Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Mapping out rail trail’s future

    An Old Beechy Rail Trail group wants to hear what people think about the trail through a new online survey.

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  • Track section remains closed

    The Old Beechy Rail Trail between Beech Forest and Ferguson has reopened, but one section could remain closed “for the foreseeable future”.

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  • Rider dies after crash

    A woman has died in a motorcycle crash at Winchelsea.

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  • One teen found, another missing

    A Port Fairy teenager known to visit Colac has returned home after being missing for more than a week.

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  • Land kept in reserve amid housing shortage

    There is residential land that is good to go in Colac, with Colac Otway Shire Council pushing development as one of its big targets.  

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  • Apollo Bay has recipe for TV stardom

    Apollo Bay is about to hit primetime television, after one of the country’s top reality cooking shows filmed an episode at its iconic harbour.

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  • Council leader resigns

    Colac Otway Shire Council will search for a new chief executive, after its current boss announced he would step down in July.

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  • First Peoples support state reconciliation plan

    A First People’s spokesperson has praised a new-truth telling initiative that will look at injustices against Victorian Traditional Owners since European settlers arrived.

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