Articles tagged: Great Ocean Road
Investment in Lorne shore
GREAT OCEAN ROAD Coast Committee is spending $200,000 in the next financial year to begin upgrades on the Lorne foreshore.
Walk to start with wave
A symbolic trail head and platform to mark the starting point of the Great Ocean Road Walk at Apollo Bay to open early next month.
Former runner-up returns and wins
ANGLESEA-born athlete Julian Spence went one better than his run last year to claim the 2015 Great Ocean Road Marathon yesterday.
Tourists cause worry on Great Ocean Road
COLAC’S leading traffic policeman says tourist traffic continues to create problems on the Great Ocean Road.
One dead in bus crash
A woman in her 30s died after a tourist bus with seven people on board crashed on the Great Ocean Road at Gellibrand Lower yesterday.
Motorists speed on tourist road
POLICE have caught two drivers travelling 38 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on the Great Ocean Road within 20 minutes of each other.
Plan to boost coastal tourism
THE STATE Government has thrown $1 million behind a plan to have people spend more time at towns surrounding the iconic Twelve Apostles.
Personal best time for Great Ocean Road Marathon winner
ALEX MATTHEWS ran a personal best time to clinch his first Great Ocean Road Marathon along the iconic route from Lorne to Apollo Bay.
Praise for marathon from running legend
COMMENTS from an Australian running icon have boosted Great Ocean Road Marathon officials.
Parking meter bid expires
AN OVERWHELMING outcry from Apollo Bay residents has convinced civic leaders to abandon investigations into installing parking meters at the coastal hub.
Wrong-side driver causes crash
FOUR people escaped serious injury in a head-on crash on the Great Ocean Road near Lorne.
Rain turns sea brown
THE sea turned brown, roads flooded and drains burst when heavy rain fell along the Otways coast.
Pork-barrelling benefits Colac Otway
COLAC Otway Shire is going “very, very well” in the federal election campaign but needs more funding, mayor Lyn Russell says.
Protest on Great Ocean Road
COLAC district farmers interrupted traffic on the Great Ocean Road to continue their fight for government support.
Lower speed limits on Great Ocean Road
AUTHORITIES have permanently reduced speed limits by 10 kilometres an hour through Great Ocean Road towns.
Twelve Apostles luxury hotel plan
A LUXURY hotel company and a shire council say a planned $20 million resort on the Great Ocean Road would create jobs in the region.
