Articles by Jacob Traynor
Concerns over camp changes
Long-term users of Apollo Bay’s campground want clarity over their potential relocation.
Grim statistics for workplace deaths
A horror December has led Colac Otway to record the most workplace deaths in regional Victoria in 2021.
Council rates costs jobs, union says
Rate capping has cost more than a score of jobs in Colac Otway Shire, a trade union says.
Jam-packed council meeting
Colac Otway Shire Council will consider selling a former pre-school building at Apollo Bay and inking a long-term lease deal for the Forrest Caravan Park.
Praise for property owners
Authorities have praised the “vast majority” of Colac Otway properties following a shire-wide fire safety clean up blitz.
Vote to set Forrest caravan park’s future
A national tourism and training company is poised to receive the lease for the Forrest Caravan Park. Colac Otway Shire councillors will vote whether to grant the lease for the park to BelgraviaPRO when they consider the item at a meeting on Wednesday. A recommended deal in the agenda report proposes handing Belgravia a 15-year […]
Bridge work starts after delay
A brand-new footbridge across Colac’s Barongarook Creek should be ready for pedestrians by April, Colac Otway Shire Council says.
Big Colac trainee boost
A state cash boost will help horticulture students in Colac get growin’.