Articles by Alex Baird

  • Habitat restoration project starts at Lorne

    A habitat restoration project will start at Lorne this week to protect and enhance the coastline.

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  • Young couple speaks after dramatic ordeal

    A young couple has spoken about their terrifying experience near Lorne when the car and camper trailer they were sleeping in was stolen.

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  • Bay youngster’s Wild ambition

    Nothing encapsulates community spirit more than a 12-year-old taking on the responsibility of organising a key event for one of Apollo Bay’s major festivals.  

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  • Fears for future of soccer with no Colac base

    A junior soccer pioneer says Colac’s impressive track record of producing sporting superstars will never crack into the world game without a proper facility in the heart of the city.

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  • Joy finds her feet in the country

    Joy Whitton didn’t leave her curious nature behind when she and husband Peter Newnham ditched the city for country living at Johanna four years ago.

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  • Lorne loo plans released

    The revamp of a vital toilet block and changeroom facilities at Lorne’s beach will start in the new year after the authority behind the project revealed its design.

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  • Family saves orphaned joey

    An Apollo Bay family had a special night nursing an orphaned joey after rescuing him from his mother’s pouch. 

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  • Voice opposes Bay land sale

    Apollo Bay Community Voice has moved swiftly to try to halt the sale of town’s the old kindergarten site in a statement to Colac Otway Shire Council.

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