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  • Long COVID upends Rosie’s life

    At 34, Rosie Mahoney was thriving in a job she loved, preparing for an exciting European holiday and had plans of starting a family with her partner.
    That was until a COVID-19 infection and the brutal impact of long COVID turned her life upside down, leaving her bedridden, requiring care and living with about 50 ongoing symptoms.

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  • Apollo Bay garden represents journey

    Nelly O’Meara draws gardening inspiration from her famous Paradise tea rooms, a slice of her Dutch heritage and of course her husband proudly saying their garden is “the best in Apollo Bay”.

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  • Bay festival reels in keen seafood lovers

    Apollo Bay Seafood Festival officials say 5000 people consumed nearly every bit of fresh produce while supporting community groups for what they’ve dubbed the “biggest and best” one yet.

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  • Grants available for community uses

    Telstra and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal are partnering to deliver $600,000 in grants for community groups.

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  • Artists carve out a ‘visual feast’

    Colac Otway Shire and the surrounding towns will transform into a “visual feast” this April for the Colac Otway Arts Trail.

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  • Guilty plea after serious injury

    A Barongarook man must complete 200 hours of unpaid community work, after he hit a man causing him to lose a tooth, in an attempt to get back a $30 debt.

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  • Cafe burglary earns $4000 fine

    A 19-year-old woman who racked up a long list of offending has avoided a conviction but must be on good behaviour for the next 18 months and pay almost $4000 to the café she broke into.

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  • Big plans for council millions

    Colac Otway Shire councillors will decide today whether to spend half a million dollars on Lake Colac Holiday Park improvements, using money from its $2.6-million Bruce Street land sale.

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