Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Bay suffers tourism blow from virtual festival

    Apollo Bay’s tourism industry has suffered another blow and will miss out on thousands of visitors this month, with a major running festival shifting online.

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  • Silver lining to virus pandemic

    A Colac doctor says the lessons learnt during the corona-virus pandemic could result in a lower incidence of respiratory infections across the district.

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  • Safety-first approach works for Colac schools

    Colac school councils say they support the Victorian Government’s safety-first approach to re-opening schools, as state and federal authorities remain at loggerheads over their approaches to education during the coronavirus crisis.

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  • Petrol price plummets to 10-year low

    Colac petrol prices have dipped into double figures, reaching their lowest point in at least a decade.

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  • GENEROUS GIVING: Project Feed Me Apollo Bay has sent its first round of food supply packages this week, to community members struggling during the COVID-19 crisis.

    Care packages for Apollo Bay

    Apollo Bay residents are taking the wellbeing of their fellow community members into their own hands with a new initiative providing food for the people most in need.

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  • Coronavirus causes another delay to refurbishment

    A refurbishment to the Maits Rest loop walk near Cape Otway has suffered another delay, this time due to COVID-19.

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  • Busy bee man keeps district’s hives going

    A fascination for busy insects has drawn Neville Towers to a niche rural activity like a bee to a honeypot.

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  • High School reno would cost $2.5M

    A renovation of Colac High School’s heritage-listed quadrangle building would cost $2.5 million, according to a recent report.

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