February 2, 2016
It is my great pleasure to officially welcome you to Wingecarribee Shire’s 2016 Australia Day festivities. I particularly welcome our visitors and hope you enjoy what we unashamedly believe to be the most beautiful part of this wonderful land. Today we are gathered to celebrate Australia Day – our official National Day. A day in…
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July 7, 2014
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here today for this flag raising ceremony, which also doubles as the official opening of our Shire’s NAIDOC Week celebrations. Before I start I wish to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we have gathered today and pay my respects to all…
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July 2, 2014
Welcome to the launch of our brand new tourism waste trucks. Trucks – that as you can see double as advertising billboards – which will shortly be doing multiple runs up and down the Hume Highway every day. Apart from being able to carry over 100 cubic metres of waste per load to our Camden…
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June 5, 2014
World Environment Day Thursday 5 June 2014 Good afternoon and welcome to the official opening of Moss Vale Public School’s Bush Tucker Garden. Before I start I’d like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of this land on which we meet today and pay my respects to Elders past and present. Today is a…
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April 5, 2014
Welcome to the beautiful Southern Highlands – the Wingecarribee Shire of NSW – for this, the 37th Annual Highland Gathering here in Bundanoon. Before I start I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of this land on which we meet today and pay my respects to Elders past and present. Few would…
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