Articles by Alex Baird

  • Mixed views on duck hunt decision

    Duck hunting will remain in Victoria, despite calls to from authorities to reverse the decision following a parliamentary inquiry to ban the recreational activity.

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  • Planning for next generation

    There’s more to crayfish diving than just catching a good feed, which is why Apollo Bay locals Dan Kent and Darren Gill are eager to ensure the generations who follow can experience what they have for the past 30 years.

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  • Call for community support

    Growing Winchelsea leader John Tebbutt says the group’s hard work could all come undone if the next wave of community members didn’t step up.

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  • Birregurra to celebrate female brigade

    Hearing Brooke Nel, Alicia Coles and Sarah Brien share their passion for cricket together and you’d think they have been playing out at Birregurra for years.

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  • Plans for management group

    Apollo Bay Community Voice leader Jane Gross says it hopes to establish a group to manage 69 McLachlan Street and work out how to best use the facility following the council’s shock decision to gift the old kinder site to the community.

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  • Urgent work to repair erosion

    Authorities will start “crucial work” on a major Apollo Bay beach next week to help withstand the recent impact of coastal erosion.

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  • Company considers court fight

    A Tasmanian freight shipping company is threatening legal action against Colac Otway Shire Council at the supreme court after being denied entry to the Apollo Bay harbour.

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  • Council cargo ban targets applicant

    Colac Otway Shire Council says it doesn’t believe the Apollo Bay Port can cope with the demands of Bass Strait Freight’s proposal without proper consideration.

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