Barwon Health is Victoria's largest regional health service, providing high quality, safe, people-focussed care to more than 450,000 people in Geelong, along the Surf Coast and South Western Victoria. Barwon Health employs over 5,500 staff and has an annual operating budget in excess of $350 million.

Health services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from emergency and acute care to mental heath, primary care, community services, aged care and subacute and rehabilitation. We serve a geographically dispersed population through two major sites: Geelong Hospital and the McKellar Centre.

With a total of 921 beds covering 31 sites stretching down the coast to Anglesea, Torquay and Lorne, and services reaching as far as the South Australian border, Barwon Health is the largest employer in the Barwon region.

For more information, visit our website www.barwonhealth.org.au

The Borough is located at the eastern tip of the Bellarine Peninsula and forms one side of Port Phillip Heads - opposite Point Nepean in the Mornington Peninsula. It is surrounded by Bass Strait, Port Phillip Bay and Swan Bay on three sides. On its fourth side, it has a land boundary with the City of Greater Geelong.

The Borough is approximately 105 kilometres south-west of Melbourne and 35 kilometres east of the regional city of Geelong.

For more information, visit our website www.queenscliffe.vic.gov.au

Whether you are looking for somewhere to do business, relax at a cafe, bar, museum or gallery, or shop until you drop - Central Geelong has it all, and more. Central Geelong is an exciting and convenient place to work, play, relax and have fun. More style, more services, more flavour, more choice, more fun.

For more information, visit our website www.centralgeelong.com.au

The Geelong Chamber has now been operating continuously for nearly 155 years which, we believe, is a great achievement.

The Geelong Chamber of Commerce is the largest and second oldest independent chamber in Australia and unashamedly promotes Geelong business, acting primarily on behalf of our members. The reason we are the largest independent chamber in Australia is in part due to the variety of networking opportunities we provide for members and also the strength of our voice in getting your issues heard.

The Geelong Chamber represents all business and industry sectors and has considerable influence given its connections with parliamentary representatives, local government and council, major committees and organisations.

We encourage you to join other Geelong businesses and discover the benefits of membership with the Geelong Chamber of Commerce will bring to your business.

For more information, visit our website www.geelongchamber.com.au

Geelong combines all the best elements of a major city with bayside flair.

Quality housing, wide-ranging recreational choices, a strong economy, a cosmopolitan vibrant community and comprehensive health-care services are just part of the picture.

Only an hours drive from Melbourne, Geelong offers a range of lifestyle choices - inner city, suburban, waterfront, coastal and rural - with greater value for money than equivalent properties in Melbourne.

Whether your lifestyle preference is a waterfront apartment, character period home, new executive home, rural or coastal living, Geelong has it all within 25 minutes of the City Centre.

Contemporary waterfront apartments offer cosmopolitan city living with spectacular views over Corio Bay towards Melbourne. Geelong’s inner city suburbs provide a variety of character period homes, whilst the City’s southern suburbs offer new residential estates in rolling hills with views back across Geelong.

For those wanting to get away from it all, the Region is surrounded by a picturesque hinterland allowing families the opportunity to enjoy the ideal sea-change or tree-change lifestyle.

For more information, visit our website www.geelongaustralia.com.au

The Colac Otway Shire is one of the most picturesque municipalities in Victoria, covering a diverse area from volcanic lakes, craters and plains in the north, through the hinterland forests of the Otway Ranges to the Great Ocean Road coastline.

Colac is the key industrial, commercial and service centre for the Shire and surrounding region with a population of 12,000.

Apollo Bay is the other major urban centre with a permanent population of 1,000 that swells to over 15,000 during the summer season.

For more information, visit our website www.colacotway.vic.gov.au

Geelong is the largest regional city in Victoria, situated some 75 km southwest of the State capital Melbourne.

The region offers a mix of employment and investment opportunities together with a level of competitive advantage for industry that is unmatched.

It is for these reasons that Geelong enjoys a history as one of Australia's most significant economic centres with a business base of over 10,000 enterprises.

The region is known for its excellence in automotive components, aerospace, textiles, chemicals, food and timber products, health, research and more. Lifestyle attractions include: educational facilities of international renown, arts and culture, access to spectacular surf beaches and a variety of attractive housing options.

In today's fast changing world, there are tremendous opportunities for those communities determined to significantly improve the quality of life of its citizens over time. Encouraged by the success of The Committee for Melbourne in achieving key strategic objectives that have benefited Melbourne, a group of Geelong citizens has come together to make their contribution to the long-term interests of the Geelong community by forming the Committee for Geelong.

The group believes that the community can be served by a group that is highly focussed and has a strategic commitment to developing Geelong's social, economic, cultural and environmental conditions. If the Committee for Geelong performs to its potential, it will endure changes of governments at all levels and of all persuasions. It will be recognised as an advocate for Geelong and an asset to the community.

For more information, visit our website www.committeeforgeelong.com.au

Deakin has won the prestigious Australian University of the Year award twice and has also recently been commended nine Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in the 2007 Carrick Awards (now the Australian Learning and Teaching Council awards).

