests of Mirboo North and Adjoining Districts by Promoting and Coordinating Business, Tourism and Community Activities

21/09/2026

COMMUNITY PLAN SURVEY: This is Peter Wright. Peter has opinions.

He has been a local for three years, which around here makes him roughly a newborn. He would like it noted that his grandfather was born in Turtons Creek, so technically he has a few scores on the board.

By day Peter works in IT. The rest of the time he is unpaid labour at his wife's start-up flower farm in Mirboo, where his official job title is "Can You Just...".

Peter did the Mirboo North Community Plan survey online. It took him a few minutes. For a bloke with this much to say, that is a district record.

Here's why he bothered sitting down to fill it in.

Peter did not end up here by accident. He picked this place. On purpose.

He has fond memories of coming to town in the 70s, when his older sister got her licence, and drinking lemon squash at the Mirboo North Hotel. He figures the carpet is probably the original. He means that as a compliment.

These days, however, as a silver fox, he mostly drinks lattes at Lamezleighs.

A lot changed in between, and not by accident either. In 2012 about 150 locals turned up to a couple of forums and said what they wanted this town to look like. By 2014 that was a written plan, and people got on with it. The health and wellbeing hub. The Energy Hub. The pool feasibility work. Most of what has happened at Baromi Park.

Not everything on that list got done. A fair bit did. Enough that a silver fox with a latte habit looked at it and thought, yes, here.

That is all this survey is. MCDI, the Community Foundation and the Community Bank asking the whole district what the next ten years should look like, so the next plan is built on what you actually said rather than what somebody guessed.

Somebody did it for Peter before he had moved here. This is our turn to do it for whoever comes next.

What made you choose Mirboo North, or what has kept you here?

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MCDI is circulating the community plan survey now — by QR code, or a paper copy from the drop-off points around town. We would love as much participation as possible.

Link for further information in the comments.

09/09/2026

COMMUNITY PLAN SURVEY: Spotted in the wild

Have you seen one of these around town?

They have been turning up on counters, in windows and in the odd letterbox over the past fortnight. There are posters too, if you look up.

It is your chance to say what you think Mirboo North should look like in ten years. Three minutes to tick some boxes, longer if you have something to say properly.

It's your voice, our future.

Scan the QR code, or grab a paper copy from any of the drop-off points around town.

Where did you spot yours? The Post office? Op shop? Library?

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MCDI is circulating the community plan survey now — by QR code, or a paper copy from the drop-off points around town. We would love as much participation as possible.

Link for further information in the comments.

29/08/2026

COMMUNITY PLAN SURVEY LAUNCH: These were picked yesterday in our local community. Daffodils, jonquils, grape hyacinth, and one snail who came along for the ride.

None of it was planted this year. Somebody put those bulbs in the ground a while back, and they come up every August regardless, whether anyone is watching or not.

The community plan survey opened this morning at the Mirboo North Market. It closes on Sunday 11 October.

What we are asking for is the same sort of thing. Not what you want by Christmas. What you want this town to be growing into in ten years.

Some of it will be quick. Some of it will sit in the ground a good while before anything shows above the surface. Both are worth writing down.

Three minutes to tick some boxes. Longer if you want to expand, and please do — the boxes tell us what people want, the paragraphs tell us why. Please sit down, talk it over with your family, friends and community groups.

It's important.

Paper copies are on counters around town, or scan the QR code and do it on the couch.

What would you like to see flowering here in ten years?

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MCDI is circulating the community plan survey now — by QR code, or a paper copy from the drop-off points around town. We would love as much participation as possible.

Link for further information in the comments.

24/08/2026

COMMUNITY PLAN SURVEY: Did you know that 70 per cent of people who fill in surveys don't normally fill in surveys?

Neither did we. We made that up.

Which is more or less the problem. Nobody has properly asked this town anything since 2014, so everyone has been going on a hunch.

That stops on Saturday.

The community plan survey opens at the Mirboo North Market from 8am. There will be postcards available from the central information booth with a QR code on them — do it there with a coffee in your hand, or take one home and do it later with nobody reading over your shoulder.

Three minutes to tick the boxes. Longer if you want to expand, and honestly, please expand. Your voice matters.

What do you think this town wants? How do you see our future? Jot down some notes now and add them to the survey from Saturday.

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MCDI is about to circulate the community plan survey — by QR code, or a paper copy from the drop-off points around town. We would love as much participation as possible.

17/08/2026

COMMUNITY PLAN SURVEY: Reaching up, looking forward

We've spied the blossom in town. There's not much of it yet, but it's started, and that's the part that counts.

Our community is blossoming too, and a new community plan is starting.

Most of what goes into a community plan is not just for us. It's for the ones who still need lifting up to reach the branch.

