Lorne
Otways deluge leads to floods
More than 100mm of rain in 24 hours has caused minor flooding on a Lorne river and felled trees across Colac and district.
Lockdown harms tourism economy
Lorne’s latest lockdown has worsened an existing worker shortage at the coastal town, which traders fear could impact businesses into summer.
Survey rubbishes Otways roads
Deans Marsh-Lorne Road ranked second and Skenes Creek Road was seventh from a survey of regional Victorian drivers about the state’s most dangerous roads.
COVID postpones race again
A controversial Great Ocean Road cycling event has been cancelled for the second year in a row.
No cases linked to Lorne site
The restricted movements of a COVID-19-positive construction worker at Lorne might have saved the coastal town from a coronavirus outbreak.
Lorne responds to COVID scare
A large-scale Lorne construction site at Stribling Reserve has shut down after state health authorities identified it as a tier one COVID exposure site.
COVID exposure site at Lorne
Health officials have listed a construction site at Lorne’s Stribling Reserve as a tier one COVID-19 exposure site.
Plea to leave seals alone
Wildlife authorities have issued a warning about the danger of wild seal interactions after worrying incidents on the Otways coast in recent weeks.