Deakin maintains close links with government, leading corporations and professional associations, ensuring that our courses are relevant, practical and deliver the skills in demand, allowing our graduates to 'hit the ground running'.

Deakin’s courses are flexible so you can tailor your degree to match your career goals. Off-campus, online or part-time study options give you plenty of options to choose how to structure your course.

Established in the 1970s as one of the new generation of Australian universities, Deakin combines a university's traditional focus on excellent teaching and research with a desire to seek new ways of developing and delivering courses. Deakin provides access to the latest industry-standard facilities such as Deakin’s Motion.Lab at the Melbourne Campus at Burwood and the Geelong Technology Precinct at the Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds.

For more information, visit our website www.deakin.edu.au

G21 is the alliance of a variety of independent organisations with a shared vision for the Geelong region. The Alliance includes the municipalities of Colac Otway, Golden Plains, Greater Geelong, Queenscliffe and Surf Coast, the Victorian Government and more than 150 community and business organisations committed to securing a bright and sustainable future for the region. G21 is a unique, award winning model of regional community capacity building that provides:

• A forum to discuss 'big picture' regional issues across interest groups and municipalities.
• Delivery of projects that benefit the region and cross municipal borders.
• A platform for the region to speak with one voice to all levels of government.

For more information, visit our website www.g21.com.au

Geelong Otway Tourism (GOT) is the region's peak tourism industry body, it is affiliated with the following Local Tourism Association's (LTA):

• Tourism Geelong
• Bellarine Tourism
• Otways Tourism
• Surf Coast Tourism

For more information, visit our website www.geelongotway.org

Golden Plains is a vibrant and progressive municipality situated between Geelong, Ballarat and Melbourne, offering residents and businesses access to the city services while enjoying a country lifestyle.

We invite you to get lost and discover the unique, untouched beauty of Golden Plains Shire. Rolling green hills, golden fields of canola and wheat, rugged bush landscapes and rocky plains span the Shire from its historic gold mining towns in the north and east, to the river valleys in its south.

New residents, including many young families, have taken advantage of the proximity to services and employment opportunities available in Ballarat and Geelong. Despite rapid growth in the north-west and south-east of Golden Plains, the Shire’s rural base and natural environment dominate the landscape.

While the Shire has a strong tradition of wool and grain growing, intensive animal farming, particularly poultry and pigs, is increasing. Growth in the home based business sector is providing healthy employment and lifestyle opportunities for the growing population. Wine is an emerging sector, with the Moorabool Valley being home to a well established and growing wine industry.

For more information, visit our website www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au

Located in Geelong, Australia – 50 minute drive from Melbourne, capital of the state of Victoria.

The Gordon Institute is a government institute operating as a delivery constituent of the Victorian State Training System.

Established in 1887 the Gordon has a proud tradition of significant influence in the Geelong community, at State, National and international levels. The Gordon has 45,000 graduates living, working and achieving in every corner of the globe.

The Gordon Institute offers programs in:

• Business and Management
• Manufacturing
• Art, Design and ICT
• Tourism, Hospitality and Cookery
• Social Sciences
• Community Studies and Corrective Education
• Building and Construction
• Applied Sciences

With more than 26,000 student enrolments annually and 540 full time staff the Gordon Institute offers practical courses at Advanced Diploma, Associate Diploma, Advanced Certificate, Certificate, Apprenticeship and Traineeship level. The Gordon is also able to develop training programs aligned to National Training Package Competencies.

The Institute is also a leading provider of quality specialist and customised training in an effective partnership with regional business and industry. The Gordon Institute was awarded Victorian Training Provider of the Year - 2003.

The Gordon Institute exists to provide quality vocational education and training to support the competitiveness of enterprises and to enhance the social, educational and economic opportunities of our customers, in particular our students.

Advancement and change are great catalysts for opportunity. In a world full of exciting challenges Gordon customers access a dynamic learning environment, which includes mentored work place delivery and tailored investigative study tours. Together with individual service, support and advice, the Gordon Institute is committed to realising maximum potential for its local, national and international customers and provides ‘lifelong’ learning programs.

For more information, visit our website www.gordontafe.edu.au

The General Practitioner’s Association of Geelong (GPAG) is the regions’ Division of General Practice that supports 260 GPs across 56 General Practices. GPAG is a not for profit organisation that has a vision to have a community of General Practitioners providing quality primary health care for all people in the Geelong region. The company is one of the largest regional GP networks in Australia that provides business and clinical support services to General Practice. GPs, Practice Nurses and Practice Managers are closely involved with a range of educational programs, networking opportunities, preventative health programs, chronic disease management partnerships and the development of sustainable models for general practice into the future.

GPAG has a rich history in providing youth health services and in 2007 was awarded one of the country’s first ten youth mental health headspace contracts. For more details on headspace Barwon, visit www.headspace.org.au/barwon.

