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Immunisations among state’s worst
ONE in eight Colac and district children start school without full immunisation, giving the shire one of the worst immunisation rates in Victoria.
Sheer luck saves crash driver
POLICE say a Melbourne woman survived a high-speed car crash south of Birregurra “by sheer luck”.
Pregnant mum flees fire
A 38-WEEKS pregnant former Colac district woman feared she would go into labour as she prepared to flee raging fires.
Machines save Colac baby
COLAC mum Sharna Warrender was unable to hold her baby son Harley Summers for 16 days after his birth as a series of machines worked to keep him alive.
Man dies in logging accident
A COLAC man died yesterday after a tree fell on him at a logging coupe in the Otways.
Farmer fights for tractor justice
A COLAC district farmer is fighting a tractor company for a refund for what he says is a faulty machine.
Woman hurt in motorcycle crash
A WOMAN is in hospital with a fractured hip, and another man is uninjured, after two motorcycle crashes in the Otways yesterday.
Fire crews prevent disaster
CONSTANT firefighting work has stopped a blaze from sweeping into the Otways, despite Victoria experiencing “the most significant and challenging fire weather since Black Saturday”.