News

  • Fun-filled weekend for Scouts

    Colac Joey Scouts ended their school holidays with a bang when they joined more than 1600 other six to eight-year-old boys and girls from across Victoria in Gippsland for the 2022 Kangaree.

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  • Birregurra is bracing for more wet times

    Emergency crews and Birregurra community members have worked together to help the town “bounce back”, after a downpour left the town flooded, damaging homes and leaving residents stranded due to road closures.

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  • UNRESERVED: Birregurra groups desperate for rooms rebuild

    Birregurra sports and community groups want urgent bipartisan backing to rebuild the town’s “embarrassing” recreation reserve pavilion.

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  • Excited students keen to lead

    Trinity College Colac’s new captains are looking forward to leading the school in a positive direction and celebrating the school community.

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  • Support for palliative care

    Not everyone enjoys talking about the end of life or death, but Great Ocean Road Health wants to make the end-of-life experience as comforting as possible for patients and their loved ones.

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  • Project delivery delay

    Global fuel and supply shortages, soaring prices, worker availability and wet weather have caused a slew of delays in Corangamite Shire Council’s capital works program.

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  • Good market results despite wet weather

    Colac’s saleyards had a solid weekly sale despite rain lashing the region.

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  • Rural Scene news in brief

    Farm trespass laws strengthened, hay season prediction, and an investment in biosecurity.

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