Regional Programs

Managing a small property is not easy when the majority of your time may be spent working elsewhere or living on another site. It can be doubly hard when you don’t know much about farming in the first place and have no idea who to talk to for advice or where to go for relevant information.

DPI is currently developing a program to provide information, advice and training for new, lifestyle landholders, who own land between 2 ha and 100 ha. (Approximately 5 – 250 acres), in three focus regions of Victoria. The regions are central Victoria (around Bendigo), North Eastern Victoria (around Benalla) and Gippsland (around Warragul) Victoria.

These 3 study regions incorporate the following Local Government Areas: Central Victoria: Hepburn, Central Goldfields, Mount Alexander, City of Greater Bendigo, Macedon Ranges North Eastern Victoria: Mitchell, Strathbogie, Benalla, Mansfield, Indigo, Wangaratta Gippsland: Baw Baw, Cardinia, South Gippsland, Yarra Ranges, Bass coast Contact details for regional coordinators:

Location of regional study areas

Name	Title / Region	Phone	Mobile
Sharyn Williams	Project Co-ordinator – Bendigo/Central Victoria	(03) 5430 4670	0408 335 027
Greg Bekker	Regional Co-ordinator – Benalla/North East Victoria	(03) 5761 1631	0417 340 236
David Stewart	Project Co-ordinator – Ellinbank/West and South Gippsland	(03) 9785 0173	0419 116 759
Ruth McGowan	Project Manager, Statewide	(03) 5624 2202	0429 381 617

Email contact: new.landholders@dpi.vic.gov.au

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