Shire of Colac Otway

- 38.333333333333143.91666666667Koordinaten: 38 ° 20 ' S, 143 ° 55' O The Colac Otway Shire is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. The area is 3533 km ² and has about 22,000 inhabitants.

Colac Otway is located on the south coast of Victoria about 150 km west of the capital, Melbourne and includes the following towns a Cressy, Beeac, Pirron Yallock, Colac, Birregurra, Forrest, Gellibrand, Lavers Hill, Wye River and Apollo Bay. The seat of the City Council is located in Colac in the center of the LGA, where about 11,000 inhabitants.

The Shire is dominated by agriculture in particular and lives among others of the dairy industry. The soil of volcanic origin and the rainy climate make the region very profitable.

In addition, tourism also plays an important role. In the north, a flat lake landscape is made ​​up of former volcanic craters, the south form the forested Otway Ranges with its numerous waterfalls. And the coast is part of the Great Ocean Road and the Great Ocean Walk. From Cape Otway, the southernmost point of the Shires to the west of it located Moonlight Head, the Shipwreck Coast, a 130 km long coastal strip dangerous, which in the 19th and early 20th century, about 80 ships to have fallen victim to extend.

Management

The Colac Otway Shire Council has seven members who are elected by the residents of the four Wards. The one Councillor comes from the Murray and the Warrion Ward, two come from the Otway and three from the Colac Ward. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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