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A life-changing diagnosis
Getting told you have cancer is one of those sentences that changes your life.
Otways home damaged during earthquake
“The roof started collapsing in, the chimney was about to fall off, windows had been rattled out, literally the whole window had been rattled out of the building.”
SES Otway and Colac unit controller Steve Tevelein says a Ferguson home copped the brunt of this morning’s earthquake, “absolutely” one of the biggest the region has witnessed.
Colac community turns pink
Colac has been pinking up to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.
Call for consultative committee to meet
A Lake Colac advocate says the neglected Lake Colac Consultative committee should have been consulted before the Colac Otway Shire Council decided to cancel a “potentially fantastic” club-to-club swim across the lake.
Charles Stewart & Co announce sale
Fifth-generation Colac-based real estate and livestock business Charles Stewart and Company has assured customers and the local community that it’s “business as usual”.
End of an era for CSC class
It’s the end of an era for Colac Secondary College Year 12 students as they farewell their time at high school.
Campaigning for the next generation
As worked up as Apollo Bay’s Matt Armstrong gets about climate change after almost 40 years of campaigning, he says sometimes you have to do it with a smile.
Herald helping bird count tally
The 10th annual Aussie Bird Count is well on its way to reaching a goal of recording and counting more than five million birds this week.