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  • School zone speeders draw police attention

    Speeding motorists have been ignoring 40kmh school speed zones in Colac this week, with police detecting a dozen speeders outside schools.

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  • Police cracking down on drink and speed

    Colac police breath tested more than 1600 motorists across the long weekend, detecting two drink drivers, in a busy period on the region’s roads.

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  • Councillors demand oversight of caravan park lease

    A Colac Otway Shire Council meeting that aimed to set a caravan park’s accommodation fees has ended in a wider discussion about the future management of Lake Colac Holiday Park.

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  • Exciting night for Tigers fans

    Dinner with Richmond chief Brendon Gail capped off a whirlwind week for Tigers mad AFL fans and Apollo Bay locals Fiona and Adrian Davidson.

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  • Letters to the editor

    Writers comment on the closure of an Apollo Bay path, and the Colac Herald’s arts coverage.

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  • IKEA eyes wind farm

    The world’s largest IKEA retailer has bought a stake in the Cressy region’s $2-billion Golden Plains Wind Farm.

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  • Angling competition catches smiles

    Lake Purrumbete Angling Club has capped off its annual twilight competition with close competitors, a sizzling barbecue and crafty catches.

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  • Family fun day makes a splash

    Colac and district families had their goggles and their bathers ready and dove into the last day of the school holidays at Bluewater Leisure Centre. Parents and kids celebrated with sunshine, ice cream, a barbecue lunch, water activities and a live DJ to keep energies high.

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