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Rider cheats death in crash
A MOTORBIKE rider is “extremely lucky” to be alive after crashing into a car north of Lorne.
Shire chief plans Jamie Oliver tour
CIVIC leader Rob Small wants to take celebrity chef Jamie Oliver on a tour of Colac’s edible landscape project.
Twins overcome bumpy start to life
COLAC’S Nicole Drayton endured a three-day wait to hold her twin girls after they were born eight weeks premature, unresponsive and needing resuscitation.
Colac train campaign needs support
COLAC train campaigner Brian Crook is urging people to have their say on public transport and support proposed increased train services between Geelong and Warrnambool.
Council to abandon C70 amendment
COLAC Otway Shire Council is likely to abandon a controversial planning amendment which fuelled a public backlash against the council last year.
Burglaries at Birregurra
POLICE from Colac and Warrnambool travelled to Birregurra to investigate two burglaries.
Family cat shot, left for dead
A COLAC family is heartbroken after a cruel pet-hater shot their family cat and left it for dead.
Young chef wants Jamie Oliver Colac visit
COLAC district teenager Troy Manning plans to open his own restaurant one day and says a Jamie Oliver pop-up kitchen would benefit Colac.