Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Loving living life to the fullest

    More than 12 months on after open heart surgery, Bethany Hickey is living life to the fullest and not taking anything for granted.

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  • More summer bus customers

    The summer bus between Colac and Lorne has seen an increase in customers using the service this year but transport officials say there are no plans to change or extend the service.

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  • Swifties embrace weekend of Wildest Dreams

    Being one of almost 300,000 people to see Taylor Swift perform in Melbourne was an experience of a lifetime and I’m still not over it four days later.

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  • Work to repair drain defect

    Barwon Water, the Environmental Protection Authority and Bulla Dairy Foods are working together to repair a drain defect that could have leaked waste into Lake Colac.

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  • Call for more train historians

    A love of trains and history has inspired volunteers to restore the Birregurra Railway Station and now with a $10,000 grant, they’re hoping to get more people involved.

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  • Boundaries for Surf Coast set to change

    Surf Coast Shire Council will become a multi-member ward commencing from the 2024 local government general elections in October.

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  • Shire restructured with seven wards

    When Corangamite Shire residents vote in the October council election, they will elect one councillor for each of the seven wards.

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  • Shipwreck’s area heritage listing

    Shipwreck historian Alan McLean has welcomed the decision to heritage list the landscape near Moonlight Head, where the Fiji vessel shipwrecked more than 130 years ago.

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