General News
16 March, 2025
Shire’s seven new Australians
HELENA and Jobrian Trinidad made treechange to Eddington three years ago, the Loddon River hamlet now their base preparing Asian inspired desserts. But the couple and children Shania, 21, Ivan, 19, Jonie, 15, and Rachel, 12, briefly swapped to...
HELENA and Jobrian Trinidad made treechange to Eddington three years ago, the Loddon River hamlet now their base preparing Asian inspired desserts.
But the couple and children Shania, 21, Ivan, 19, Jonie, 15, and Rachel, 12, briefly swapped to Australian cuisine at morning tea on Tuesday after taking the pledge of citizenship at a Loddon Shire Council ceremony in Wedderburn.
The family became the shire’s newest Australian citizens in the ceremony conducted by Mayor Dan Straub and CEO Lincoln Fitzgerald.
Jobrian said they had come to Australia from the Philippines and lived in Bendigo before the move to Eddington.
He said it was the peace and quiet of the district that prompted them to make the treechange.
The family’s Eddington’s Asian Desserts business made its Loddon debut at last November’s Inglewood Alive and was part of Sunday evening’s Flavours of Loddon event in Bridgewater.
Jobrian said the food van business was popping up at events across Victoria, including Bendigo and Geelong.
Also becoming an Australian citizen on Tuesday was Malinee Unprasoet, of Inglewood.
Malinee works at the local IGA supermarket and has lived in Inglewood since 2018.
Originally from Thailand, Malinee had been in Barham and Kerang before the move to Inglewood.
The ceremony was the first conducted by Loddon Shire Council this year.