Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Community will have say on park

    Community members will get a say on whether free camping should remain at Meredith Park.

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  • Council set to discuss Meredith Park’s future

    Should camping be banned at Lake Colac’s Meredith Park? That’s the question Colac Otway Shire Council is looking at, with community members tipped to get a say early next year.

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  • Land could link Lake to highway

    Surplus school land could help create a new key road linking Lake Colac and the Princes Highway.

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  • 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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