Articles by Billy Higgins

  • Timely visit from firefighter

    A quick-thinking, off-duty Cobden firefighter has likely saved a Bostocks Creek home from burning to the ground by taking decisive action.

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  • Welcome return for tourism

    Otways businesses made small but significant strides towards their COVID recovery on the weekend as tourists returned to the district for the first time in weeks.

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  • Fuel callouts skyrocket during station closure

    Apollo Bay had 16 times more drivers stranded without fuel while the town’s petrol station was closed compared with the same time last year, RACV data reveals.

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  • Density limits cause headaches for cafe

    An Apollo Bay café owner says current density limits could make her business unviable when coronavirus support payments wind back later this month.

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  • Bay welcomes revamped servo

    Normal fuel service has returned to Apollo Bay, with the town’s revamped service station opening to the public this week.

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  • Funding to help fast-track developments

    A consortium of south-west Victorian councils has received State Government funding to fast-track plans for economic development in the region’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Milestone for south-west railway work

    Upgrades to Colac’s railway line reached another milestone this week under a project that would enable a fifth weekday return service from late next year.

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  • Active cases down to 10

    Colac Otway’s active COVID case total has dropped to 10, after two recoveries and no new infections yesterday.

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