News

  • PHOTO SPREAD: Junior sport Birregurra versus Irrewarra-Beeac

    Colac Herald photographer Joel King dropped in on the junior football and netball to capture the action.

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  • Colac paramedics face busier times

    Colac Otway paramedics responded to more code one emergencies within the state’s target response time in the latest quarter, but their average response time slowed.

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  • High demands on Bay fishers

    Uncertainty around the lobster trade’s future in China and increasing costs for fishers aren’t weighing heavily on Apollo Bay’s Trevor Barker as he investigates a new path after a lifetime in the industry.

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  • Investigation continues into offshore gas driller

    Apollo Bay environmentalists are demanding answers from an offshore gas drilling authority, after a company currently under investigation received the green light to begin another blasting survey in the Otway Basin.

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  • Council to report rates cash distribution

    Colac Otway Shire Council will update its geographic rate distribution each year and share it with the community as part of its Rating Strategy review.

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  • Fishing frenzy hits Bay youngsters

    Fishing frenzy has hit Apollo Bay youngsters, with its pier and beaches a busy affair after school and on weekends for locals.

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  • Carefree art soothes teen

    Imaginative and carefree is how Colac artist Tianna Beckett describes her art that helps her to clear her thoughts.

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  • Birre boost: Win for families after fight for playground replacement

    Birregurra children can celebrate a $275,000 win, with Colac Otway Shire Council’s draft budget including a redevelopment of the town’s degraded playground.

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