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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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  • Cooriemungle egg farm plan

    Colac and district egg producers could expect a new competitor soon, after Corangamite Shire Council received a permit application for a three-hectare chicken farm at a former Cooriemungle dairy.

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  • Flu infections surge in 2022

    Colac Otway flu cases surged in 2022 after COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions kept cases low in the preceding two years.

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