In a year like no other, many Colac Otway Shire community members have stepped up, gone above and beyond their roles and brought people together in a time of need.
Otways businesses made small but significant strides towards their COVID recovery on the weekend as tourists returned to the district for the first time in weeks.
Apollo Bay had 16 times more drivers stranded without fuel while the town’s petrol station was closed compared with the same time last year, RACV data reveals.