Articles by Alex Baird

  • College community to host cancer fundraiser

    When Apollo Bay teenager Harry Arthur was diagnosed with leukemia last month, the incredible amount of support stunned his family coming to terms with the news.

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  • Special return for City star

    City United skipper Shane Currie says Bill Johnston Medallist Dylan Slater could feature in more outings this summer after making a special return to his home club as part of a tribute to his late dad Norm

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  • A life-changing diagnosis

    Getting told you have cancer is one of those sentences that changes your life.

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  • Otways home damaged during earthquake

    “The roof started collapsing in, the chimney was about to fall off, windows had been rattled out, literally the whole window had been rattled out of the building.”
    SES Otway and Colac unit controller Steve Tevelein says a Ferguson home copped the brunt of this morning’s earthquake, “absolutely” one of the biggest the region has witnessed.

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  • Campaigning for the next generation

    As worked up as Apollo Bay’s Matt Armstrong gets about climate change after almost 40 years of campaigning, he says sometimes you have to do it with a smile.

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  • Colac track impresses Cup-winning trainer

    Colac might hold the key to another successful spring racing carnival for Melbourne Cup-winning horse trainer Danny O’Brien.

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  • Eagles rapt to sign Casey

    Western Eagles officials are confident new coach Dan Casey is the man to lift the club’s senior footballers up the ladder.

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  • New role in racing excites Julie

    After a lifetime of involvement in community groups, Julie Hallifax admits she’s learning on the job in a new space as a volunteer with the Colac Turf Club.

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