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Share your thoughts on priorities
It’s time to tell the Colac Otway Shire Council what you think are priorities for the community.
Business, jobs, Year 12 for ambitious sisters
Seventeen-year-old twins Isabella and Matilda Mason have a busy year ahead of them, starting Year 12 this week, working two jobs and now owning their own business – but they wouldn’t have it any other way.
Farm emissions explained
Understanding the complex issues of on-farm methane emissions and carbon trading will be tackled at a major forum in Winchelsea in February.
Celebrating value of local wetlands
The Corangamite Catchment Management Authority is encouraging the community to celebrate Ramsar Week 2024 next week – an event to increase awareness of the environmental significance of our local Ramsar wetland sites.
Debilitating scars of road trauma
A debilitating storm raging inside his head and severe life-long injuries that have made the simplest of tasks a frustrating and strenuous chore.
Creative garden gallery
Eclectic and playful, yet functional; sectioned, but flowing – Ian Westwood has never considered his Deans Marsh home as just a property.
District students receive scholarships
Two Colac district students have been awarded scholarships to support their university endeavours.
Sharing decades of experience for a carbon neutral future
Otway Agroforestry Network co-ordinator Andrew Stewart believes the future of Australian farming is carbon neutral, and has 30 years’ worth off first-hand experience to prove it.