Shire of Murrindindi

- 37.192145.71Koordinaten: 37 ° 12 ' S, 145 ° 43' O Murrindindi Shire is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. The area is 3889 km ² and has about 14,000 inhabitants.

Murrindindi is bordered to the south by the capital, Melbourne and includes the following towns a: Acheron, Alexandra, Buxton, Eildon, Flowerdale, Glenburn, Highlands, Kinglake, Lake Eildon, Lake Mountain, Marysville, Narbethong, Rubicon, Strath Creek, Taggerty, Thornton, Toolangi, Yea and Yarck. The seat of the City Council is in the nearly 1,900 inhabitants Alexandra city in the northwest of the LGA.

Besides tourism, agriculture and forestry is the main industry in the region. Murrindindi is known for its trout and the fish farms in the Goulburn River and Lake Eildon on supply 83% of all farmed trout Australia. In the area of Kinglake in the south, is also a well-known, 25 -acre raspberry plantation.

The Lake Eildon, Victoria 's second largest water reservoir with an area of ​​13,840 ha and nearly 500 km long coastline, which forms the eastern boundary of the Shire, is a main attraction for water sports. The present town Eildon emerged in the early 1950s from a working class settlement, when the reservoir was expanded to its current size.

In 2009, devastating bushfires attracted by the Shire, were destroyed by the Kinglake and Marysville completely for the most part.

Management

The Murrindindi Shire Council has six members who are elected by the residents of six ridings. These six counties are King Parrot, Cheviot, Dennis, Koriella, Red Gate, and Cathedral. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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