Articles by Billy Higgins

  • GORCAPA CEO search continues

    The Great Ocean Road’s management authority is still on the hunt for its inaugural CEO.

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  • Mulch pile spontaneously combusts on farm

    Soaring temperatures caused a mulch pile at Cooriemungle to spontaneously combust this week, requiring more than six hours of fire brigade attention.

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  • ‘Traffic lights’ control border

    Visitors and returning residents from regional New South Wales can come back to Victoria as the state adopts a “traffic light” and permit system for interstate travel from this week.

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  • Ocean Road promotion during tennis tourney

    The Great Ocean Road region will receive a free plug to a global audience when its name adorns a lead-in tournament to this year’s Australian Open tennis tournament.

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  • Overtaking lanes near completion

    Work is back underway to finish construction of overtaking lanes on the Princes Highway at Weerite, west of Colac, with roads authorities targeting March for the project’s completion date.

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  • Rainfall record falls as reservoir level rises

    A rain downpour across the Colac district has shattered a 20-year monthly rainfall record in the Otways.

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  • VicRoads clears its backlog for testing

    VicRoads has cleared a months-long driver test backlog at its Colac facility.

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  • Traffic disruptions for popular district back road

    Construction crews will close lanes on Cape Otway Road from next week for resurfacing and widening works.

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