Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Families preparing cool Christmas displays

    Colac Christmas lighters are readying to wow crowds with their dazzling displays, in what organisers tip could be the city’s biggest year ever.

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  • Mick’s epic trip for youth

    A youth worker has completed a 50-kilometre journey through the Otways to help more vulnerable young people celebrate Christmas.

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  • Burnoff blitz

    Tens of thousands of hectares of Otways bushland will go to fire under a major three-year burnoff plan.

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  • Powercor pleads guilty to fire charge, five charges dropped

    A power distributor has pleaded guilty to a charge relating to the devastating 2018 Terang fire, while an energy network regulator has dropped five charges relating to a separate blaze.

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  • Big contract for bridge build

    Colac Otway Shire Council has awarded a $740,000 contract to rebuild a local road bridge in the Otways.

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  • Riders repeat 20-year cycle

    A group of keen cyclists have returned to continue a 20-year tradition in Colac and district.

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  • Wiggle room for Bruce Street

    An important last-minute tweak to the wording of a Colac land sale decision saves Colac Otway Shire Council from locking itself into making a deal.

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  • Grass fire

    Fire crews have worked to bring a grassfire in Colac district under control.

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