Articles by Colac Herald Contributor

  • Lavers Hill is priority for next fire refuge

    EMERGENCY Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley says the next community fire refuge the State Government builds will be at Lavers Hill.

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  • Lavers Hill residents want cash for refuge

    LAVERS HILL residents “urgently” need the State Government to fund a community fire refuge which could save hundreds of lives when the Otways face a firestorm.

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  • Labor picks Surf Coast councillor as Corangamite candidate

    LIBBY COKER could become the Labor Party’s first female Member for Corangamite after she takes on MP Sarah Henderson at the next federal election.

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  • Colac’s Kana Festival celebrates gardening

    THOUSANDS of people lined Colac’s main street to celebrate the 58th Kana Festival and the community’s love of gardens.

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  • 640-hectare burnoff today at Barongarook

    AUTHORITIES plan to ignite a 640-hectare burnoff today at Barongarook, south of Colac.

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  • One more car crash at notorious corner

    A 70-YEAR-OLD man and his female passenger had a lucky escape when their vehicle spun out of control, and rolled down an embankment at a notorious Otways intersection.

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  • ‘Secret’ time capsule contents still safe

    COLAC’S Bluewater Fitness Centre staff have “no idea” what’s inside a time capsule which was buried when the centre opened in 1992.

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  • Family farming work keeps senior healthy

    SEMI-RETIRED South Purrumbete dairy farmer Frank Howard says working on the farm helped him keep fit as a teenager and as he grew older.

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