Articles by Hannah Toohey

  • Exploring art therapy inspires local painter

    Living at Apollo Bay and working as an artist and art therapist, Caroline Williams describes her work as “organic, instinctive mark-making strongly inspired by nature”.

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  • Cressy railway’s fascinating story

    Local author and historian Norman Houghton has produced a new book about a historic railway line that linked the northern parts of the Colac Otway Shire.

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  • World premiere hits Geelong

    Geelong Arts Centre will host the world premiere of Hells Gates, a new Australian story from the Green Room award-winning team of storymakers at The Space Company.

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  • Tidy Towns honour for school

    Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria has announced its shortlist for the 2023 Tidy Towns and Cities Sustainability Awards, with Camperdown’s Mercy Regional College featured in the Education category.

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  • Top trainers test talents on Colac’s racetrack

    Colac Turf Club has hosted multiple prestigious trainers on its racing grounds in recent weeks, with 45 of Patrick Payne’s horses on the course proper for a day.

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  • Cat owners brace for curfew

    Surf Coast cat owners have less than nine weeks left to prepare for a shire-wide 24-hour cat curfew.

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  • Pokies plan sparks debate

    Colac and district figures have weighed in on whether new $100 betting limits on pokies will change consumer behaviour.

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  • Indigenous senator to speak about The Voice

    The Colac community will have a chance next week to speak to Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Opposition spokesperson for Indigenous Australians, regarding The Voice to Parliament.

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