Articles by Ruby Manson

  • Traders thrilled with Bay ‘parklets’

    The introduction of new outdoor dining “parklets” at Apollo Bay has received mostly praise from the town’s traders and customers, Chamber of Commerce president Bob Knowles says.

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  • Wilson Street gas odours under investigation

    Emergency services have responded to two reports of gas smells at the same section of Colac’s Wilson Street this week.

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  • Typical summer predicted

    Colac and district residents can expect a typical summer and early autumn, a Bureau of Meteorology climatologist says.

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  • Positives from COVID lockdowns

    Steven Murnane says coronavirus-embattled London is a vastly different city to the one he’s called home the past two decades.

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  • Hope rising for health worker

    A former Colac heathcare worker living in London says she can see the light at the end of the tunnel of the UK’s COVID-19 crisis.

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  • Flooded park recovers

    Lorne’s Cumberland River Holiday Park is back to 100-per-cent operations after flooding swept the park. Owner Ross Higgins said staff and management of the park had completely cleaned up the park after a storm caused the Cumberland River to break its banks and flood the park late on January 3. “We’re all cleaned up and […]

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  • Corangamite bowlers bring home state titles

    Winchelsea’s Rhys Jeffs is the Champion of Champions in Victorian bowls.

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  • Busy year ahead for Colac’s SES unit

    Colac’s State Emergency Service unit is preparing for a huge 2021, with stacks of training and a big recruitment drive on the agenda.

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