Cape Otway

  • Aboriginal group rejects lease claim

    Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation has hit back at claims it influenced negotiations of an extended lease for a tourism business at Cape Otway Lighthouse.

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  • Beacon of hope for lighthouse

    There’s renewed optimism that operators of the Cape Otway Lightstation could receive a late lifeline to continue the popular tourism business.

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  • Lights off for lighthouse

    The Otways’ campsites and the Cape Otway Lightstation have closed to the public as Parks Victoria aims to prevent the spread of coronavirus in its facilities.

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  • Passion earns national honour

    Cape Otway’s Lizzie Corke has always had a passion for the environment; now that passion has earned her a national honour.

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  • Koala experts back at coast

    Cape Otway’s koala population is reaching a more sustainable level after a program of relocations, birth control, and euthanasia began two years ago.

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  • Seismic blasts worry district’s fishermen

    Back from left, Nick Polgeest, Anthony Olver, Don Edmunsen, Trevor Evans, John Bolitho, Tom MacTaggart and Johnathon Davey, front Markus Nolle and Anthony Bolitho, are concerned about the impact of seismic testing on rock lobster stocks off Cape Otway. See page 3 for the full story.

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  • OVERPOPULATION: More koala welfare checks at Cape Otway

    WILDLIFE officers and vets have started a two-week fertility-control program and health checks on the koala population at Cape Otway.

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  • Project to relocate up to 600 Cape Otway koalas

    LORNE will become the new home for up to 600 koalas translocated from Cape Otway over the next month.

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