The City of Whitehorse is located just 15 kilometres east of Melbourne and covers an area of 64 square kilometres. At Whitehorse City Council, community is at the heart of everything we do. We aspire to be a healthy, vibrant, prosperous and sustainable community. We enable this through strong leadership and community partnerships. We strive to stay ahead of evolving changes and needs of our community. Council provides more than 100 high quality services and facilities across a range of areas including sustainability; waste and recycling; health and family; leisure facilities; maintenance of sports fields, parks and gardens; infrastructure; engineering (planning of roads, drains and streetlights); maintenance of footpaths, drains and roads; arts and culture; planning and building; traffic and community laws; libraries; community development; business and economic development.