Foster ran a community plan before us. Their line was "a great idea needs someone to support it."

Because a survey on its own is a list of wishes. What turns a wish into a thing you can walk into is somebody deciding it matters enough to carry. That is how the pool work happened — a group of people stayed with it and built the case, year after year.

So when the Mirboo North community survey opens on Saturday 29 August, there will be two things worth telling us: what you want, and what you would be willing to help with.

The second one is harder. It is also the one that changes what actually gets built.

What would you put your hand up for?

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MCDI is about to circulate the community plan survey — by QR code, or a paper copy from the drop-off points around town. We would love as much participation as possible.

10/08/2026

COMMUNITY PLAN SURVEY: How this stuff works

On Thursday we asked about dogs, and several people suggested that Mirboo North needs a fenced, off-lead dog park.

This is what this community planning caper is all about, and the survey is only the first of four stages.

STAGE 1: From 29 August, everyone in the district gets a say. It will be via paper and a website, and we want as many people as possible to give it a go.

STAGE 2: Then the working group will do their thing. Every answer will be read and recorded.

STAGE 3: Once compiled, we'll be asking people to get together to give their input about what we've recorded at a community event, or a smaller series of events. Think of it as a kind of vote. Without the sausage sizzle, although we are open to persuasion on that.

STAGE 4: Then the ideas with the most momentum will move onto "how do we make this real" planning. We will be needing community champions for this too, so if you're keen on participating, this could be your big moment.

So...if you said "we need a dog park" on Thursday, say it again from 29 August, where it counts.

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MCDI is about to circulate the community plan survey — by QR code, or a paper copy from the drop-off points around town.

06/08/2026

COMMUNITY PLAN SURVEY: Do you have a Flora*, a Kezia, a Jessie, or a Willow?

Or a Tyrone, a Trevor or a Tricki Woo?

The upcoming Mirboo North community plan survey asks what you would change about this town. If your answer involves a dog — somewhere off the lead, more bowls of water around town in summer? — that counts. So start jotting down notes now of what you'd like included when the survey gets released.

Got a dog? Post their photo below!

*This is Flora outside Lamezleighs🐾

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MCDI is about to circulate the community plan survey — by QR code, or a paper copy from the drop-off points around town. We would love as much participation as possible.

03/08/2026

COMMUNITY PLAN SURVEY: So here's a question for you: What is a Mirboo North Community Plan?

It is a document that says what this town wants, written BY the town rather than FOR it, which comes from a community survey.

No jargon. No government big wig telling us how it should be. Simply the voice of our own community.

A plan is the difference between "a few of us reckon so" and "we asked, and here is what the 250-odd people in our community said".

Mirboo North has strong organisations behind it — MCDI, the Community Foundation, the Community Bank. That is the backbone that lets a town dream big dreams, a bit like the dreams of the bloke in this mural by Dennis Leversha, outside the MN Post Office, painted all those years ago.

Over the next few weeks we will explain how the whole process of the upcoming Community Survey works, stage by stage.

So let's get our thinking caps on. Or our horse-and-buggy riding hats.

Same same.

25/05/2026

Help get the Mirboo North Train Station building back on track! 🚂

Around 50 community members attended MCDI’s recent public meeting on Wednesday 29th of April to discuss the future of the historic station building, sharing memories, ideas and visions for how the space could once again become an active community hub. There was strong support for bringing the building back into use, with ideas ranging from a café and tourism space to a playgroup, gallery or community hub.

MCDI will now host a tour of the train station building and a discussion on next steps this Wednesday 27th at 2pm. To come along and get involved email - [email protected].

01/05/2026

On Wednesday night (29 April) MCDI coordinated a meeting of around 50 people in the Baromi Centre to discuss the future of the Old Train Station Building - a fantastic turn out for a building that is obviously close to so many people’s hearts.

We heard about the building’s origins from the Mirboo and District Historical Society, some fond memories from former members of Mirboo North Playgroup, which called the building home for some 40 years, and an update from the current Mirboo North Playgroup. Attendees noted the proud history and unique central location of the building, surrounded by Baromi Park.

MCDI Vice President Ruth Rogan shared a presentation prepared by South Gippsland Shire Council on the condition of the building, cost indications for renovation either as a static display or a usable space, and issues for the community to consider.

A productive discussion followed before attendees broke into smaller groups to note down their thoughts, options and questions onto butchers paper.

Ultimately a group will need to be formed to drive this project forward and, if we lean towards a usable space, manage the building going forward.

We thank Councillors John Schelling and Brad Snell for attending the event, and for their interest in the community’s thoughts on the future of the Old Train Station Building.

If you were unable to attend and would like to be involved or updated on the project, please send your name, phone number and email address to [email protected]

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PO BOX 355

3871

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https://www.mirboonorth.com/

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