Apollo Bay
Chinese tourists set to return
Colac Otway tourism businesses hope to see Chinese tourist numbers return to pre-COVID levels, with the country permitting its citizens to visit Australia.
Council to vote on Bay land sale
Colac Otway councillors will face competing votes this week to either auction off Apollo Bay’s former kindergarten site, or to keep it for community use.
Police investigating fatal house fire at Apollo Bay
A man has died in a house fire at Apollo Bay overnight.
Harbour work gets go-ahead
Work to prevent “catastrophic” failure of Apollo Bay Harbour’s breakwater will go ahead in coming months, after the project’s budget blew out by $266,000 due to bureaucratic delays.
PHOTO FEATURE: South Colac versus Apollo Bay junior football and netball
Photo action from the weekend’s junior sport.
Fighting for our planet’s future
Lisa Deppeler’s fears for the planet started long before her much-publicised efforts to protect the Otway Basin from seismic blasting.
Dip in accommodation numbers
Tourism numbers across the Colac district have been down these school holidays compared with previous years.
Council set to fix landslip-prone Apollo Bay road
Apollo Bay’s Old Tuxion Road will receive a $100,000 upgrade from the Colac Otway Shire Council, after other council projects came in under budget.