It doesn’t seem long ago to Geoff Sullivan that he was joking around about nominees for Citizen of the Year with Harry Bolton at an Australia Day ceremony, only to have Harry interrupt to point out that Geoff’s name had just been announced.
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It was back in 2012 that Geoff was awarded the honour, obviously much to his surprise. He only found out later that he had been nominated by Peter Chittick, possibly in ‘pay back’ for an earlier nomination.
Geoff received the recognition for his part over many years in the Visitors Association, the Railway Preservation Society and Rotary, of which he is a past-president and still a regular attendee after 40 years.
Geoff said the award ceremony was all a blur and he was completely unprepared, and more than a bit embarrassed.
“There are lots of people deserving of the honour that have never been nominated,” he said.
“Council can only make its selection from the nominations it gets, and people are missing out.
“Many people deserve to be recognised for the effort they put into their community.”
The deadline is fast approaching for getting nominations in for the 2018 Australia Day awards. The celebrations will be held on January 26 but the selection panel is looking for a good field of nominees by Friday, December 15 in the categories of Citizen, Young Citizen, Sportsperson, Young Sportsperson, Emergency Services Volunteer and Community Event.