Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • No comments on caravan park lease

    Community members have kept quiet about the future management of the Lake Colac Caravan Park.

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  • Steeped in history: Balnagowan restoration

    Have a look what’s happening inside one of Colac’s most beloved homes – for the past decade, Leigh and Jan Rich have been restoring the Balnagowan mansion to its former grandeur.

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  • Driver falls ill on school trip

    Colac school officials have praised the efforts of quick-thinking teachers who jumped into action when a bus driver suffered a medical episode in the Northern Territory.

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  • $7.5M pledge for VBOSS

    A proposed ocean safety education centre at Apollo Bay has received a $7.5-million election promise boost.

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  • Flight pays tribute to tragedy

    A Cressy pilot and tiger moth plane have completed an incredible journey in honour of one of Tasmania’s greatest aviation mysteries.

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  • Fresh faces join council ranks

    A former court boss and an open space expert are helping Colac Otway Shire Council round out its changing of the guard, with five new faces at the top.

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  • Coast erodes Colac influence

    Colac is no longer king of its state seat, new population data shows – with Torquay stealing the Polwarth crown thanks to new election boundaries and rampant residential growth.

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  • Beeac mourning postmaster

    People person, tractor puller, local postie extraordinaire – tributes are rolling in for Beeac’s David Clancy, who died in a road crash at Weering this week.

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