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Falls to close for carpark upgrade
Stevensons Falls and the day visitor area will be closed on weekdays for the next month while upgrades to the visitor carpark take place.
Award finalists revealed
A Timboon brewery, a Cobden veterinary clinic and Camperdown’s courthouse are among 15 Corangamite Business Award finalists.
Quiz master returns to his district roots
A nationally-recognised quiz master has dropped into Cobden.
Pumped to grow
Multiflora Nursery is set to welcome a heap of huge pumpkins for its second annual giant pumpkin competition.
Upcycled fashion art on display
An upcycled clothing art installation at a property in Barwon Downs has displayed creative pieces on three Hills Hoist clothes lines.
Call for more zoning powers
The number of affordable rental properties in Colac Otway Shire has dropped by half in five years, a homelessness service says. Meanwhile, applicants on income support say they don’t even get a look-in, and the council wants greater powers to require social housing in new developments.
BUCKLE UP: Worrying rise in kids without seatbelts
Colac police say the growing number of unrestrained children in cars is cause for concern.
Australia Day event returns
A celebratory event will return to Colac Otway Shire on Australia Day from 2026, following a tightly split vote by councillors.