Trafalgar off leash options
Two options to create off the leash areas for dogs at Trafalgar have been unveiled by Baw Baw shire council.
The proposals that include additional recreational facilities are open for public comment until December 14.
The options are sections of Hollydell Park (formerly Linear Reserve) between Edward Crescent and Cross St and part of the Linear Reserve located between Mirboo North-Trafalgar Rd and Edward Crescent.
Both of the off the leash options include appropriate signage, bins, dog litter bags, fencing, drinking water stations and dog agility equipment.
Councillors are urging pet owners and park users from the Trafalgar area to view the detailed plans on Baw Baw shire’s website and provide feedback.
The proposal for Hollydell Park includes improved maintenance of the BMX track, new seating, a potential picnic area and possible halfcourt basketball area, a new footpath and additional tree plantings.
The option for the area running between Mirboo North-Trafalgar Rd and Edward Crescent includes a new BMX track and other improvements for use by the public.
Cr Darren Wallace said council had received strong support from the community for more petfriendly parks and open spaces where owners can safely and responsibly let their furry friends run free.
“Trafalgar will become one of three premium dog off leash areas in our shire so it’s important we get the plans right.”
“We want to get the best possible result for our community,” he said.
One hundred years ago, three young brothers embarked on HMAT Ascanius to fight in the Great War, but after the guns fell silent on November 11, 1918, only two returned home.
The three brothers were the great-great-uncles of former Warragul local, Australian Army soldier Private Alan Mildren, who spent Remembrance Day on the Western Front.
Brimming with pride, the 51-year-old orderly room clerk who grew up playing Warragul district football, said it is his first year attending commemorations in uniform as part of the Australian Army, having only enlisted late last year.
“I feel honoured to be representing the Australian Defence Force here on the Western Front and also representing the Mildren family name,” he said.
Private Mildren’s three great-great-uncles, Albert, Walter and Charles, signed up on the same day from their home town of Corryong to fight with the 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 39th Australian Infantry Battalion.
“I think they were probably quite excited to be heading on an adventure together not realising what they were heading into,” Private Mildren said.
After three months of sailing followed by four months of training behind the frontline, the Mildren brothers moved with the 39th to the trenches, just in time for the terrible onset of winter.