This week on The Booletin and Beyond; Kimberley Price, Kyra Gillespie and Sean Hardeman bring you all the news from across the south-west.
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Finally some positive news on the coronavirus front; Victoria recorded a full week of zero new cases or deaths and the state celebrated by eating donuts. Premier Daniel Andrews is expected to announce further easing of restrictions on Sunday.
A number of council elections results were revealed throughout the week. Three new faces will join Moyne Shire Council, Southern Grampians, Glenelg and the Colac-Otway Shire. There will be four new people joining Corangamite Shire and Warrnambool City Council's results are expected by Wednesday.
Real estate agents across Warrnambool have said they have had significant interest from metropolitan Melbourne buyers amid the COVID-19 pandemic as two south-west council look to enticing more people to have a tree change.
In a groundbreaking study, Warrnambool researcher Yakup Niyazi has discovered 19 buried volcanoes, ranging from 90 to 400 metres in height and 1.6-8 kilometres in diameter in the waters of the Otway Basin.
In football, Russells Creek is celebrating after securing high-profile signatures including former Melbourne and Port Fairy star Dan Nicholson and ex-Seagulls captain Xavier McCartney for 2021.
Sport is returning in a big way with budding athletics stars heading to the track for a new Warrnambool Little Athletics Club season and Warrnambool Surf Lifesaving Club confirmed its return date for the nippers program.
This week was massive for horse racing with the Melbourne Cup and although Winslow-raised Ciaron Maher was unsuccessful in his bid for the cup, Warrnambool's Tralee Rose made the big jump to a metropolitan winning mare and won a $125,000 race for Symon Wilde on Oaks Day
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