Articles by: Alex White
Colac residents set to give blood
A COLAC council leader has encouraged Colac and district people to help save lives by donating blood.
‘Toolies’ keep Lorne police busy
AN assault and drunken “toolies” have kept police busy during Schoolies Week celebrations at Lorne.
Close call for Otways tourists
A DISTRACTED tourist and his passengers avoided serious injuries when their rental car hit a tree which fell onto the vehicle in the Otways.
Final-hole heroics win title
A CLUTCH final-hole birdie has handed young Colac golfer Jye Tillack his first Colac Golf Club championship after a tense final round.
Teen recovering from spinal injuries
FORMER Lorne teenager Lochie Donne has described his thoughts after a surfing accident left him with no feeling in his limbs.
Family violence statistics skyrocket in Colac and district
FAMILY violence cases have skyrocketed for Colac and district police, with officers responding to more than three cases a day on average.
Seven Colac children locked in hot vehicles
AUTHORITIES have warned of “catastrophic” consequences this summer if people continue to leave children in hot cars.
Star Colac export slashes half ton against English
FORMER Colac cricketer Aaron Finch has given England’s bowlers something to think about ahead of tomorrow’s first Ashes test.
Colac’s new security cameras stopping crime
A COLAC police sergeant says the city’s new security cameras are already helping authorities avert conflicts on the streets.
Typhoon distresses Colac doctors
COLAC doctors from the Philippines have spoken of their distress at seeing Super Typhoon Haiyan devastate their home country.
Crash car on wrong side of road
POLICE say a Saudi Arabian man was on the wrong side of the road when his car and a four-wheel drive collided in the Otways.
Hospital access among best
COLAC residents’ access to hospital services is among the best in Australia, a national survey has found.
$500,000 for new clubrooms
A $500,000 redevelopment will provide new facilities for two Colac district sporting clubs that have been without clubrooms more than a year.
Child burnt in Colac workplace
CHILD trauma specialists flew to Colac to stabilise a toddler before airlifting him to Melbourne after he suffered burns in an industrial workplace accident.
Teenager saves boyfriend
LORNE teenager Lochie Donne would be a quadriplegic or dead if it wasn’t for his girlfriend Haylee Carroll.
More gun thefts worry police
POLICE say they are “desperate” to stop the region’s frequent gun thefts after seven more firearms disappeared from a Colac district property.
Player’s injury galvanises town
LORNE Hotel manager Dave Upham says an on-field accident which left footballer Casey Tutungi a quadriplegic has galvanised the coastal community.
Five-hour bush rescue
RESCUERS took five hours to carry a man by torchlight through dense bush near Lorne after he slipped and suffered a head injury while hiking.
Bowling club graffiti
POLICE are hunting a vandal who defaced a Colac bowling club.
Colac Falcon set to soar
A GEELONG Falcons football official says Colac footballer Darcy Lang is a near-certainty to land at an AFL club at this month’s national draft.
Community supports Colac Show
COLAC Show organisers say a supportive community is the key to the event’s success and longevity.
Crash closes Princes Highway
PARAMEDICS airlifted a woman to hospital after a two-car crash which forced authorities to close the Princes Highway near Camperdown for three hours.
Gun thefts trigger police alarm
GUNS are continuing to fall into the hands of criminals across the Colac district after a second firearm burglary from a rural property this week.
Homicide detective’s ice warning
A LEADING homicide investigator says Colac and district people can’t ignore the prominence of the drug “ice” in the community.
