Mittagundi is a unique Outdoor Education Centre located near Omeo in Victoria. Operating for nearly 40 years, Mittagundi is an independent not for profit organisation that relies on the generous support of our community. This year we have a focus on improving our staff accommodation heating facilities. Our staff are volunteers committing a year to working with 14 - 17-year-olds. They do a damn good job and we need to look after them - so this project is for them. 

Up until now the staff have coped with 40 year old heaters that are not efficient and dont keep the staff warm for long. This makes winter an interesting time as the woollen garments are always on and at some point it would be nice to enter our rooms and take off a layer. 

So each year we have a group of young people come back and help us restock our wood shed for the following winter. This program is very appealing to the young people because they know they are helping the future staff have wood for their winter.  Wouldnt it be great for the young people to know the fire wood will go a long way with more efficient heaters? AND we wont need the CFA. 

To purchase 10 x Australian Made wood heaters $12,000

Installation costs $3000

Winter is approaching fast and we would like to install the heaters before July for our staff to have a warm living space. We have already lined up someone to install them. Nectre, an Australian company, and Bairnsdale stoves have generously discounted the heaters for us. We need to order them and install them while their generosity exists.

We are also conscious of the tradesmen installing the heaters to work in an environment before the snow closes us in.