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Retailer promotes weekend trading
A Colac businessman is calling on the region’s businesses and the Colac Otway Shire Council to create an atmosphere to stop traffic in Colac.
Colac public transport boost
Colac will have a new early-morning bus service to Geelong, allowing commuters to connect to Melbourne-bound trains and arrive in the city before business hours.
Flashbacks to crash haunt district mum
A Colac district mother says she still relives the moment her car crashed into another car as she was driving her son to school.
Animal attraction boosts Apollo Bay
Planning for a new multi-million-dollar ecotourism attraction near Apollo Bay is set to go ahead, after receiving council approval and more than $500,000 in government support.
Forrest chocolaterie wins federal funding
Forrest’s Mandy and Michael Bishop’s chocolaterie just got sweeter thanks to a $300,000 government grant to help fund their artisan cafe and boutique chocolate-making business.
Groundbreaking idea for affordable burials
A Western District businessman says his groundbreaking burial service is giving people “a very Australian alternative” to a traditional burial.
Church cash stolen in Colac theft spree
Police are on the lookout for thieves after six burglaries at Colac properties this week.
Colac home market booming
Colac and district realtors say Colac’s property market is “booming” and government incentives for first homebuyers will mean Colac’s market strength will continue to grow.