Please be advised that Council hubs and libraries will open from 10 am to 12 pm, close over lunch and reopen in the afternoon. Trentham Transfer Station will open at 10 am, one hour later than usual.
Council has engaged CollectAU to assist in the recovery of rates and charges which are overdue from the 2024/25 financial year. If you receive correspondence from CollectAU regarding outstanding rates via email, post, or SMS, please contact CollectAU as soon as possible to discuss your options.
The Fire Danger Period for Hepburn Shire started at 1 am on Monday 24 November.
Published on 12 January 2024
We invite you to come along and celebrate the Community Award winners for 2024 and welcome new Australian citizens.
Daylesford Town Hall
Thursday 25 January at 2pm
At this free event we will announce our Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Event of the Year.
The Community Award winners in 2023 were The Great Dividing Trail Association Reconciliation Walks (Event of the Year), John Drife (Citizen of the Year) and Atticus Punt-Trethewey (Young Citizen of the Year).
Community events
There are two events organised by community groups in the Hepburn Shire for Australia Day 2024.
5.45am - Mt Beckworth Reserve (meet at the Dam)
Sunrise Walk and Flag Raising Ceremony
Pancake Breakfast
12pm - Collins Place, Fraser Street
Flag lowering ceremony with Community BBQ and live entertainment
10.00am – Town Square
Flag Raising Ceremony with Community BBQ and entertainment