Articles tagged: Otways
More calls for Otways phone signal
THE start of bushfire season has prompted Otways residents to step up a campaign to eliminate mobile phone black spots.
Telstra removes phone towers
TELSTRA has rejected calls to keep temporary mobile phone towers at Gellibrand and Birregurra for the fire season.
Close call for Otways tourists
A DISTRACTED tourist and his passengers avoided serious injuries when their rental car hit a tree which fell onto the vehicle in the Otways.
Temporary phone tower an insult
OTWAYS residents say Telstra has dealt them a “slap in the face” by boosting mobile phone coverage for a tourism event, then taking the service away.
Koala watchers’ lives at risk
AN OTWAYS resident says there’ll be “blood on someone’s hands” if tourists continue to stop in the middle of the road to pat koalas.
Fracking fears for Otways
COLAC district residents are bracing for what they fear is the inevitable end of a State Government ban on mining in the Otways.
Tracking Otways predators
RESEARCHERS are using motion-sensing cameras, tracking collars and fox droppings to learn how predators respond to fire in the Otways.
Otways building might resume
WANNON Water says it is exploring financial support to develop plans that could restart building in Otways towns in less than a year.
Koalas decimating gum trees
A KOALA population explosion is decimating gum trees at Cape Otway.
Otways building at standstill
NEW home construction will remain at a standstill across the Otways until authorities change state laws or install a network of sewers.
Logging proposal for Otways
THE State Government has ruled out re-opening the Otways to commercial logging although an independent report suggests loggers could log the Otways for “minor forest produce”.
Water concerns stop Otways developments
A WATER authority is stopping people from building in the Otways, in a move to protect Warrnambool’s water supply.
Tree lopper hurt in fall
A TREE lopper working in the Otways has suffered suspected spinal injuries after falling up to seven metres onto a log yesterday.
A few steps from electrocution
A DISTRAUGHT Otways woman says she was just a few steps away from electrocution after trees brought down powerlines across her yard.
Fracking fear for Otways
COLAC district residents fear mining companies will mine for gas in the Otways, pumping chemicals underground.
Town preparing for 6000 riders
THE Otways community of Gellibrand River remembers the “buzz” when 8100 cyclists and their crews rode into town 10 years ago and plans to re-create the celebration have started.
Trail run will return
ORGANISERS of Forrest’s first trail run hope to grow the event when it returns next year.
National park builders face backlash
CONSERVATION and tourism leaders have warned developers they would face a “fierce” community backlash if they planned “inappropriate” buildings in district national parks.
$1-million drug haul
POLICE have seized close to $1 million worth of cannabis plants after using a helicopter to search the Otways.
Dispute has riders fearing for lives
OWAYS mountain bikers say they fear for their lives because a land dispute has forced riders from a bike track onto a main road.
One fire refuge but more still needed
COLAC Otway Shire has its first last-resort bushfire refuge at Apollo Bay but high-risk towns are still going without.
Storm reduces fire risk
A THUNDERSTORM across Colac district has provided a short reprieve for firefighters, with hot weather on the way.
Third time lucky for Otways opera
MUSIC fans are hoping for a case of third time lucky for Cape Otway’s opera concert this weekend.
Woman hurt as barbecue explodes
TWO people camping in the Otways have escaped serious injury after a newly-fitted concrete barbecue area exploded.
