Official visit: Victorian Governor Linda Dessau (front, centre) and her husband Anthony Howard with members of the Rochester Fire Brigade and Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp.
Victorian Governor Linda Dessau, and her husband Anthony Howard, were guests of the Campaspe Shire and Rochester community last week — the information-gathering visit designed to provide the Governor with an understanding of the ongoing impacts of the floods.
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She met with emergency services, shire representatives and community leaders, her unofficial tour guide being former Campaspe Shire Mayor and current chair of Rochester Recovery Committee, Leigh Wilson.
The Governor was following in the footsteps of Governor General David Hurley, who was on the ground with his wife Linda in Rochester in early November last year.
Flood map: Rochester Community House co-ordinator Amanda Logie takes a lead in explaining the impact of the flood event, while Campaspe Shire Mayor Rob Amos and Rochester ward Councillor Paul Jarman offer support.
