Articles by Colac Herald Contributor

  • Choppers threaten Otways peace and quiet

    OTWAYS tourism operators, farmers and residents fear the noise of tourist helicopters could drown the region’s peaceful lifestyle and scare off touris

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  • No change in wind for wind farms

    A WIND FARM developer has confirmed changes to State Government regulations will not affect the company’s wind farm projects in the Colac district.

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  • Dob in ridiculous speed limits

    Colac district motorists can have their say on “confusing and potentially dangerous stretches of road” with too many speed limit changes.

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  • Tiny pest bugging staff at Colac cafe

    A Colac lakeside cafe manager wants community help to rid her business of a growing insect problem – midges.

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  • Turbine restrictions affect Colac district

    A Port Campbell wind farm could go ahead despite a new State Government ban on turbines in the Great Ocean Road region.

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  • Hall of fame honour for truck driver

    Australia’s trucking industry has honoured Colac driver John Mahoney by inducting him into a National Road Transport Hall of Fame.

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  • Ex-policeman denies hit-run involvement

    A FORMER Colac policeman has denied any alleged involvement in the death of a war veteran in a hit-and-run crash 35 years ago.

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  • Cheeseman says he’s Aussie

    CORANGAMITE MP Darren Cheeseman dismissed an investigation into his citizenship as “political dirt digging” and has a certificate to prove he is not a New Zealand citizen.

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