For a GP, the Geelong region is one of the best places to live and work in the world. It’s got a brilliant lifestyle, an ever increasing range of employment opportunities for medico’s and a great community that GPs and their families can be part of. With the help of the General Practitioner’s Association of Geelong you can find or forge the career path and lifestyle you desire. The GP Association actively recruits new GPs to the region and supports those looking for work. Here is a quote from just one of our GPs who made the move to the region – “We’ve been down here 18 years and absolutely love the place. I love the surf and so do my boys. There’s everything we could possibly need down here and our whole family has been embraced by the community” - Darren Fahroedin, General Practitioner at Jan Juc and Surfing Enthusiast at Torquay Beaches - Since 1995.

For more information about the GP Association and the positions vacant in the region please go to our website www.gpageelong.com.au.

For specific detail about vacancies look on the Workforce page or contact Angela Rodaughan on 5229 1922.

Victoria's Surf Coast with its spectacular coastline, scenic rainforests and magnificent beaches, is one of the tourist draw cards of Australia. The Surf Coast Shire is among the fastest growing regional municipalities in Victoria (av. 3.06% annually for past 15 years). The Shire was proclaimed on 9 March 1994. It covers an area of 1,560 km2.

It is popular both as a permanent place to live and as a second home. The main population centres include Torquay, well known for its surf related industries and Bells Beach, Winchelsea, gateway to the fertile Western District, leafy Anglesea and the beautiful resort town of Lorne.

Large numbers of holidaymakers and visitors stay in the Shire at peak season. The Great Ocean Road, which starts in Torquay, attracts over 2.5 million travellers annually.

The permanent population is 24,124 (2006 Census) which more than trebles at peak holiday times.

The Surf Coast Shire has worked to enhance this environment while encouraging appropriate new development to the area.

For more information, visit our website www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au

The TAC is a Victorian Government-owned organisation set up in 1986.

Its role is to pay for treatment and benefits for people injured in transport accidents. It is also involved in promoting road safety in Victoria and in improving Victoria's trauma system..

Funding used by the TAC to perform these functions comes from payments made by Victorian motorists when they register their vehicles each year with VicRoads.

The TAC is a "no-fault" scheme. This means that medical benefits will be paid to an injured person - regardless of who caused the accident.

Legislation guides the TAC in the types of benefits it can pay and any conditions that apply. This legislation is called theTransport Accident Act 1986.

To ensure it remains a long-term compensation scheme, the TAC uses its funds fairly and responsibly. This ensures the TAC is able to meet the needs of seriously injured people who need lifetime care.

For more information, visit our website www.tac.vic.gov.au

Target Australia is a mid-market department store renowned for delivering to its customers on-trend, fashionable, quality apparel and homewares.

As one of Australia's most successful retailers our aim is to make stylish living affordable and available to all Australians.

There are 277 Target and Target Country stores conveniently located across metropolitan and regional Australia.

For more information, visit our website www.target.com.au

Shell Geelong Refinery is one of the largest and most complex hydrocarbon refineries in Australia. About 500 people are employed on site, as well as hundreds of contractors. The refinery's total impact on the Geelong region, including direct and indirect effects, has been independently assessed at $1.1 billion of output in terms of products, local spending and wages. The refinery supplies around 50% of Victoria's fuel and 95% of Tasmania's fuel.

Shell is a major global energy organisation which employs around 3,000 people in Australia. We have had a presence in Australia since 1901, and in Geelong since 1954.

For more information, visit our website www.shell.com.au/geelong

In the past five year, Victoria’s rail network has experienced a renaissance, with additional services, new trains and improve infrastructure across the state.

V/Line is now operating more than 8000 train and coach services every month, helping more than one million people travel around regional Victoria and connecting the regional area’s with Melbourne.

That number of customers is booming because of the convenience, comfort and affordability of our services. We know that is also because of the friendly and personal service that we provide to our customers.

With close to 350 services every week operating between Melbourne and Geelong, this journey is our most popular. A travel time of close to an hour, return fares from just $6.20 and the comfortable new trains it is easy to see why a record number of people are using this service.

Thousands of people commute from Geelong to work in Melbourne everyday aboard our trains and many more use them for access to all the social, sporting and entertainment opportunities Melbourne provides.

Our ‘see things differently’ campaign encourages Melburnians to make the most of our services and use them to go out and see regional Victoria. The video and link below showcases Geelong, with family tickets from Melbourne starting at just $24.80.

• Watch the V/Line Video for Geelong
• More Information on visiting Geelong with V/Line

The Victorian Regional Channels Authority (VRCA) began operations on 1 April 2004. The VRCA was established to manage the commercial navigation of the channels in Geelong port waters and to oversee the channel licences for the Port of Hastings and Port of Portland.

The Authority was established by the Victorian Government under the Port Services Act 1995.

In managing the Geelong channels, the VRCA's key responsibilities include:

• Management of shipping control
• Provision of navigation aids
• Channel management
• Marine environment protection
• Safety and security

For more information, visit our website www.regionalchannels.vic.gov.au

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