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  • Roadside firewood ban set to remain in place

    Collecting firewood from roadsides will remain prohibited in Corangamite Shire, following a council review that rejected a change to the policy.

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  • Crowds flock to Gellibrand auction day

    Hundreds of people turned out to the Gellibrand Recreation Reserve for the return of the town’s trash and treasure auction yesterday. It was the first time the auction has been able to go ahead since November 2019, with COVID scuppering the 2020 and 2021 events, and waterlogging causing organisers to postpone the 2022 event in […]

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  • Filipino mechanics inspire employers

    For Filipino diesel mechanics Jade Gamboa, Alvin Villapana, Dalyn Lumagod and Jerold Escabusa, Australia was the “country of opportunity”.

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  • Vessel en route to coast for gas project

    A specialist vessel is sailing from the United Kingdom to Australia to begin work on a natural gas project offshore from Port Campbell.

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  • New faces on Colac campus

    Colac Secondary College has welcomed its new wave of Year Seven students last week, who enjoyed getting to know their cohort and settling in to classes before they headed off on Year Seven camp.

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  • ARTS FOCUS: Cricket gets creative for Creekers

    Deans Marsh arts and sports groups have forged a friendship to create unique artworks from old and loved cricket gear.

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  • Interstate competition at ram sale

    Gemini Prime Lamb’s high-quality white suffolks have presented well and drawn in interstate competition at the stud’s annual summer sale.

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  • Rotten surprise for car winner: Vehicle towed over debt

    Joy has turned to devastation for Colac’s Amelia Conway, after a debt collector repossessed and towed the vehicle she won in a raffle.

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