Tourism

  • Police reveal attackers’ car

    POLICE investigating the assault of two German tourists on the Great Ocean Road have released an image of a vehicle similar to the attackers’ car.

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  • Food-tourism trend drives Colac visitor boom

    AN INCREASING influx of visiting diners could boost Colac and district’s reputation and future tourism opportunities as a foodies’ destination.

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  • Berry grower has taste for cider

    THE opening of this year’s berry season is extra special for Colac district’s Pennyroyal Berry farm.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Crash car on wrong side of road

    POLICE say a Saudi Arabian man was on the wrong side of the road when his car and a four-wheel drive collided in the Otways.

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  • 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.

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  • Council looks at entrance options

    COLAC Otway Shire Council is exploring options to avoid a bottleneck at Colac’s eastern entrance when workers finish a Princes Highway duplication.

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