News

  • Safety boost for region’s arterial roads

    Construction crews are continuing work to improve the Colac district’s key arterial roads.

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  • Plan to stream council meeting

    Colac Otway Shire Council will recommend Wednesday’s monthly meeting be livestreamed for the public.

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  • Groups share resources to care for community

    Colac Otway Shire Council says the region is prepared to meet any increase in demand for services from vulnerable members of the community amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Focus turns to mulching as Otways get wetter

    Firefighters have stepped up mulching to reduce fire fuels in the Otways, after wet autumn weather made burnoffs harder.

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  • Environmental grants open

    Applications have opened for a state grants program for environmental projects along the coast.

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  • Theatre closed, but the show must go on-line

    Colac’s arts centre has joined an online initiative celebrating the performing arts during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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  • Big rig turns heads off Great Ocean Road coast

    Vigilant coastal residents spotted two vessels towing this big rig off the Otways coast yesterday morning.

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  • Landscapes inspire budding novelist

    A visit to the Otways coupled with a family tragedy moved a Brisbane author to set her debut novel in the region’s picturesque landscape.

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