News

  • Council works towards moving flying foxes

    Colac Otway Shire Council will look to move Colac’s bat population and it estimates numbers have quadrupled in the past month.

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  • Crossroads upgrade on radar after crash

    A concerned Irrewarra resident and emergency first responder is calling for safety upgrades to a district intersection following another crash.

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  • Businesses oppose proposal for Colac truck curfew

    Colac Otway Shire Council could revisit a proposal for a bypass over Lake Colac, after local industry and trucking businesses rejected an idea to re-route trucks around Lake Colac.

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  • Vehicle engulfed beside Princes Highway

    A fire has gutted a car and held up traffic on the Princes Highway near Winchelsea.

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  • Wild weather causes havoc on Ocean Road

    Wild weather has swept sand onto the Great Ocean Road at Marengo, forcing authorities to dig out a coastal walking track.

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  • Camera monitoring notorious Blue Church corner

    Blue Church resident Colin Carter has welcomed Regional Roads Victoria’s move to install a surveillance camera at the notorious intersection bordering his home.

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  • Tomatoes reach for the sky

    Colac’s Lena and Gus Kiesel don’t let a small garden set them back.

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  • A ‘gut-wrenching’ experience

    Ray Place stood in a lookout tower on Mount Porndon on Black Saturday and watched his own farm burn.

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