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  • Fire danger period ends

    CFA district six assistant chief fire officer Craig Brittain says the Colac district got through the fire danger period relatively unscathed but wants to improve community awareness about the fire danger period.

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  • Town impresses TV star

    Costa Georgiadis stops mid-interview to marvel at the big, beautiful fig tree growing at Deans Marsh Primary School.

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  • Exploring Australia’s rugged landscapes

    Getting off the beaten track and going where cars can’t reach is what Ross McNabb loves about driving utes and four-wheel drives.

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  • Travellers keep Driver Reviver volunteers busy

    Colac’s Driver Reviver had a bumper Easter, with about 370 travellers stopping by the van for a cuppa during the long weekend.

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  • One-councillor wards backed by Corangamite Shire

    Corangamite Shire Council will advocate to the Victorian Electoral Commission to have a single-councillor ward electoral system.

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  • Cobden man hospitalised after theft and assault

    Warrnambool police have charged a Colac man with assault-related offences after he handed himself in to police over an incident that left a Cobden man in hospital.

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  • Time to fix effluent ponds

    South-west Victorian farmers should put dairy effluent ponds on their maintenance to-do list before winter sets in, EPA Victoria says.

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  • From safaris to sustainability

    The Heytesbury region’s new landcare co-ordinator Michelle Leech is drawing on her passion for the environment and sustainability in her new role.

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