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Wettest year in a decade
Boaters can enjoy a healthy Lake Colac level over summer and after the city recorded its wettest year in more than a decade.
Childcare centre planned
A plan for a new Colac childcare centre that would look after 30 families has reached Colac Otway Shire Council officers’ desks.
Whale carcass washes back out to sea
A whale carcass that washed ashore near Aire River has returned to the sea.
Speeding L-plater allegedly positive for drugs
A learner driver will face court after he was intercepted speeding with an illicit substance in his system.
Traffic chaos at music festival
Waiting nine hours in soaring temperatures wasn’t the way many Colac district festivalgoers had planned to start 2023.
Festive lunch a success
A Colac community Christmas lunch has again proven to be a success, with hundreds of diners.
Winchelsea ‘carport’ attracts opposition
Winchelsea residents have opposed plans to replace the town’s mud hut picnic shelter with a steel structure resembling a “carport”.
Croquet session for visitors
Ukrainian Scouts Australia members have enjoyed a day of croquet in Colac as part of a jamboree in the Otways.