We Are Latrobe, and we would
like to share with you —
I’ve lived here basically my whole life. I’ve lived in a few different towns – I grew up in Yallourn North, lived in Morwell, lived in Hazelwood North and now in Newborough. I love calling Newborough home. I love to travel around to all the different places. There’s such great scenery. I’m a photographer, so I do love taking photos of the Valley. I’ve just recently in the past year got into fitness. I set myself a challenge to walk every day for a year. So I have gotten to do a few rail trails around Gippsland and some of the nature reserves. I love the fact that even if you don’t know someone in the Valley everyone will say ‘hi’ to you when you’re walking past, especially with their animals; they’re always friendly.
I’ve lived here basically my whole life. I’ve lived in a few different towns – I grew up in Yallourn North, lived in Morwell, lived in Hazelwood North and now in Newborough. I love calling Newborough home. I love to travel around to all the different places. There’s such great scenery. I’m a photographer, so I do love taking photos of the Valley. I’ve just recently in the past year got into fitness. I set myself a challenge to walk every day for a year. So I have gotten to do a few rail trails around Gippsland and some of the nature reserves. I love the fact that even if you don’t know someone in the Valley everyone will say ‘hi’ to you when you’re walking past, especially with their animals; they’re always friendly.
I absolutely love the Latrobe Valley and the wider Gippsland region. I did a lot of travel in my 20s right around Australia and overseas and I think you could go two ways. You either go, ‘I’m never going home’, or you get an appreciation for how good you’ve got…
I like living in the Latrobe Valley because it allows me to give back to my community and to feel included as part of a community. So presenting myself in the Latrobe Valley has allowed me to give back to my community by participating in active and social events.
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I love Latrobe Valley because after moving away from the area to study and begin my career I chose to return to the area to advance my career and give back to the community I feel so passionate about. Since returning to the Valley I have experienced endless career, sporting…
