Articles tagged: Colac Visitor Information Centre
Operator shares visitor vision
“If we unearth all the history and positive things about Colac for our local people, it’ll end up transferring into the mindsets of our visitors as well.”
Visitor centre’s new future
Colac Visitor Information Centre campaigners are overjoyed that the centre will be revitalised under a new vision, with volunteers also returning to the centre.
Customer service at information centre
Colac Otway Shire Council’s customer service centre will temporarily set up shop in the Colac Visitor Information Centre from Monday.
Call for info centre operator
Colac Otway Shire Council is calling for expressions of interest to enter a lease to operate a visitor information service at the Colac Visitor Information Centre.
Colac visitor centre operator considered
Colac Otway Shire Council will seek expressions of interest for a new Colac Visitor Information Centre operator, despite officers recommending handing the centre over to volunteers to run.
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.
Submitters want volunteers
Community speakers have backed a return of volunteers to the Colac Visitor Information Centre, while councillors have made sure the final decision will be made at COPACC, not Apollo Bay.
Submitters to speak on Colac visitor services
More than twenty community submissions are calling for Colac’s Visitor Information to stay open – with seven people ready to lobby Colac Otway Shire Council further this week.
News in Brief
Submitters to speak Residents and businesses have shared feedback on what they want for Colac’s future visitor servicing model, with 24 submissions received. The council’s community and economy general manager said the council received strong community engagement to the visitor servicing review which closed for comment on Monday. Mr Seuren said there was also good […]
Opinion – Colac Visitor Information Services
Why would you close it? Why would anyone want to close down the Colac Visitor Information Centre? In the early 1990s when the Colac VIC was operated by volunteers and supported by council it was open from 10am to 4pm seven days a week, and the district was promoted as ‘Colac by Lake, Gateway to […]
Grant for digital signage in Colac Otway
Colac Otway Shire Council has successfully applied for $80,000 in State Government funding for digital tourism signage, ahead of completing its visitor servicing review.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tree removal anger I writing to express my anger and disappointment with the Colac Otway Shire for allowing the cutting down of the trees in Bruce Street. One of these trees has been home for a family of Magpies for at least the last 20 years, likely longer. Magpies are protected, you would think that […]
Done deal for Colac volunteers?
Colac’s Brendon Stahl says a “disappointing” report on the future of Colac’s visitor services seems like a done deal for volunteers at the town’s visitor information centre.
Chamber supports change to approach
Colac’s Chamber of Commerce is encouraging the council to change its ‘passive’ approach to the city’s visitor economy.
‘LACK OF ATTRACTION’: Council questions visitor service investment in Colac
A Colac Otway Shire Council discussion paper says Colac is limited as a tourist destination because of the lack of attractions, accommodation options and interpretive information available about the destination.
Plea from tourism volunteer
A former Colac Visitor Information Centre volunteer has welcomed the centre opening seven days a week during January, but is continuing to call for volunteers to be reinstated at the centre.
Centre to open seven days
Colac’s Visitor Information Centre will open daily from today until the end of January.
Visitor centre advocate seeks more consultation
A passionate advocate for the Colac Visitor Information Centre says Colac Otway Shire Council should consider more opportunities for community consultation as part of its visitor information service review.
Have your say on visitor services
Campaigners are urging the community to support their call for volunteers to be reinstated at Colac’s Visitor Information Centre so they can share their local knowledge of the region with tourists and prospective new residents.
Survey on visitor services
Local business operators and residents are being asked to share their ideas and thoughts about the tourism service provided to visitors to Colac Otway Shire.
Opening hours slashed at Colac visitor centre
Colac's Visitor Information Centre will cut it's hours again, but a former volunteer says he's disappointed with the move.
Visitor centre hours up for debate today
It has cost Colac Otway Shire Council $34.80 for every person who has visited the Colac Visitor Information Centre over the past three months, with 312 visiting since it reopened in September.
