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Summary
Your local council: contacts, bin days, the Loch Sport tip, reporting issues, and visitor information for the Wellington Shire.
Description
Wellington Shire Council is the local council for Loch Sport. The shire covers 10,924 square kilometres of Gippsland, from the High Country to the Gippsland Lakes and Ninety Mile Beach, and is home to more than 45,000 people (2021 census) across more than 30 communities. Council headquarters are in Sale, about an hour from Loch Sport.
Contact the Council
- Phone: 1300 366 244 (8.30am–5pm weekdays; the same number takes after-hours emergencies, 24 hours, 7 days)
- Email: enquiries@wellington.vic.gov.au
- Sale Service Centre: 18 Desailly Street, Sale VIC 3850 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am–5pm)
- Translating and Interpreting Service: 131 450
- National Relay Service: TTY 133 677, then ask for 1300 366 244
For locals
- Report an issue – potholes, roadside rubbish, fallen trees and more
- Bin collection days
- Loch Sport Transfer Station – Progress Road, Loch Sport (check opening hours before you go; closed on Extreme and Catastrophic fire danger days)
- Rates and valuations and paying online
- Lost and impounded animals
- Libraries
For visitors
- The Middle of Everywhere – Wellington Shire’s official visitor guide, with things to do, events and places to stay across the region
- Loch Sport Transfer Station – drop off rubbish and recycling at the end of your stay