Welcome to Maroondah City Council's web site.
Our aim is to help you find the information you require in a user-friendly manner and as efficiently as possible. Your comments on our site are most welcome and will help us to make it even better. Click here to email us now.
Navigating around our website
Our simple design allows you to make a choice from the topics on the left of the screen or from the utility buttons across the top.
The topics on the left of the screen guide you through the site - click on your choice and categories will be displayed for this topic. The orange writing at the top left of the screen is a 'breadcrumb trail'. They show where you are in the site, and how you got there. If at any time you wish to return to the home page, click on 'Home', the first topic on the left, or simply click on the Maroondah City Council Logo at the top.
Text resizing
The site text can be easily viewed with increased or decreased text sizes by clicking on the A with - or +.
Print this page
Pages on this site have a printer friendly option which places the information you wish to print on an easy to read page, removing menu panels and the top-of-page graphics.
PDF downloads
Some larger documents are available from our site as PDF files. Any PDF file attachments will have the Adobe Acrobat symbol 
to tell you a download is required. The size of the file is indicated in brackets.
Where possible, a Microsoft Word version of the information is also provided, sometimes without associated images.
List of PDF readers
PDF files can be viewed using a number of different software products.
Some free alternatives include:
NOTE: Maroondah City Council does not endorse or offer warranties as to the suitability or safety of any of the above-listed products. As with any software installation, care should always be taken to verify that the software being installed is appropriate for your needs and malware-free.
Please note that if you are unable to view any document, we can provide the document in a format more suitable to your needs. Please contact us on 1300 88 22 33.
External links
Some links within our site will take you directly to other web sites which will provide you with information which may be of assistance. These links are referred to as 'external links'. Maroondah City Council cannot accept responsibility for the contents of these sites. See the 'Disclaimer' link at the bottom of this page for more information.
Accessibility
This site has been designed to adhere to the guidelines outlined by the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. This means our web site will be more easily accessed by people with disabilities.
Some pages contain buttons which are clicked to submit or reset information, such as the Search or Contact Us pages. If you do not have JavaScript enabled, these functions can be selected by using the Tab key, and submitted by pressing Enter.
Any visitors to our site that experience difficulty accessing information online are welcome to contact us so that we can forward alternate formats of the information, fill in forms on their behalf or assist in any other way. Please call Communications & Marketing on 1300 88 22 33.
Technical overview
This site has been designed to be compatible with all major browsers. Minimum resolution for optimal viewing is 1024 x 768 at 256 colours.
Images on our site
Some of the banners at the top of our site contain images from our annual photographic competition. We are grateful to the following for their generosity in allowing us to use their photographs:
- 'Autumn Leaves' - Danielle Buttress
- 'Ready to Play' - Janet Eyles
- 'Hello Possum' - Susan McFarlane
- 'Be Enchanted - Wyreena' - Jackie Hutchison
- 'Reflections' - Alan J. Starks
- 'Red Flowering Gum' - Amanda Thomas
- 'Tahli & Max' - Kimberley Leadbeater
- 'Nature in my backyard' - Susan McFarlane
- 'Golden Wattle'- - Annette O'Sullivan
- 'Footy Game Ringwood Redbacks' - Thomas P. Lyons
- 'Travelling the Artist Trail' - Rebekah Laukart
- 'Ringwood Lake 2002' - Kelly Gilbert
