Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Report recommends no lake swim events

    Council should not support swimming or water-skiing events on Lake Colac because of “fluctuating” water quality and insurance risks, a report recommends.

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  • Call for highway safety review following Colac man’s death

    A Victorian Coroner has called for a safety review of the Princes Highway at Pomborneit, where a Colac man died last year after his vehicle hit a koala before a head-crash with a milk tanker.

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  • Ensuite studios to replace glamping plan at lake park

    Lake Colac Holiday Park will get ensuite studios instead of glamping tents, while the city could soon see a second public dump point.

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  • Huge $800k Bluewater savings

    Bluewater’s roof replacement bill has come down by more than $800,000, with a councillor indicating the facility was “nowhere near as bad” as experts first thought.

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  • Calling for cool green streets

    Becoming the coolest green street in town, a tree for every property, or hosting a Colac or shire-wide canopy competition – these are just some of the suggestions a resident has raised in response to new proposed nature strip rules.

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  • Council talks tax, a play space and pavilion

    An Elliminyt pavilion redevelopment, a playspace for the Lake Colac Foreshore and a push for government to reduce the land tax – they’re all priorities for Colac Otway Shire Council.

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  • Council to consider 30-km path around lake

    A shared path around Lake Colac could stretch up to 30 kilometres and cost between $23million and $29million, a new council report reveals.

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  • Glamping tents out?

    Lake Colac’s caravan park operator wants to ditch glamping tents and other amenities in favour of worker studio rooms, a report says.

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