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PLAYING FOR AUSTRALIA: Beaut ukes join celebrations
A BIRREGURRA-based music group is preparing for its biggest ever performance since forming in late 2014.
CRIME UNDIE-WORLD: ‘Ice’ and ecstasy in alleged drug dealer’s jocks
A COLAC man will remain in custody for another week after police caught him with illicit drugs, breaching his bail conditions.
Traditional dance on show for Australia Day
COLAC and district Sudanese dancers will showcase traditions and culture from their homeland when they perform at Birregurra on Tuesday.
Police hunt cyclist over Colac assault
POLICE are appealing for information after a cyclist assaulted a pedestrian on Murray Street in Colac.
NOT PUMPED: Lorne motorists hit with station closure
LORNE residents and visitors could be without fuel next month after the town’s only fuel supplier decided to close its doors.
Thousands of dead fish at Lake Colac
A LAKE COLAC watcher says he believes up to 500 tonnes of carp have died in the lake, contradicting the EPA’s estimated of up to 300.
Teen band launching debut album
THE MEMBERS of one of the Colac district’s emerging bands have recorded a debut album before they are old enough to learn to drive.
HERPES HOPE: Carp herpes virus could control pest
A COLAC fisherman says he hopes authorities will introduce a virus which could kill carp in Lake Colac without harming native fish.