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Coast needs cash injection to cope with tourist influx
The Great Ocean Road needs greater investment to cope with increased tourism when Avalon Airport opens its international terminal, Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce’s president says.
Call-out numbers surprise SES unit controller
Colac and district’s State Emergency Services volunteers are relieved that they only had to attend five incidents after severe weather and strong winds hit the region.
Police station nearly complete
Colac’s multi-million-dollar police station is on track to open in three months, giving officers and specialist units state-of-the-art facilities to work from.
Winery taking over former Cororooke dairy factory
Change is in the air at Cororooke as Red Rock Winery brings life back to the town’s former Fonterra factory buildings.
Council limited with look
Colac Otway Shire Council wants the entrances to Colac to look attractive, but it has limited options to make improvements at Colac’s eastern outskirts.
Call to turn recycling crisis into council opportunity
A Colac Otway Shire councillor says Australia’s recycling crisis could provide the Colac district with employment and industry opportunities.
Donation saves junior baseballers after theft
Colac’s junior Braves baseballers sported new uniforms in their matches at the weekend thanks to a massive donation from a former Colac baseballer.
Council prepares Supreme Court action over Bluewater
A three-way court case between Colac Otway Shire Council and the architects and builders of Colac’s Bluewater stadium looms, with the council preparing to lodge Supreme Court papers.