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  • Tourism returns to fire-affected towns

    WYE General Store’s manager says the re-opening of the Great Ocean Road has helped trading and getting residents back on their feet.

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  • Petrol prices reduce but we can do better

    A COLAC fuel price campaigner is urging people to build pressure on petrol retailers and says prices are still “unfair”.

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  • Colac’s airfield offers starting point for adventures

    A COLAC man says more people could use Irrewarra Airfield, east of Colac, as a departure point for their next domestic holiday.

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  • Great Ocean Road re-opens fully

    THE GREAT Ocean Road reopened this morning to allow visitors to return to the region after, 12 days after fire destroyed 116 houses in the area.

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  • Street sign glorifies paedophile’s name

    A COLAC district resident is “insulted” her grandfather and father’s legacy now bears the name of a paedophile convicted in 1893.

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  • Residents access parts of fire-affected Wye River

    PARTS of Wye River began re-opening to residents yesterday, nine days after the Christmas Day bushfire destroyed 116 homes on the Otway coast.

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  • Grapes unaffected by smoke from bushfire

    A COLAC district winery owner says smoke from recent fires won’t taint the taste of grapes.

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  • Lake Colac fish kill likely next month

    THE ENVIRONMENT Protection Authority has forecast a mass “fish-death event” in Lake Colac next month as the shoreline continues to recede.

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