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  • Strong urge to create art drives big change in life

    Colac visual arts student Nicole Franklin says she simply couldn’t suppress her urge to fully commit to her art any longer. 

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  • Award-winning farm finds success in trees

    An esteemed national Landcare award is the result of Deans Marsh’s Stewart family prioritising the ecological functionality of their farm for 50 years.

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  • No Crown land camping for region

    The State Government is finalising new regulations to allow camping on Crown river frontages, but no Colac Otway rivers are currently under consideration.

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  • Technological upgrade for Colac’s city clock

    Colac’s Rotary clubs have modernised the city’s main street clock in celebration of the organisation’s 100-year anniversary in Australia.

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  • Hiccup for race holiday plan

    A call to make the Colac Gold Cup a public holiday has received a tepid reception, while laws about timing might have scratched the proposal before it’s out of the gate.

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  • No deal yet for hospital

    Colac Area Health is still in discussions to obtain an onsite pathology service after more than two years without one.

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  • Sale yarding rebounds and prices improve

    Prices rose slightly overall and the yarding grew at Colac’s weekly cattle market.

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  • Youths’ views wanted in council census

    Surf Coast Shire Council has launched its youth census, to improve its understanding of the challenges facing the region’s young people.

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