Tourism

  • Botanic entrances to Colac

    COLAC’S entrances, including the former high school site to the west, have new planning rules to ensure development helps create a “botanic garden city” vision.

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  • Homestead owner joins Oliver push

    CRESSY homestead owner Rosie Vaccari says the district and her kitchen are the perfect places for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to cook up a storm.

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  • Regional food extravaganza

    MARCH is set to be a foodie-extravaganza month for the Colac region.

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  • Homemade firetruck will feature

    PIRRON YALLOCK beef farmer David Pope wanted a vintage firetruck so much that he built one — and his converted a T-model Ford will be a feature of Colac’s annual Heritage Festival this weekend.

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  • Trio’s expensive camping debacle

    THREE men’s long weekend camping adventure near Lorne has ended in an expensive debacle, with their vehicle written off and penalties for illegal camping.

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  • Demand to care for waterfall

    APOLLO Bay residents say they want Parks Victoria to maintain a waterfall picnic area or “hand it over to someone who will”.

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  • Car and bike show motivation

    COLAC’S Chris Quinn says the city’s annual car and bike show gives bike enthusiasts an incentive to finish restoration projects.

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  • Tourists escape bus blaze

    A QUICK-THINKING bus driver evacuated his coach before a fire gutted the bus and sparked a grassfire on the Princes Highway.

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