Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Water quality on agenda

    Colac Otway Shire Council will consider whether to adopt a proactive approach of assessing the Lake Colac’s suitability for water-based events, despite the lake’s community advocacy group not meeting for about 18 months.

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  • Council to consider petition, contracts and more

    A petition, lease, contracts, environmental strategies and finances are just some of the items on this month’s Colac Otway Shire Council meeting at Apollo Bay.

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  • Call for consultative committee to meet

    A Lake Colac advocate says the neglected Lake Colac Consultative committee should have been consulted before the Colac Otway Shire Council decided to cancel a “potentially fantastic” club-to-club swim across the lake.

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  • Herald helping bird count tally

    The 10th annual Aussie Bird Count is well on its way to reaching a goal of recording and counting more than five million birds this week.

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  • A newsworthy radio segment

    Radio presenters Rosemary Goodall and Francois Rochecouste are making sure news is accessible for everyone through their Talking Newspapers segment on OCR FM.

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  • A fun station celebration

    The team at OCR FM has been celebrating the station’s 32nd birthday with trivia, an open studio, line dancing and more.

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  • Distillery proposed in application

    Otways Distillery is hoping to turn an unused restaurant in Birregurra into a purpose-built distillery and tasting room.

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  • Players present race-day comedy

    The Colac Players will take to the stage next week performing the theatre performance Ladies’ Day and celebrating 80 years of theatre in the community.

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