Articles by Alex Baird

  • 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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  • Bumper racing season awaits

    Traditional events and new initiatives have the Colac Turf Club priced as unbackable favourites to produce a racing season to remember.

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  • Men invited to the table

    A new mental health initiative encouraging men to build mateship in a safe space is being launched in Colac next week.

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  • Toy Library opens in the Bay

    Apollo Bay kids have a whole new world of exploring to do thanks to a community initiative.  

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