Articles by Billy Higgins

  • 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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  • SURGING: Colac to Coast Real Estate’s Andrea Invermee says confidence in industry and living conditions have driven a boom in house prices in the Colac district. She is pictured with the agency’s Stuart Nelson.

    Property market’s rapid growth

    Colac Otway has the fastest-growing property market in regional Victoria, new data shows.

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  • Wellington whacks council over Winchelsea Hall tenancy tussle

    A Surf Coast Shire councillor has slammed the council’s handling of the Winchelsea Shire Hall tenancy dispute and demanded it apologises to the previous tenant.

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  • Nursery benefitting from new business model

    A Colac disability employment provider is feeling the benefits of a shift in its business model.

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