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Avid card player celebrates 100th
Don’t swear, work hard, play lots of sport, do what you think is right and listen to others is centenarian Margaret Toulmin’s advice to others.
Agents plea for travel industry support
Colac’s travel agents have called for an extension of support payments for their industry with the impacts of COVID-19 set to last well into 2021.
Timetable change for commuters
Trains from Colac now take up to two hours and 32 minutes to reach Melbourne under timetable changes that came into force this week.
Call to halt riverside projects
River advocate group Friends of the Barwon is calling for a delay to development along the Barwon River and its tributaries.
Classes begin at college
A new set of Year Seven students are settling into life at Colac Secondary College.
Unit development proposed in Colac
A local developer wants permission for a million-dollar subdivision and unit development in Colac, and a popular Barongarook brewery has requested to provide music for longer.
Rescues confirm need for training
A proposed blue-ocean skills centre at Apollo Bay could help curb a startling rise in beach tragedies.
Future water sources under consideraton
A panel will consider water options for the region’s future after communities in Colac and surrounds had a say on ways to secure the resource.