Small Communities Great Treasures Tourism Brochure

This is an amazing Shire we live in;

The SCGT Tourism Brochure reached the semi finals in the Regional Development Victoria Achievement Award in the 2010 Regional Achievement & Community Awards.

I have developed five tours for visitors and locals to explore the small communities of the Moira Shire which are our great treasures.

I do hope you enjoy them as much as I have in discovering them.

• Cheese and wine tour.
• Yea old country pub tour.
• Bakery and gourmet food tour.
• Antiques and collectables tour.
• Great places to visit along the way.
• Great map inside to navigate your way.

Moira Shire Leadership program

I participated in the Moira Shire Leadership Programme 2008 to gain the skills and knowledge to become a community leader.

Developing a community project was part of the program and my project was to create a tourism brochure of the small communities of the Moira Shire to encourage tourism and economic growth in our drought affected communities.

Small Communities Great Treasures Tourism Brochure.

• My journey has been both challenging and rewarding, I applied to the Moira Shire Business Development Team for funding so none of the businesses involved in the brochure would be burdened by the advertising cost and I was successful in raising the funds for the printing of the brochure.

• I travelled to sixteen small rural communities in the Moira Shire also visiting tourism operators, to explain my vision to promote economic growth for their communities, and have made many new networks and friends.

• It has been a long journey from concept to information gathering, designing and developing the brochure, that was a whole new learning curve for me, photography to brochure printing and now marketing this has been, and still is, a huge challenge.

• The Small Communities Great Treasures brochure is available in information centres throughout the shire and many shops, hotels and motels and is receiving rave reviews from tourists and locals.

I have a further challenge to raise the money for future funding of the brochure for reprinting and marketing the brochure.

We can make a difference in our communities

The Small Communities Great Treasures tourism brochures encourage’s tourism and economic growth in our drought affected communities.

It helps tourists and locals find and explore the great treasures in our small rural communities.

With a great map to navigate the shire.