Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Police look in to equipment thefts

    Burglars have stolen about $5000 worth of items across three Colac properties, with residents urged to keep an eye out for not-quite-right sales and suspicious street activity.

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  • Council wants answers verbatim

    Answers read out during Colac Otway Shire Council’s public question time should be recorded word-for-word, a councillor says.

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  • Ongoing support for fire-affected Colac family

    The Colac community is reaching out to a family following a “miracle” escape from a blaze in their home.

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  • Skater praised for cleaning initiative

    Apollo Bay traders and visitors have praised a teenager who has taken on the task of cleaning up the town’s skate park.

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  • Epic journey 50 years in the making

    Fifty years ago, a conservationist and a tiger moth pilot left Hobart to fly to Canberra and write “Save Lake Pedder” in the skies above Parliament.

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  • New look for loo

    Here’s some graffiti to put a smile on your dial.

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  • Zero emissions car hits road

    A Colac-based environment authority has wheeled out its first zero-emission vehicle, with the electric car to cover plenty of ground across Victoria’s south-west.

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  • Gong for fire volunteers

    A cohort of Colac district volunteer firefighters who helped battle blazes across the 2019-20 Black Summer have received a national decoration.

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