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  • Free lakeside camping attracts tourists

    A FREE Colac district campground is proving a popular destination for thrifty tourists.

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  • Maturing bushes boost berry yield

    OTWAY blueberries have ripened a week early, with growers hopeful of a “bigger harvest” than last season.

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  • Woman dies on Otways hike in extreme weather

    A GERMAN tourist has died at Cape Otway after hiking through the bush in sweltering heat.

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  • Facebook posts lead to Colac bashing

    COLAC police have charged two men after a Facebook argument led to a physical confrontation.

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  • Authorities prepare for extreme fire risk

    COLAC and district emergency services are preparing for “possibly the worst” fire danger since Black Saturday in 2009.

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  • ‘Invaluable’ helicopter fights grassfire

    FIRE crews relied on an aerial attack to fight an inaccessible grassfire west of Colac this week.

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  • Teenager in hospital after Lorne stabbing

    AN 18-year-old man spent the first day of 2013 in a Melbourne hospital after a stabbing at Lorne.

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  • Classic truck restored to former glory

    A QUEENSLAND woman is “gobsmacked” by a Colac duo’s restoration of her rare truck.

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