Tourism

  • Rush for alternative venues

    COLAC and district restaurants have had a bittersweet rush of bookings after Colac’s Botanic Café closed.

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  • Another district pub shuts doors

    THE Otways town of Forrest is the latest Colac district community to lose its pub.

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  • Koala rescue in town’s main street

    A TRADESMAN and a postie have helped to rescue a koala from Apollo Bay’s main street.

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  • Tourist cheats death in crash

    A GERMAN tourist cheated death after the van he was driving and a milk tanker crashed head-on in the Otways.

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  • Existence of big cats ‘unlikely’

    A BIG CAT researcher is disappointed the State Government has failed to find proof of mysterious big cats in the Otways and other parts of Victoria.

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  • Memorial ride boosts cyclist safety

    COLAC Cycling Club secretary Clare Jehu says a charity cycling race at the weekend has helped make cyclists safer.

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  • Cyclists will converge on Lorne

    ORGANISERS expect more than 7000 revellers to converge on Lorne for this weekend’s Amy’s Gran Fondo bike ride.

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  • Tourists are headache for police

    TOURISTS crashing their cars off Colac district’s roads are the biggest concern for Colac police’s Highway Patrol unit.

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