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  • Bay artists fight for a new home

    A thriving new pottery group at Apollo Bay says it desperately needs a dedicated art makers’ space in town to sustain moving forward.

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  • Cotter clan’s rise to champion status

    Pia Cotter, pictured with son Flynn, 2, has been raising suffolk sheep since her teen years. Now Cotter Suffolks have won a major award at Sheepvention.

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  • Program empowers women

    Colac participants have praised the Women Leading Locally program, which aims to inspire women to get into local government.

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  • Exploring art therapy inspires local painter

    Living at Apollo Bay and working as an artist and art therapist, Caroline Williams describes her work as “organic, instinctive mark-making strongly inspired by nature”.

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  • Victorian award for program mentor

    The co-ordinator of Colac’s L2P program says working alongside driving mentors and their learner drivers is a privilege, and receiving a state award has filled her with pride.

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  • Sport and recreation survey

    Sport and recreation groups in the Colac Otway Shire can have their say in a new survey.

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  • Barwon south west ambulance cases surge

    Colac Otway’s paramedics responded to more incidents within the state’s target time in the latest quarter, despite as a surge in demand in the south-west region making it Ambulance Victoria’s third busiest quarter on record.

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  • Fatal Apollo Bay fire shocks coastal community

    A house fire has killed an Apollo Bay man, despite the desperate attempts of emergency services to save him, after his father escaped from the home.

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