Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Electric charger upturn

    Electric auto giant Tesla wants to install six universal chargers at Apollo Bay, transforming the town into a must-stop drawcard for EV owners.

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  • Delivery role has wheel appeal

    After decades of dedicated wheelin’ and mealin’, Colac’s Norma Copeland is still rolling along strong.

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  • Zoom in on spring scenes

    Spring has sprung, and a new competition is calling on photo pros and budding snappers to capture the action across Colac Otway Shire.

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  • Theatre’s expansion gets green light

    A Cororooke theatre hopes construction on grand tram expansion plans can kick off within six months, after authorities approved a planning permit with a lengthy list of conditions.

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  • Showroom concept for Birregurra

    Beautiful boutique letterboxes and birdhouses would wow visitors at a proposed showroom at Birregurra.

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  • Licence loss for repeat rule breaker

    A Colac diesel mechanic who refused a drug test and declined to tell his boss about a licence suspension has avoided prison but lost his driving privileges for four years.

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  • Council seeks power guarantee

    Colac Otway Shire Council wants Powercor to promise that a staffing shake-up won’t increase blackout delays at Apollo Bay – with the company doubling down on its assurance.

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  • Ocean blast anger: Seismic test plan ruffles Apollo Bay

    Apollo Bay fishers, surfers and environmentalists are up in arms about gas explorers’ plans to seismic blast an area of the Otway Basin that’s bigger than Tasmania.

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