News

  • PHOTO FEATURE: District dairy demo day

    Colac district farmers, green energy enthusiasts and State Government officials have attended Peter and Trish Mulheron’s dairy farm at Swan Marsh for the first demonstration day of Phnxx’s solar battery pilot program.

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  • Cressy railway’s fascinating story

    Local author and historian Norman Houghton has produced a new book about a historic railway line that linked the northern parts of the Colac Otway Shire.

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  • Emergency fire bore for district town

    Southern Rural Water has selected Timboon as one of six regional Victorian towns to receive a new emergency fire bore to help residents access water during a crisis.

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  • Public liability insurance bill increases, but below budget

    Colac Otway Shire Council’s public liability insurance bill has risen by 10 per cent for this financial year.

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  • Road reshuffle for development

    An Elliminyt dead-end court will become a through road to open up new land for housing development.

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  • Purse stolen from home as residents slept

    Colac police have uncovered a home burglary while attending a family violence incident early yesterday.

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  • BREAK-IN SPREE: Residents detain suspect after stumbling across theft

    A Geelong male, 19, is in custody after a spate of crimes across Colac in one night.

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  • Lobby group founder steps away from role

    Apollo Bay Community Voice interim chair Nikki Williams has implored the group’s new committee to continue its mission of “becoming a force to be reckoned with”.

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