Hobsons Bay City Council & Buloke Shire
Urban Rural Friendship Alliance

16/4/08
Buloke

In 2006 the Hobson's Bay City Council and the Buloke Shire Council forged a formal Friendship Alliance. The alliance means that the residents and traders of both areas work together to help each other, and to promote each other.

Later that year the Donald Chamber of Commerce placed an article in the Altona local newspaper inviting us “City Slickers” to come up and visit, shop and eat in the township of Donald to inject much need money into a town that was suffering from years of drought and failed crops.

The Altona Village Traders Association answered their call and headed to Donald for Christmas, providing hampers, bikes and more importantly moral support.

The friendship and support  between our two towns is as strong as ever  today and will continue for many years to come.

Read more about the alliance here [opens PDF in a new window].

Find out more about the town of Donald in the Buloke Shire.

Helping out Donald
Kim and Daryl Sharon and Leanne Donald - open for business
Top: Buloke Shire at sunset
Middle: Altona Traders Association presenting a cheque to help out the Donald Traders
Bottom: Kim and Daryl at Buloke
Above: Sharon from the Altona Traders Association leading a march through Donald. with residents of Donald Above: Members of the Donald Chamber of Commerce
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