News

  • News in brief

    Nature strip guide feedback More than a dozen eagle-eyed submitters have had a say on a draft nature strip policy – but edible plants are still unlikely to end up on Colac Otway kerbsides. Meanwhile, three submitters will have a further say in front of a committee tonight. The council recently released its Draft Nature […]

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  • Letter to the editor

    A high level of news coverage dedicated to new potential candidates with their stories, aspirations and in some cases their party politic allegiances for state and federal elections! Interesting.

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  • Council to consider priorities

    Key Colac East road upgrades, an Elliminyt pavilion revamp, a Lake Colac Foreshore Playspace, $1 million a year for Colac’s Anam Cara and planning for an Apollo Bay trail project.

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  • News from the Colac Magistrates’ Court

    The latest news from the Colac Magistrates’ Court including multiple drink drivers and a sex offender.

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  • Plans for Colac information centre’s future

    Colac’s Visitor Information Centre could become entirely volunteer run, under a new council vision for the city’s visitor services. 

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  • Golden blooms of wattle seed

    Wattle seed, when harvested, is dried and roasted in a similar way to coffee, ground and crushed to create a powder used in cooking.

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  • Meditative spinning for Pam

    Handmade garments and balls of wool scattered across Pam Dodsworth’s home in Apollo Bay warrant the weekly pay cheque she squandered some 40 years earlier to purchase a spinning wheel.

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  • LET OUR FURRY FRIENDS RUN: Community calls for dog park

    Fifteen passionate pooches and their owners caught up at Central Reserve on Friday to campaign for an off-lead dog park in Colac.

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