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  • Five weeks of AC/DC shows for Winchelsea couple

    WINCHELSEA’S Anthea Reinen admits she’s sad her five-week rock ‘n’ roll adventure taking in AC/DC’s Australian tour is coming to an end.

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  • State forest workers help rescue lost man

    TWO STATE forest workers had an unexpected hand in saving a missing man’s life after he became lost in the Otways near Lake Elizabeth.

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  • Parched spring sparks concern

    FIREFIGHTERS have fought almost 50 grass and scrub fires in Colac and district since September as the Otways had their driest spring on record.

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  • Region ready for tourism onslaught

    A COLAC district tourism expert expects accommodation to be “full throughout the region” and tourist attractions to benefit from a bumper summer ahead.

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  • Colac teenager wins national beauty prize

    A COLAC teenager says she has new-found confidence after winning an award in a Melbourne beauty pageant in her first attempt.

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  • Colac district wind farm construction begins early 2016

    CONSTRUCTION of a Colac district wind farm will start early next year with a revised plan involving fewer turbines and a grid-connection change.

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  • Worker sees impact of violence

    COLAC AREA HEALTH is wrapping up its month of action on family violence today, but a children’s resource worker says conversations to prevent violence should continue

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  • Water-saving methods vital for berry grower

    A COLAC district berry farmer says he needs five to ten millimetres of rain a week to sustain his crops over summer.

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