Otways

  • Enjoy free campgrounds

    Parks Victoria’s Colac district campgrounds are free until mid-next year, allowing locals and tourists to take in the beauty of the Otways.

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  • Otways blaze still burning

    An Otways blaze west of Lavers Hill remains out of control, after almost five days of burning.

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  • Renewed calls for fire refuge

    Otways community members have raised renewed concerns about where they can go on a fire danger day, after a bushfire on the weekend left some locals “confused” about their options.

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  • Fine for illegal tree cutting

    A Colac district man has been slapped with a $1000 fine for cutting down a tree in the Otways.

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  • CFA warning ahead of bushfire season

    A CFA survey has revealed that 45 per cent of Victorians living in bushfire-prone areas including the Otways are not concerned about bushfire safety despite being at increased risk.

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  • Otways residents seek safe shelter

    Faced with the prospect of a hotter, drier summer and an increasing bushfire threat, a group of Otways residents say they are seriously concerned about where they will find shelter on extreme and catastrophic fire danger days.

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  • Planned burns set to continue

    Planned burns will continue across the Otways and the Great Ocean Road in preparation for the upcoming bushfire season.

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  • Power network blitz prepares Otways for season

    A maintenance blitz by Colac and district Powercor crews is preparing the Otways electricity network heading into summer.

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