How long have you lived in Harrietville?

A bit over two years now, but I'd been coming up with my dad since I was about three or four. My dad's owned land up here for a while now, so we'd been coming up here over summer holidays and then we finally made the move.

What do you like about the area?

The community. It's probably one of the smallest towns I've lived in, but I've never known as many people or felt as part of the community as I have out here, which has been nice.

What do you do for a living?

I work here at the cafe, so I’m here five-ish days a week, which tends to keep me busy and gives me a chance to keep in touch with everyone else around town. I used to work at the pub up the road, so I've had the ability to meet both halves of the town - people that go to the pub and then all the people that go to the cafe in the morning.

What are your hobbies or interests?

I try to ski. I don't ski as much as I did when I was younger, but certainly that's something that attracted me to the area. Apart from that, just relaxing with my friends and doing all that sort of stuff around the area.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

I think the dredge hole is a good place to start. There are quite a few very nice walks up around there, and then you can come here during the day and hang out at one of the pubs at night and get a good feed and a few games of pool.

Is there anything you would change about the area?

It would be nice, I think, if a few of the business owners wanted to be a bit more a part of the community. That would probably be my biggest concern. And that's definitely not true for all business owners. But realistically, I think we've got a really good town here and there's not too much I would look to change.

Do you have any ambitions for the future?

Not really at the moment, to be honest. I'm pretty happy here. Since I've moved here, I've met my partner and managed to set up pretty well here. I've got family in the area and I'm very happy with where I am in life.