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  • Huge sandbagging effort

    Colac’s State Emergency Service controller James Ingram has praised the efforts of volunteers and district businesses and residents for their efforts during flooding throughout the district.

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  • Bluewater floor deal ready for approval

    Colac Otway Shire Council looks set to sign off on a deal which could see Bluewater’s problem-plagued stadium floor replaced by the end of the year.

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  • Highway already behind schedule

    Delays have already hit the Princes Highway duplication between Colac and Winchelsea, with VicRoads confirming work is already six months behind schedule.

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  • Creeks overflow

    Heavy rain on Friday flooded Colac and district roads, with two drivers losing control on the Princes Highway but plenty of water pouring into Lake Colac.

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  • Nature helps to heal decades of despair

    Balintore’s Doug Lang has fought mental illnesses, recovered from overdoses, alcoholism and despair to find healing through nature and writing his book The Nature of Survival.

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  • Animals die in crashes with trains

    Trains have hit 111 animals on the Warrnambool line so far this year, making up a third of “animal strike incidents” on V-Line routes.

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  • Concert helps injured musician

    Colac’s Kirsty Oborne says it seemed “uncanny” that her brother Justin had written a song with the line “one step forward, two steps back” before his accident.

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  • Rose thief targets husband’s tribute

    Colac’s Julie Griffiths says she’s shocked, disappointed and furious at the theft of a rose commemorating her late husband.

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