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Ceremony goes online
Surf Coast Shire Council has expanded its community event funding program to kickstart the region’s cultural revival following a pandemic-affected 2020.
CEO search progresses
Surf Coast Shire Council is set to choose a recruitment agency to appoint its next chief executive, more than five months after Keith Baillie stepped down from the top job.
Motorcycle clocked at 150kmh
Road police confiscated this motorbike on Sunday after detecting it travelling at 150kmh on Colac-Forrest Road at Yeo.
Fire crews help secure state’s borders
Forest fire crew members from Colac and district have been helping manage COVID-19 checkpoints.
Tourist sector shows signs of a recovery
Apollo Bay’s tourism industry is showing signs of recovery from the COVID pandemic, with accommodation providers holding forward bookings through to April’s school holidays.
Uni offer caps off a big year
Dana Lucas thought she wouldn’t even be able to sit her Year 12 exams last year because of the pandemic, but now the Colac Secondary College graduate is looking toward university life.
Busy first weekly sale in Colac
Colac Regional Saleyards was a hive of activity for the first weekly fat sale of 2021.
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.