Our Customer Service offices will be closed from 12pm on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 and re-open as normal from 8.30am on Monday, January 5, however there is still support available for certain services or incident events. Please click the link below to find out more.
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Looking for things to do and places to go to beat the upcoming summer heat? We have you covered these school holidays. Click below to find out more about what different venues have planned.
There are many beautiful parks and gardens throughout our shire that are enjoyed by both local residents and visitors.
Council is responsible for the maintenance of ovals and parks, road reserves, urban roadside slashing and spraying, tree and shrub maintenance, tree removal and planting, playground maintenance, irrigation maintenance, garden beds and roundabouts.
Council is committed to the efficient and effective management of trees and nature strips on council owned or managed land including street trees and open space trees. Good planning and appropriate maintenance are vital for safe and manageable street and roadside trees that will provide aesthetic, material, environmental and ecological benefits to the community. Council's Urban Tree & Nature Strip Management Plan provides a framework for management of the shire’s street and roadside trees and nature strips in a consistent manner across the shire Urban Tree Nature Strip Management Plan(PDF, 3MB).
Council's Electric Line Clearance Management Plan(, 0B) provides a framework for management of trees on council managed land in relation to vegetation clearances in the declared areas of Stawell and St Arnaud.