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Special day for Sergeant Oates

Colac export and Army Sergeant Eliza Oates

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by Greta Lannen April 26, 2023

Colac export Sergeant Eliza Oates says returning to her home town to be part of its Anzac Day services is a privilege.

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District emergency services have been kept busy du

District emergency services have been kept busy during the long weekend with three car crashes in the space of four hours.

The first crash occurred at the intersection of the Hamilton Highway and the Colac-Ballarat Road at Cressy about 3.30pm on Sunday.

Lismore SES responded to the single vehicle rollover but on arrival found most of the patients were in the care of paramedics.

Bookaar’s women’s cricket team won their fourt

Bookaar’s women’s cricket team won their fourth title in five years in a nine-wicket victory against Apollo Bay on Sunday.

Taking place at Lake Oval, the Pelicans encountered the Sharks in only their second match-up of the season, with the first coming in round one of the finals.

Wizards, wyrms, warriors and wildlings have joined

Wizards, wyrms, warriors and wildlings have joined forces at Colac’s headspace.

Nine young people have embarked on a thrilling quest during a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, which kicked off in February.

Nadene Brown has been playing DnD for about two years and is the dungeon master for the Headspace-facilitated program.

A community campaign for a concrete footpath in El

A community campaign for a concrete footpath in Elliminyt has paid off, with Colac Otway Shire Council overturning its decision for a gravel path.

Since its development, Elliminyt’s Ruby Court has only had a bitumen footpath on one side of the court.

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A century from star Apollo Bay cricketer Ben Firma

A century from star Apollo Bay cricketer Ben Firman wasn’t enough to stop Alvie from breaking through for a Division Two premiership.

Firman gave his side a chance during Saturday’s grand final, scoring an unbeaten 104 not out from 118 balls, to help the Sharks post 4-189.

But the Swans proved too strong thanks to a brilliant batting display from champion Swan Liam McGuane.

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Colac Otway Shire Council will ask an association

Colac Otway Shire Council will ask an association to call on the State Government reassess its emergency services funding shakeup.

Councillors voted unanimously on a motion to the Municipal Association of Victoria to ask the government to reassess the funding model of the proposed Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund, which could see fire levy bills for primary producers rise by 189 per cent from July 1.

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