Tourism
Gumboot search starts Saturday
WALKERS will start a hunt on Saturday for 40 golden gumboots hidden along the Old Beechy Rail Trail at Kawarren and Beech Forrest.
Thousands complete Otways bike ride
CLEAR, blue skies greeted 5000 cyclists for an Otways cycling event yesterday.
Three hats for state’s best restaurant
A BIRREGURRA restaurant has won a Restaurant of the Year award at this year’s The Age Good Food Guide Awards.
Marriner’s Falls victim says tourism doesn’t justify risk
A VICTIM of falling trees at Apollo Bay’s Marriner’s Falls says people campaigning for the Otways’ walk to reopen should reconsider the risk.
Colac’s Christmas Races moved for second year
COLAC Turf Club president Matthew Walsh says Christmas Races will return to Colac despite the city losing the event for the second straight year.
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.
Warm up with red-hot specials in Colac
COLAC residents will warm up by hitting the shops during the Colac Herald’s Winter Walk-in Sale next week.
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.