Sue Braggs: Benambra Neighbourhood House Inc. 34 Gibbo Street, Benambra, Vic.

This is our Neighbourhood House in the main street
of Benambra, opposite the General Store

The log of Neighbourhood Houses and Centres. Designed by ANHLC.

Situated in the middle of town is the Benambra Neighbourhood House that is accessable by the whole community and visitors alike. We run Adult Community and Further Eduction classes. The House is funded by the Department of Human Services and ACFE. Since 2007 we are now on an elearning journey that is taking to the wonders of more web 2.0 tools. I have been helping people join facebook, skype, twitter and I generally can help with most new tools. As I have always professed, play with these apps and enjoy. If it does not suit we can always find another tool to suit your needs. It is amazing how many of our older community members are coming in to ask for help within the web 2.0 era that we are now in. I guess we are all consious of being left behind. This centre is a great backup for those who may get lost or confused, they call in and we can help them on their way again.

We run other classes and hold many activities. One activity that has taken off is the camera club, know as The Benambra Click Clack Club. I have helped club members join Facebook and become a member of the BCCClub Facebook Group.

We also have a general store which the community purchased in April 2006 and a pub of course(every small town has a pub) Benambra is a small community of approx 320 people within town and outlying areas . Beef, sheep, wool and timber farming are the main industries in this area. Benambra has some wonderful bush walking tracks and is famous for it's trout fishing.

Our nearest town is Omeo (20mins) and our nearest regional centre is Bairnsdale (2 hours)
It is a wonderful town to live in and visit.

It does not matter which part of Benambra you are in the views are spectacular. span>