Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Council to consider Forrest accommodation plans

    Plans for group accommodation in Forrest have crossed Colac Otway Shire Council officers desks.

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  • Safety, dust concerns increase

    Elliminyt resident Jenny Evans is fed up with the lingering dust on Harris Road that coats the inside and outside of her house caused by an increase in speeding drivers.

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  • Crash forces two-hour highway traffic detour

    Wet weather conditions on Easter Monday resulted in a car clipping a semi-trailer truck and landing on the median strip of the Princes Highway.

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  • Community hub plans revealed

    A new multi-purpose community hub at Deans Marsh Memorial Reserve will be the centre of community life for generations to come, following the Surf Coast Shire council approving the facility’s development plan.

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  • Retirement plan for photographer

    Capturing the faces and places of the south west is how award-winning photographer Wal Slow has spent more than 45 years of his life and now he is ready for retirement.

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  • Bottle shop and fried chicken plans lodged

    Colac could soon have another bottle shop and a brand-new fried chicken shop, if Colac Otway Shire Council approves plans to develop the former site of Best and Less.

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  • Council news in brief

    Coastal rates questioned Colac Otway Shire Council’s chief says it is not “helpful” to provide information on what portion of ratepayers money is spent along the coast. At the March council meeting, Otway Forum’s Tony Webber questioned how much of ratepayers’ money was spent in the Skenes Creek, Marengo and Apollo Bay areas. “A few […]

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  • Timely reminder after e-bike blaze

    An e-bike fire in Colac this week destroyed a shed and its contents, leaving CFA crews warning people about the potential hazards of e-vehicles.

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