Articles by Colac Herald Contributor

  • Farmers show interest in rescued maremma dogs

    COLAC district’s maremma-rescue advocate Jacqueline Zakharia drove 800 kilometres on Good Friday to collect four dogs a ranger had seized.

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  • Fighting cancer and mental illness

    A COLAC bipolar sufferer is determined to help others with mental illness before an aggressive cancer takes her life.

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  • Hot, dry summer takes toll

    A DRY summer in the Otways has affected the quality and quantity of this season’s harvest at a Gellibrand River organic apple orchard.

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  • Mum cuts weight in half

    A COLAC mother of six says getting fit and halving her weight has changed her life.

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  • Fatal crash near Cressy

    POLICE and emergency services are on the scene of a fatal crash on the Hamilton Highway, west of Cressy.

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  • Shires plead for $50 million for Great Ocean Road

    FIVE mayors have banded together to demand $50 million in funding for the Great Ocean Road.

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  • Maturing bushes boost berry yield

    OTWAY blueberries have ripened a week early, with growers hopeful of a “bigger harvest” than last season.

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  • Wet year boosts grape crop

    A COLAC district grape grower is expecting a “bumper” harvest after the wettest year in two decades.

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