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  • Skills showcased by district firefighters

    About 100 junior and senior firefighters from across the region have shown off their skills under stellar conditions at Lake Colac.

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  • Thousands attend motorfest

    Despite sweltering summer conditions thousands rolled into the Colac Showgrounds across the weekend for Colac’s third motorfest.

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  • Teddy bears float through sky at Birregurra

    Birregurra’s 2025 Australian Teddy Bear Parachuting Championships has pulled in crowds from around the district and beyond to watch teddies float through the sky.

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  • Council offers new lease for big screen

    Colac Otway Shire Council is offering up a lease to operate Colac’s big screen, potentially locking in the cinema for up to nine years.

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  • Former gas owners offer refund

    The former owners of a Colac gas supplier say they are committed to refunding customers who ordered gas but never received their delivery.

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  • Petition wants funds returned

    A community-led petition is calling on the State Government to reinstate critical funding for the Birregurra Community Health Centre.

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  • Foreshore furore for lake loo

    Colac community members have been left disgusted by the state of the Lake Colac foreshore public toilets during a bumper weekend at the precinct.

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  • Fuel lock to start, MP says no difference

    A Colac district MP says the State Government’s new plan to reduce fuel costs will “make no difference” when motorists meet the bowsers.

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