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  • Changing Gears success

    A group of Lavers Hill K-12 College GOALS campus students will soon take to the roads to learn the ins and outs of driving after completing a program to receive their learner permits.

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  • Firefighter’s gruelling stair climb supports charities

    Colac firefighter Aidan Barnhart has climbed 28 floors of a Melbourne motel to help fight cancer, suicide and depression.

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  • Family bids farewell to Colac

    Colac’s lake, gardens and community service groups are just some of the many things Pat and John Dunn will miss about Colac.

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  • Hit the big screen

    Wondering what to do these September school holidays?

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  • Next step for new street linking highway, houses and lake

    A plan for a new street linking Colac’s Murray Street to Lake Colac has gained the approval of Colac Otway Shire councillors.

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  • Bridge repairs close Timboon road

    Work to replace the timber deck on a bridge near Timboon has started this week, with authorities closing Digneys Bridge Road until work is complete. The bridge, located about 3.5 kilometres north of Timboon, will be raised by half a metre after being closed during October and November in 2022 due to flooding. Corangamite Shire […]

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  • Carbon capture concerns for Otway Basin

    OCEAN member Lisa Deppeler has expressed her outrage at a Federal Government decision to release new areas for energy and gas companies to explore for offshore greenhouse gas storage.

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  • Apollo Bay’s big fish reel in keen anglers

    An Apollo Bay fisherman says the town is fast becoming the “big fish” capital of Victoria after another busy tuna season of huge hauls.

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