A community meeting was held on Thursday 1 September at Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne. The meeting was chaired by Sue Wilkinson (Colac Otway Shire) and key speakers were clinical psychologist Dr Rob Gordon, Diane Sisely (Community Resilience Committee), Justin Leonard and Andrew Morrow (Building Construction Advisory Panel) and John Ginivan (Department of Environment, Land, Water and […]
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Close to 80 representative community members voted on the future vision for Wye River and Separation Creek, via a facilitated workshop and an online survey on WyeSep Connect. Based on community preference, the future vision for Wye River and Separation Creek is: Wye River and Separation Creek is a small, inclusive and respectful community […]
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Wye River and Separation Creek landholders looking for local trades and services for rebuilding after the Christmas Day bushfires can find an extensive list of local tradespeople on the Colac Otway Shire Council website. As part of Council’s ongoing support for the bushfire-affected coastal communities, the Council’s trades and services business register will help people […]
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A dedicated band of locals are keeping a close eye on the health of Wye’s river. Yvonne Sheppard, Carolyn Tatchell, Mark and Gail Chittleborough, Morag Campbell, Juliet Le Feuvre, Mary Eckhardt and Joanne Tyler make up the Wye River Waterwatch volunteers monitoring Wye River’s water quality, with many of the group also EstuaryWatch volunteers who […]
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Colac Otway Shire removed lights that were installed on Council owned and managed land without Council approval. Harrington Park is a Council asset, managed by Colac Otway Shire for the benefit of the entire community. A number of community members expressed concern about the installation of the lights without consultation or Council approval. Council is […]
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Property owners in Wye River and Separation Creek will have recently received their rate notices for 2016/17. All residents who had dwellings destroyed by the Christmas Day fires had their rates waived for 2015/16. The rate notices for these properties in 2016/17 are based on the land value for these sites. Those property owners who […]
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Monday 8 August saw a Geotechnical Expert conduct a half-day session with 28 members from Victoria Police, SES, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), VicRoads and Parks Victoria, to provide them with further insight into land movement and landslide risks in Wye River and Separation Creek. The session was aimed at enhancing […]
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