Colac Otway Shire Council
Opportunity to learn about fair access to all
Colac Otway sporting clubs and organisations can learn how to provide local sporting opportunities that are accessible to everyone at fair access information sessions.
Birregurra venue seeks permit
A wedding venue in Birregurra is seeking Colac Otway Shire Council permission to continue hosting events, after operating without the correct permit for several years.
Objections to supermarket plan
Landowners and a water authority have submitted objections to the proposed development of a new IGA supermarket on a vacant lot of land in Apollo Bay’s main street.
Applicant, opponents respond to hotel plan
Colac Otway Shire Council will hear from the applicant and objectors about a potential hotel in the city’s Dennis Street.
Have your say on visitor services
Campaigners are urging the community to support their call for volunteers to be reinstated at Colac’s Visitor Information Centre so they can share their local knowledge of the region with tourists and prospective new residents.
Council debates impact of reputational damage
A Colac Otway Shire councillor says the council’s risk management needs a “sanity check” if it thinks it can withstand up to 20 negative media articles before it feels its reputation is damaged.
Extra time to save former kinder
Apollo Bay community members have been granted 30 extra days to finalise ideas to save the town’s former kindergarten building from being sold.
Survey on visitor services
Local business operators and residents are being asked to share their ideas and thoughts about the tourism service provided to visitors to Colac Otway Shire.