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Stay safe while camping
With summer quickly heating up and more people heading camping, fire authorities are renewing calls for holidayers to be campfire safe.
Platypus numbers fall
A new platypus survey in the Otways has shown there are 40 per cent fewer platypuses in the Upper Barwon than other Victorian areas like Upper Yarra and East Gippsland.
Christmas lights safety warning
Colac’s CFA brigade captain has joined the call for people to celebrate Christmas safely this year with safe light use.
Apostles road restrictions for Christmas holidays
Parks Victoria is encouraging motorists to plan ahead, drive to conditions and follow COVIDSafe rules during Christmas and New Year, as it implements traffic management at the Twelve Apostles.
Police ramping up patrols
Colac Highway Patrol will crack down on impaired and speeding drivers in two traffic operations over the Christmas-New Year period.
Offenders steal Winchelsea bus
“Do yourself a favour and stop before you get too deep” – that’s the message from a Winchelsea resident fed up after offenders stole a school bus, smashed school building windows and trashed the town’s Christmas decorations.
Opening hours cut at Colac testing site
Colac’s COVID-19 testing clinic will have reduced opening hours during the Christmas and New Year period.
Crime data reveals drug bust spike
Family violence reports in Colac Otway decreased at the height of the coronavirus crisis, latest crime data shows, but drug crime has more than doubled in a year.