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As Melbourne wades through stage four restrictions, including a nightly curfew, residents in Moyne and surrounding municipalities are living under the lesser stage three guidelines.
Travel between country Victoria and the state's capital remain restricted.
Killarney resident Andrea Lane said the serenity of her home had never been more important.
"We are out of the mix of a lot of people, which is very handy during these COVID-19 times," Ms Lane said.
"We love the space we have living here in Killarney, it's close to the beach and we are only a short drive from towns where we can get what we need."
Aside from three years at university, Ms Lane has lived in Killarney all her life, as has her husband Danny.
The couple raised three children at their Survey Lane home and have no plans to go anywhere.
"Over the years we have travelled a bit but we keep coming back to Killarney, it's a beautiful place to live," Ms Lane said.
"There is a sense of community and pride about living in Killarney and you know that if push came to shove your neighbours would be there to help out."
As part of the Moyne Shire Council open space daft strategy, which is available for public comment until August 24, Killarney is listed as a hamlet.
Moyne has listed four categories of town and localities, according to population.
District towns have a population of 1000 plus, towns have 200 to 1000, villages have 200 people or less with some level of local services.
Hamlets are small communities with limited or no services.
The Moyne Shire list (Source: Rural Housing Strategy 2015 - locations, 2016 census - population).
District Towns
Port Fairy (3340), Koroit (2055), Mortlake (1372).
Towns
Macarthur (522), Peterborough (247).
Villages
Caramut (246), Cudgee (238), Garvoc (243), Hawkesdale (322), Kirkstall (366), Mailors Flat (425), Nullawarre (267), Orford (105), Panmure (424), Winslow (368), Woolsthorpe (422), Woorndoo (169), Yambuk (267).
Hamlets
Bessiebelle (98), Chatsworth (44), Childers Cove (n/a), Crossley (215), Ellerslie (147), Framlingham (158), Grassmere (n/a), Hexham (143), Illowa East - llowa West (304), Killarney (205), Laang (n/a), Nirranda (56), Purnim (270), Rosebrook (132), Southern Cross (117), Towilla Way (n/a), Yangery (111), Yarpturk (77).
