Governor of Victoria visits Greater Shepparton
By Aaron Cordy
HER Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria, embarked on a regional visit to Moira and Greater Shepparton on Wednesday, August 13 to Friday, August 15.
The Governor visited several local businesses and community organisations, including a tour of Kalafatis Fresh Produce, Shepparton Albanian Mosque, Kaiela Arts, SAM and MOVE.
The Honourable Margaret Gardner AC is the 30th Governor of Victoria and the second woman to hold the office, and was impressed with what the region had to offer.
“I come to get a sense of the region by talking to people and seeing things, a sense of what is actually of moment and significance to people in these regions. What are they talking about? What do they aspire to? What are they proud of?” said her Excellency.
“You get a full sense of the region, which you can’t get by reading a brief. You have to come and see and talk to people, and that’s the purpose. And that enables me to talk to people in Melbourne, in government, but it also enables me to talk to Foreign delegations when they come in a bit more depth about what Victoria is like, and what it can do.
“The most interesting thing in being here in Shepparton Central, which has been our last stop on this tour, is when I look at the scale of what the community is working with in terms of sport and culture, on top of, in fact, the scale and innovation in a lot of the Food, Agricultural side of the business, which isn’t just the growing of it. It’s the whole process of propagating, growing and delivering to not just Victoria but to the world. It’s just the scale and vibrancy of the region is wonderful.”
