East Gippsland Aquatic Strategy

We are developing a new East Gippsland Aquatic Strategy.

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This strategy will guide how we manage, enhance, and envision aquatic facilities across East Gippsland, shaping a future where residents can enjoy high-quality aquatic services that meet their interests and needs.

A key part of developing the new strategy is receiving input from community, and will consider:

• Current aquatic community needs and perspectives.
• Area growth and projected populations.
• Current condition of existing facilities.
• Costs of the service and facilities over the next 10 years.
• Opportunities for infrastructure renewal, service improvement, and strategic investment.
• A peer review of the 2015 strategy to ensure ongoing relevance and effectiveness.
• Aligning the new strategy with the Council Plan and Council's sports facility planning priorities.

We are working with the community to develop the strategy and have appointed @leisure Planners – an experienced sport, leisure and open space firm specialising in strategies and community engagement in the aquatics, leisure and open space field.

Engagement enquiries can be directed to @leisure Planners via email to info@atleisure.com.au with 'East Gippsland Aquatic Strategy' as the subject line.

Community involvement and consultation

The development of the new strategy will include extensive community engagement, including a project reference group.

This approach ensures that decisions are informed by community and stakeholder input, while also considering the demand for, and the cost and feasibility of, additional aquatic facilities in our shire.

Our commitment to you: inform to involve – We will work closely with the reference group to ensure community concerns and aspirations are understood, considered, and reflected in the strategy. We will keep the community informed and provide opportunities for feedback.

Ways you can get involved

• Take the survey now. Survey closes 29 May 2026.

The more feedback received through the survey from across the shire the better. It’s your chance to explain how you use public aquatic facilities now, and what future use and facilities should consider.

Survey responses are made directly to @leisure Planners through the link above. Hard copies of the survey can also be picked up at any of Council’s customer service centres, libraries and recreation centres. De-identified responses will be shared with the community reference group to inform the strategy development.

Project reference group

The project reference group comprises of a diverse mix of community members, key stakeholders and user groups to help guide the development of the new East Gippsland Aquatic Strategy.

The reference group is working directly with @leisure Planners.

SURVEY COLLECTION NOTICE — East Gippsland Shire Council is collecting your information to inform the development of its East Gippsland Aquatic Strategy. Your responses will be used to help infor the development of the draft strategy. Submissions (de-identified) will be accessible to relevant Council staff, Councillors, the Project Reference Group and Council-appointed consultants working on this project - for this purpose only. For more information on Council’s Privacy Policy, please visit the EGSC Privacy Policy or email feedback@egipps.vic.gov.au if you have any questions.