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Sharing music’s healing power
A Colac piano teacher hopes piano can give people the same therapeutic benefits that music gave her while she was battling breast cancer.
Visitors fly in from overseas
A host of international visitors are ignoring recent travel bans and flouting social distancing rules by gathering in groups at Lake Colac – but it’s not what you think.
Job opportunities in agriculture
The State Government will pair workers who have lost their jobs with farmers looking to add to their labour force because of the coronavirus pandemic.
No tenant selected for Winchelsea hall
Winchelsea Shire Hall’s closure is set to tick past a year while the Surf Coast Shire Council continues to consider its options.
Apollo Bay anger at chopper shopper
A Ballarat man’s cravings for crustacean have landed him in hot water with the Apollo Bay community.
Let’s talk about Covid impact
A Colac group aiming to reduce the stigma of mental illness has highlighted the damaging impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on people’s mental health, and encouraged people to reach out for help.
Holiday house owners should rethink visits
Colac Otways’s mayor and community leaders are urging visitors to temporarily avoid coastal and hinterland communities during the COVID-19 crisis.
Speeding drug-driver caught hiding in back yard
A road worker had to jump out of the path of an unlicensed teenage driver on a drug-fuelled joy ride this week.