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Shane Vicary is Colac Otway’s 2021 Citizen of the Year
Outstanding local role model, Shane Vicary is Colac Otway Shire Council’s 2021 Citizen of the Year.
A business leader in the Colac Otway community, Shane showed great foresight and initiative by gathering together influential people of the Colac Otway community to establish Colac’s Community Leadership Group.
The Community Leadership Group was integral in preparing Colac Otway for the coronavirus pandemic and, after a local COVID outbreak, uniting the community with a campaign to ‘Keep Colac Safe’ and look out for one another.
Shane was one of five award recipients who received a Colac Otway Community Award at the ceremony at Colac. The other recipients were Harold Cockerell who was recognised for his Community Service, Harry Salmon for Services to Sports, members of The Colac Makers’ Space who were recognised for their service to Arts and Bonni McLaren who is Colac Otway’s Young Person of the Year.