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Park on the path to recovery

Colac West Rotarian Bill Chivers, centre, says a plan to develop Joseph Paatsch Reserve with new pathways is now complete. He is pictured with Sue Schram and John Scarrott in the park, which adjoins Forest Street and Wilson Street in Colac.

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by A Staff Reporter August 29, 2018

Community members are enjoying newly completed paths at Colac’s Joseph Paatsch Reserve, after more than a decade of Colac West Rotary Club working to develop the area.

Tags: Bill Chivers, Colac West Rotary Club, Joseph Paatsch Reserve

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JUNIOR SPORT RETURNS The return of the Colac and

JUNIOR SPORT RETURNS

The return of the Colac and District Football Netball League means the Colac Herald's coverage of the junior sports teams is back in action.

Check out some of the @colacimperials and @southcolacsc junior sports stars giving it their all.

Community groups, businesses and sporting clubs ha

Community groups, businesses and sporting clubs have two days left to apply for council grants to deliver projects for the district, like the Colac Woodcrafters Guild’s new router table.

Colac Otway Shire Council’s 2025-26 grants program is offering more than $300,000 to deliver projects that benefit the wider community.

The grants program has three funding streams including community, events and business grants.

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BRAVES RETURN ⚾ The Colac Braves returned to th

BRAVES RETURN ⚾

The Colac Braves returned to the field last weekend with teams in Division two and Division Four taking out wins against their competitors.

Both games held a minute silence for club life member Theresa Milverton.

Check out some of the Braves in action!

Five local workers have embarked on an adventure t

Five local workers have embarked on an adventure to remember at a leadership camp this week.

Employees from Colac organisations Bulla, AKD, Colac Area Health and Colac Otway Shire Council have been invited to the experience at Kangaroobie in Princetown.

The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards seminar is for young people aged between 18 and 25, and aims to provide “an effective training experience for young people and those who see themselves as potential leaders”.

Winchelsea’s Nick Jordan-Hill knows the vital ro

Winchelsea’s Nick Jordan-Hill knows the vital role that doctors play in small communities, and the lived experience is helping shape his own career path.

Nick lives at a sheep farm with cropping land north of Winchelsea’s township, and has called the area home all his life.

Nick is also one of four Deakin postgraduate medical students undertaking a 42-week clinical placement at Colac Area Health this year.

A light shower couldn’t dampen the spirits of th

A light shower couldn’t dampen the spirits of the Colac City Band yesterday.

The band played a concert at the Lake Colac Foreshore rotunda from 2pm to celebrate 160 years of the Colac Botanic Gardens.

The gardens were established in 1865, with 2025 marking the 160th year since the land overlooking Lake Colac was set aside “at the call of the people”.

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