Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Bay’s goodbye to beacon

    A 160-year-old maritime beacon at Marengo might be gone, but local history buffs want to ensure it’s not forgotten.

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  • Keep an eye on crime

    Police are asking homes and businesses with security surveillance to get in touch about a new initiative that could put a big dent in the city’s property crime.

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  • Toilet strategy on agenda

    Residents and ratepayers could soon have a say on Colac Otway Shire’s first Public Toilet Strategy, with loos at Lake Colac and Apollo Bay on the high-priority list.

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  • Vaccine figures keep improving

    Colac and district is surging forward with double-dose COVID vaccinations, new data shows.

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  • Inquiry into dwindling summer flows in rivers

    Authorities want to take a close look at how to boost critical flows in the Gellibrand River through summer.

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  • Civic precinct review

    Have a vision for how Colac’s civic, health and rail precinct should look?

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  • No immediate plans for shipwreck path

    A parks authority will investigate building a track to a hidden shipwreck memorial at Moonlight Head, but has ruled out anything in the short term.  

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  • A question for Colac vandals

    “What is in the heart of someone who wilfully smashes the property of strangers” – that’s what Colac’s Michael and Robyn Barrand want to know.

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