Articles by Colac Herald Contributor

  • Change in wind for weather man

    FRANK Minchinton has been measuring rainfall at the wettest place in Victoria for more than 60 years, but an era is about to end.

    By

  • Business owners have confidence in Colac

    COLAC business owners David and Helen Baulch have doubled their retail space and say they have confidence in Colac’s economy.

    By

  • Child health centres will close

    MATERNAL and child health centres at Beech Forest, Gellibrand and Cressy will close after failing to attract any users for a year.

    By

  • Mayor says ACCC is ‘toothless tiger’

    COLAC’S mayor Brian Crook has labelled Australia’s competition watchdog a “toothless tiger” when it comes to Colac’s petrol pricing.

    By

  • Hammer attack mum shares her story

    COLAC’S Monica Robbins will never know why her husband brutally attacked her with a hammer, leaving her wheelchair-bound and blind in one eye.

    By

  • Hidden time capsule reveals lodge secrets

    ROY CHAPPELL has discovered a time capsule hidden in the wall of the Birregurra Lodge.

    By

  • Apollo Bay’s digital switch delayed again

    An Apollo Bay planned switch to digital transmission failed to go ahead for a second time.

    By

  • Workshops for World Environment Day

    This year is the International Year of the Forest and the theme for World Environment Day on Sunday is “Forests, nature at your service”.

    By