Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Colac truck finds home in Ireland

    This is the story of an Irishman, a Colac district truck and a dream 35 years in the making.  

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  • Birregurra footpath build starts

    Colac Otway Shire Council has begun building a long-called-for footpath along a Birregurra street.

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  • New home for last goose

    Carers have rehomed Apollo Bay’s last remaining wild goose, as the community mourns the loss of its mate.

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  • Council to achieve emissions milestone

    Colac Otway is set to become one of the first rural municipalities in Victoria to achieve carbon neutrality.

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  • Cobden BP thief awaits sentence

    A Bacchus Marsh man has pleaded guilty to a brazen armed robbery at Cobden.

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  • Legal workers feeling positive

    A boom in agriculture and property has kept Colac lawyers busy during the COVID crisis, the chief of Victoria’s peak body for solicitors says, but they are keen to return to court.

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  • Councillors appraise draft budget

    Colac Otway’s official draft budget proposes to spend $13.6 million on capital works and deliver an average annual rate increase of 1.5 per cent.

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  • Colac’s big build

    Builders say there is a construction boom across Colac and district, while property data shows there are hundreds of houses going under the hammer.  

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