News

  • Region will pause to pay tribute

    Today, at the eleventh hour, Colac and district will pause to honour Australian servicepeople.

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  • Colac’s silver screen set to shine once again

    Colac Cinemas’ owners say they are “ecstatic” to be reopening next week and are keeping an eye on further easing of restrictions to ramp up for the summer holidays.

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  • Protection zones go in around coastal towns

    Work will start at Lorne this week to create strategic fuel breaks to provide better protection from bushfires.

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  • Lifelong mission to protect us all

    A passion for protecting precious lives and livelihoods has taken Larpent firefighter Lachlan Sutherland across Victoria and interstate in the line of duty.

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  • Lighthouse petition is growing

    A petition to extend the business lease of Cape Otway Lightstation has racked up 1000 signatures with a fortnight to go.

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  • Fighting youth homelessness

    A community grant will help to support youth homelessness in Colac and allow people to buy essential household goods.

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  • Erosion closes Great Ocean Road lane

    Roadside erosion has forced the Department of Transport to close one lane of the Great Ocean Road near Separation Creek.

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  • Falling in love with the Otways

    Mark Cooper has spent most of the year chasing waterfalls in the Otways, in a bid to document unnamed and undiscovered sites.

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