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  • CRIMSON TIDE: Salt lake turns orange

    DRY conditions and a salt-loving alga are likely the causes behind Lake Corangamite’s pinkish-orange water, with a salt crust around the foreshore.

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  • BAGS BAGGED: Apollo Bay residents ditching plastic bags

    APOLLO BAY residents are throwing their support behind a campaign to reduce the number of plastic bags shoppers use at in the coastal town.

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  • TRAILER MAYHEM: Four vehicles in highway smash

    FOUR VEHICLES, a caravan and a trailer have been involved in a multi-vehicle collision on the busy Princes Highway near Colac, but all passengers avoided major injuries.

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  • ARSON: Stolen car torched at Lake Colac

    COLAC police are investigating the torching of a stolen car at Lake Colac yesterday morning.

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  • GREEN LIGHT: Councillor approval for new caravan park

    ELLIMINYT is a step closer to boosting Colac district’s tourism opportunities by hosting holidaymakers at a new camping and caravan park.

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  • ROAD RAGE: Traffic detour angers resident

    A COLAC man is questioning VicRoads’ decision to divert traffic down small residential streets during an upgrade of the Colac East railway bridge.

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  • GEARING UP: Paraders prepare for Kana Festival

    THE 59TH ANNUAL Colac Kana Festival is just over a week away with the district community gearing up to celebrate “Our Wonderful Otways”.

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  • BRUTAL ROBBERY: Masked robbers terrorise German tourists

    POLICE are appealing for information after two masked offenders terrorised and robbed three German backpackers at Lorne.

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