Articles by Billy Higgins

  • OCEAN fights back against oil testing

    Otways residents have taken to the sea to protest offshore oil exploration in the region.

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  • Cash-strapped businesses welcome much-needed tourism return

    The Otways tourism industry is back in business after residents welcomed the return of visitors over the long weekend and accommodation vacancies fill up for the coming weeks.

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  • 2020 season cancelled

    It’s official – Colac’s football and netball seasons will not go ahead in 2020.

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  • Traffic cops shocked by high rate of offences

    A motorist who clocked at 147kmh near Colac is among a raft of speeders, drug drivers and other offenders who left Colac police shocked this week.

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  • Fire authorities investigate shed inferno

    Fire authorities are investigating the circumstances of a late-night shed fire at Weerite last week that took local brigades 45 minutes to contain.

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  • Police investigating Winchelsea late-night crime spree

    Winchelsea residents received a reminder to lock up their cars after unknown offenders broke into at least eight vehicles in one night at a housing estate.

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  • Man airlifted to Melbourne after Lorne fishing incident

    Paramedics airlifted a man from Lorne to Melbourne after fell into the ocean while fishing and needed rescuing from local volunteers.

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  • Panther myth still up for debate after false alarm

    Colac district tongues were wagging on the weekend when this image of a large, black feline creature surfaced on social media.

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