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  • HUGE BOOM: Bike ride boosts Bay tourism

    AN OTWAYS tourism leader says the inclusion of Apollo Bay on the route of this year’s Great Victorian Bike Ride will be “a great boost for everybody”.

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  • MISSION OF LOVE: Devoted sister raises $10K for cancer research

    COLAC’S Tracey Lang says she is overwhelmed and humbled by the support she has received from the community in her quest to raise money for a cancer charity in honour of her late sister.

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  • MAYORAL MATTERS: Highway upgrade bringing benefits

    MAYOR Frank Buchanan outlines the benefits of the Princes Highway duplication, and slams a report criticising the road project.

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  • TRUCK TRAGEDY: Driver dies as truck rolls down hill into home

    An Apollo Bay man has died after his truck rolled before smashing into a home at Apollo Bay.

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  • LUCKY TO BE ALIVE: Log truck rear-ends family’s car

    FOUR family members were lucky to escape injury when a log truck smashed into the back of their silver Ford Fairlane on the Princes Highway near Birregurra yesterday.

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  • HELP IS HERE: High demand for gambling support

    GAMBLERS have put almost $7 million through Colac and district gaming machines in the first eight months of the current financial year.

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  • MURDER MEMOIR: Writing helps daughter deal with dad’s murder

    A FORMER Colac woman has spoken of her surprise uncovering the background of the murder of her father 75 years ago.

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  • GROWING GOLD: District saffron crop worth all the effort

    COLAC DISTRICT saffron farmers say the value of the spice comes from the labour-intensive farming practices.

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