Apollo Bay
No positive tests at coast
Great Ocean Road Health has tested 327 people at its Lorne and Apollo Bay pop-up COVID-19 testing sites this month and is yet to record any positive cases.
Sand work for beach
Sand renourishment will start at Apollo Bay’s foreshore this week, in a bid to provide a temporary fix for coastal erosion. The temporary dune system will help stabilise the foreshore, with contractors using sand deposits from recent dredging of the Apollo Bay harbour. A Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning spokesperson said the work […]
Crude joke has a message
Two Colac Otway Shire leaders have criticised an “anti-tourism” campaign that tells people to stay away from Apollo Bay to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
‘Alfresco’ Apollo Bay plan
Part of the Great Ocean Road could become a pedestrian walkway, if a plan from the Apollo Bay business sector gains support to transform the town’s tourist hotspot.
A crashing end to winter break
An Apollo Bay accommodation site has been forced to cancel 30 to 50 bookings this weekend, after metro Melbourne went back into stage three coronavirus lockdown.
Star Hawk heads north
Popular Apollo Bay recruit Dan Delaney says he will use a football season in Darwin to return to the Hawks at full flight for the 2021 season.
Emerging forward heading interstate
Exciting Colac district footballer Dustin Walters says he will keep his options open in 2021 after revealing he is heading to the Northern Territory to play later this year.
CAUGHT OUT: Supply issues and holiday influx sees increase in drivers stranded without fuel
Apollo Bay has seen a ten-fold increase in motorists stranded without fuel since the town’s petrol station closed for renovations, but the community says the Bay’s makeshift fill-up service isn’t to blame.