Articles by Alex White
New name, new member and new EP
A COLAC and district band has had a busy month, recruiting a new member, changing its name and recording its first EP.
Crashes continue on district roads
A MAN is recovering in hospital while a woman escaped serious injury after two road crashes in two hours in the Colac district.
Arrested man stopped breathing
POLICE called paramedics after a man they arrested at a Colac nightspot stopped breathing.
Colac rodeo every second year
A COLAC charity rodeo will be a biennial event after organisers decided to stage the rodeo every second year.
Highway one of state’s riskiest roads
COLAC district’s main route to Geelong and Melbourne is among Victoria’s riskiest roads.
Bushfire controlled at Irrewillipe
UPDATE: FIREFIGHTERS spent last night controlling a bushfire which burnt out of conrol at Irrewillipe, south west of Colac.
Another fire and owner for Balnagowan
A NEW owner of Colac’s historic Balnagowan House has emerged as the property suffers its third suspicious fire in as many months.
Total fire ban means total fire ban
COLAC district firefighters have repeated total fire ban warnings after a fire on a Great Ocean Road beach.