YOUNG Loddon achievers Elias Lanyon and Louis Holt will be among guest speakers at Australia Day celebrations in the shire.
Elias, who rocked to national stardom on The Voice last year, will share his experiences at the Boort celebrations on January 26.
Sportsman Louis will speak at Wedderburn’s community event the same morning.
Dementia Australia advocate Heather Cooper, who lives at Bealiba, will speak at the Newbridge ceremony.
She has been part of Dementia Australia’s seven-episode podcast Hold the Moment launched last August.
Loddon Mayor Dan Straub will be guest speaker at Pyramid Hill with Viv Ohlsen the guest at Bridgewater and Brian Hodge at Inglewood.
Top Australian viticulturalist, Helen Waite, of Llanelly, will be guest speaker at Tarnagulla’s celebrations.
The shire’s citizen and young citizen of the year will be announced next week, ahead of the Sunday celebrations in nine communities.