We work closely with the Traditional Owners of the the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks, the Eastern Maar and Wadawurrung Peoples.

2025 Annual Community Survey

We want to hear from you! This survey is your chance to tell us how you connected with us in 2025.

We want to know what worked well, what didn’t, and how we can make future engagement easier, more effective, and maybe even more fun.

Whether you joined us through online surveys, webinars, community meetings, drop-in sessions, or events, your feedback is valuable.

Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Tell Us How We Did

Share your thoughts on our 2025 community engagement work by completing the survey. Short on time? there's a quick survey too!

2024 Annual Community Survey Findings

Our first ever Annual Community Engagement Survey asked how we were doing when it came to listening, engaging and including your voice in our work.

Actions We're Taking in 2025 and 2026

You told us what matters, and we’re taking action.

In our 2024 Annual Community Survey, you shared valuable feedback on how we can improve the way we engage with you.

With your input, we’ve identified key priorities and outlined the actions we’re now putting into motion.

Below, you’ll find a summary of what we heard and how we’re working to make improvements based on your feedback.

How we're doing this

  • Sharing upcoming projects and engagement opportunities as early as possible.
  • Clearly outlining project negotiables at the start of each engagement, so the community understands what they can and can't influence.
  • Publishing a report for every engagement, outlining what the community influenced and rationale to why some elements couldn't be changed.

How we're doing this

  • Expanding our geographical reach through social media outside of the Great Ocean Road region.
  • Factoring broader participation into future engagement planning, ensuring people outside the Great Ocean Road region have meaningful. opportunities to get involved and share their views.
  • Growing our regional networks within the Great Ocean Road region and further afield, by connecting with local events, groups, and initiatives.
  • Collaborating with other agencies to align and enhance community engagement efforts.

How we're doing this

  • This guide is currently under development, and we anticipate it will be available before Christmas and our summer engagement activities.

How we're doing this

  • Reviewing who we’re currently engaging with, identifying who’s missing from the conversation and exploring ways to actively involve them.
  • Developing a set of diversity targets to guide inclusive engagement across all activities.
  • Collaborating more closely with local groups to strengthen connections and broaden community representation.

2025: The year that was in community engagement

2025 was a busy year for community engagement! Our people spent hundreds of hours connecting with community members across the entire Great Ocean Road Coast to help share knowledge of the work we do and the issues that matter. In turn, community members were very generous with their time and knowledge and engaged with us on a number of projects where we required community input to guide decision making. These projects are listed below.