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Our environment image gallery

Aerial view of Aire River

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Beauchamp Falls

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Canoeing on Lake Elizabeth

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Colac Across Lake from Red Rock

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Grey River Road koala in a tree

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Otways Mountain Ash

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Post: PO Box 283, Colac VIC 3250
Phone: +61 3 5232 9400 (24-hours a day)
Email: inq@colacotway.vic.gov.au

Colac Customer Service Centre
2-6 Rae Street, Colac

Colac Visitor Information Centre
Corner Murray and Queen Streets, Colac

Apollo Bay Customer Service Centre
GOR Visitor Information Centre
100 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay


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Acknowledgement

Colac Otway Shire Council proudly acknowledges the Gulidjan and Gadubanud peoples, past, present and emerging, as the traditional custodians of the Colac Otway region. 

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