CLUNES' residents Graeme Johnstone and Molly Bedwell have taken out Hepburn Shire's top honours.
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The duo received the Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year respectively at this year's Australia Day ceremony in Daylesford.
The duo hardly have time to take a breath in between their community work, with Mr Johnstone saying he does "more volunteer hours than he cares to admit".
Locals say it's not unusual to see him going from one end of Fraser Street to the other doing some sort of job or fixing a problem.
But he says he's not alone in his dedication to the small town.
"Clunes at once stage had the highest rate of volunteers per capita, and I think we're still really owning that title," he said.
"We have 40 organisations in town, all different sizes, all run by people.
"If there's an event in town, you have an army of volunteers to help which is how these small towns survive."
His long volunteer resume includes being an active member of the Clunes Tourist and Development Association, the Clunes' representative on the Hepburn Regional Tourism Board for 12 years, Clunes Ceramics Awards chair and Creative Clunes board member.
"I don't think you're really part of a community, unless you give back," he said.
"You don't do it for the recognition though - you do it because it's something that needs to be done and something that makes things happen."
It's a sentiment also shared by Young Citizen of the Year Molly Bedwell, who has been part of the community since an early age.
While attending Ballarat Secondary College, Molly was selected to go to New Guinea to do humanitarian work.
It was then Molly realised she wanted to become more involved with those less fortunate – especially children.
Since then, she has applied to become a volunteer with Camp Quality and is a trainer and merchandise manager for the Clunes Netball Club.