The award is open to WIOA individual members, to recognise an initiative involving cultural, diversity and inclusion-based activities within a project and/or community.
In partnership with TRILITY, WIOA is excited to announce the winner of the 2024 Kwatye — Cultural Recognition Award to Goulburn Valley Water Victoria team members’ Steven Nash and Daniel Reid, for their work on the Gawarn Baring Walking Track And Fishing Platforms.
Project Title: Dunyak Moira Fishing Ponds at Merrigum WTP
About the initiative
Gawarn Baring (meaning Echidna Track in Taungurung language) is a new 2.5 kilometre walking track. The track starts on the Goulburn Valley Highway, across from the Great Victorian Rail Trail and near the Trawool Resort. It then winds its way across the footprint of Falls Creek, rising 278 metres to the retired 100-megalitre Trawool Reservoir, which historically supplied water to the Seymour township.
The project was designed and delivered in partnership with the Taungurung Land and Waters Council (TLaWC) and Biik Cultural Land Management. A cornerstone of the project’s success has been the ongoing involvement of Traditional Owners, who collaborated closely with Biik as part of the project team. This remarkable team effort has rightfully earned the recognition of the KWATYE Award — an achievement well deserved by all involved.
