Fire Backup
A strike team of Colac firefighters received a hero’s welcome at Corryong this weekend, when they travelled to assist the threatened community battle blazes raging in north-east Victoria.
Students desperate for a bigger campus
The Colac Specialist School community is desperate for the State Government to come to the party and accelerate plans for an expanded, purpose-built site for its growing cohort.
Police hunt brazen thief after jewellery store theft
Colac family business Woods Jewellers has suffered an unwelcome start to the new year and is $25,000 out of pocket after a brazen smash-and-grab at the Murray Street store.
Falls fans find grander plans
A group of New Year’s partygoers didn’t let the cancellation of Lorne’s Falls Festival scupper their plans to cheer in 2020.
P-plater red-faced at Lorne
A probationary driver was lucky to escape with just a ticket when he rolled into a police vehicle outside of Lorne on the Great Ocean Road.
Wildlife tourism venture to open in mid-2020
Apollo Bay eco-tourism attraction Wildlife Wonders is on track to open by mid-2020.
Tigers mourn founding father
“Reg was always there, he just made the place better.”
Bulla in talks to open tourist attraction
Colac dairy producer Bulla is set to expand its Murray Street site to include a new retail store and tourist attraction.
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