Articles by A Staff Reporter
Town’s toilets disgust visitor
A Melbourne woman travelling through Winchelsea says she was disgusted at the conditions of the town’s public toilets.
Big break for Colac performer
Colac’s Thomas McGuane has landed his first professional acting role after graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts.
Rogue cycling event ignores safety issues
An Otways road safety campaigner is concerned about the risk posed by more than 100 riders in an unauthorised cycling event along the Great Ocean Road on the weekend.
Lake campaign hits water licence hurdle
Just Add Water campaigners will need to buy existing water licences if they want to top up Lake Colac from the Gellibrand River system.
Sports treatment clinic is region’s top business
Colac’s Corio Bay Sports Treatment Clinic won the Business of the Year title at the ANZ Colac Otway Business Excellence Awards at the weekend.
Blackspot upgrades all along Ocean Road
More than 100 of the Great Ocean Road’s worst traffic and pedestrian blackspots will have safety upgrades in sweeping improvements to the famous tourist route.
Tree planting to help waterway
Otways residents have an opportunity to help improve the environment through a project which has taken a Landcare group two years to prepare.
Inquiry looks at proposal for lake
Water authorities are invesigating the viability of diverting water from the Gellibrand River system into Lake Colac, in response to a community campaign.