Articles by Rachel Simmonds

  • New-look playground for Beeac’s town park

    Colac Otway Shire Council has started works at Beeac for a fresh playground, sporting and park upgrade with “nature play” for children.

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  • NEVER FORGOTTEN: Remembering Ash Wednesday – 40 years on

    Deans Marsh fire brigade captain Jeff Clissold says he had just finished his first 12 months as a volunteer firefighter when he answered reports of a fire that sparked the Ash Wednesday fires in the Otways.

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  • Date set for council vote countback

    Colac Otway Shire Council will discover its new seventh councillor at the start of March, after Jamie Bell’s resignation created an extraordinary vacancy.

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  • Historic events facing the chop

    Colac Otway woodchoppers are urging the State Government to honour a promise from 2006 to help keep the historic sport alive.

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  • Johanna design flaw

    Plans for a Johanna tourism accommodation development could face a stumbling block at a council meeting today, with council planners claiming the design clashes with the natural landscape.

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  • Walkers express track concerns

    Dozens of community members have joined a walk at Apollo Bay to meet with coastal authorities to discuss a closed track.

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  • ARTS FOCUS: Cricket gets creative for Creekers

    Deans Marsh arts and sports groups have forged a friendship to create unique artworks from old and loved cricket gear.

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  • Interstate competition at ram sale

    Gemini Prime Lamb’s high-quality white suffolks have presented well and drawn in interstate competition at the stud’s annual summer sale.

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