News

  • No more wood collecting in Victorian state forests

    Victoria’s firewood collection season has ended, meaning people must wait until September before it’s legal to collect firewood from public land.

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  • Letters to the editor

    Readers share views on climate change, the Great Barrier Reef, big business and Dry July.

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  • Corangamite shopfront grant

    More Corangamite Shire businesses will now be eligible to receive financial support to refresh their shopfronts.

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  • Get along to check out vibrant Colac exhibition

    Colourful exhibition Adventures of the Twinnies will be on show at COPACC until next week.

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  • Otways electricity restored

    A weekend Otways power outage affected about 2700 homes and businesses after a network fault, the cause of which is under investigation.

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  • Film contest to spread road safety message

    Aspiring Colac and district filmmakers have a chance at making the silver screen, with prizemoney up for grabs in a road safety film competition.

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  • Councillors keep rights to post on Facebook

    Colac Otway Shire Council wants to introduce a new communications policy that further embraces social media and paves the way for council news via email.  

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  • Bats have departed from heritage trees

    Thousands of bats appear to have flown the coop from the Colac Botanic Gardens.

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