Nicholas Cole's family has been in Corangamite Shire before it was even a shire.
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His West Cloven Hills property, near Camperdown, has been in the family for six generations of Coles' - all named Nicholas, since 1839.
Mr Coles is running for a seat on North Ward, against Derrinallum's Catherine Forsayeth, in the upcoming Corangamite Shire Council election.
Mr Coles' focus if elected as a councillor would be to go back to basics.
"It's pretty basic - roads, rates and drainage - to look after local communities and make sure the infrastructure okay," he said.
"Roads are a major thing, I'm in the North Ward and we have lots of b-doubles here getting around and that's a major concern for people up here.
'On some of the shire roads trucks go up those narrow roads and if something goes wrong got nowhere to go, it's dangerous.
"We don't see graders up here much."
He wants to bring a voice for farmers to local government.
"I think I'm only one of a few farmers standing for Corangamite Shire and it's a major agriculture shire.
"Farming is one of the biggest employers and economic drivers, and I think we are underrepresented on council.
"We need a voice for farmers - dairy, grain, croppers and the infrastructure that goes with it."
The pandemic fortunately hasn't affected the Coles' farming activities, and Mr Cole fears for the future of the shire post-pandemic.
"As far as farming goes it's been business as usual," he said.
"We have a BnB on the place and were getting a few Chinese people staying and we hosted weddings on the property but that's all gone of course.
"The bigger fear is the longer it goes on attitudes might shift and people might not want to come here, we don't have crystal ball, I guess we'll just roll with punches."
Mr Cole makes guitars as a hobby and was going to record an album with his band before the virus hit.
"A lot of my musician friends have really struggled, it's been a tough time, everything has fallen off a cliff and the hospitality sector really bore the brunt of it.
"The flow through is enormous."
Three council positions have already been decided by default according to the Victorian Electoral Commission.
Current councillors Ruth Gstrein, Jo Beard and Geraldine Conheady are hoping to keep their places on council as mayor Neil Trotter, Simon Illingworth, Lesley Brown and Helen Durant depart.
In ballot order; Ms Conheady, Ms Gstrein, Catherine O'Flynn, Lance Robilliard and Laurie Hickey are putting their hands up for one of three central ward positions.
Catherine Forsayeth and Nicholas Cole have nominated for the single north ward seat.
Meanwhile current councillor Jo Beard and Jamie Vogels and Kate Makin have been elected for the south-central, coastal and south-west wards respectively as they ran uncontested.
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