News

  • Farms under pressure in extreme conditions

    A YEAR of extremes has pushed Colac district farmers to the brink, Colac’s outgoing stock agents’ leader says.

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  • New section for rail trail

    THE Old Beechy Rail Trail will extend from Beech Forest to Ferguson after landowners agreed to allow access to their properties along the Otways ridge.

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  • Couple back home after crash

    OTWAYS couple John and Jennifer Swain made it to their family Christmas lunch “by sheer willpower” after a car crash and seven weeks in hospital.

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  • Special birthday for Colac newborns

    COLAC’S first baby of 2014 waited nine days over his due date to enter the world.

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  • Record low road toll across Colac Otway

    COLAC Otway Shire has had a fatality-free year on its roads for the first time on record.

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  • Christmas gifts stolen from home

    THIEVES have stolen Christmas gifts from an Apollo Bay family’s home just two weeks after people stole household and personal items from the same home.

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  • Revellers ready for New Year’s Eve party

    LORNE’S 20th anniversary Falls Festival is in full swing as thousands of music lovers count down the hours to the end of 2013.

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  • Colac train campaign gets support

    COLAC civic leaders’ push for extra train services could become a state election issue, with south-west Victorian councils backing the campaign.

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