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Apollo Bay views split over resort
A $70-million Apollo Bay resort proposal has the support of the town’s business group but a community group looks likely to oppose the development despite potential benefits for the coastal community.
Push for hard-waste collection
Colac Otway Shire could look tidier and cleaning up could be easier if a councillor’s push for a hard rubbish collection proves viable and gets support from his colleagues.
Five district people in Queen’s Baton Relay
Five Colac district people, including 12-year-old sporting star and Scout Lucy Hateley, will carry the Queen’s baton in the lead-up to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Lake campaign hits water licence hurdle
Just Add Water campaigners will need to buy existing water licences if they want to top up Lake Colac from the Gellibrand River system.
CBD upgrade on schedule
Colac Otway Shire Council’s infrastructure manager says seeing so many local contractors working to transform Colac’s CBD is among the positives of the streetscape upgrade so far.
Sports treatment clinic is region’s top business
Colac’s Corio Bay Sports Treatment Clinic won the Business of the Year title at the ANZ Colac Otway Business Excellence Awards at the weekend.
Blackspot upgrades all along Ocean Road
More than 100 of the Great Ocean Road’s worst traffic and pedestrian blackspots will have safety upgrades in sweeping improvements to the famous tourist route.