Articles by A Colac Herald contributor
Women highlight refugees’ plight
Three Colac women have spent a week living on meagre rations to raise money for refugees as part of the Ration Challenge.
MIRACLE WORKERS: Heart drug helped save Cobden man’s life
A COBDEN man has thanked paramedics who treated him with a life-saving drug while he was having a heart attack.
MAYORAL MATTERS: Highway upgrade bringing benefits
MAYOR Frank Buchanan outlines the benefits of the Princes Highway duplication, and slams a report criticising the road project.
MAYORAL MATTERS: Second attempt at federal grant
A transformation of Colac’s central business district will start this year, as civic leaders apply for federal funding for the project.
CRIME UNDIE-WORLD: ‘Ice’ and ecstasy in alleged drug dealer’s jocks
A COLAC man will remain in custody for another week after police caught him with illicit drugs, breaching his bail conditions.
Great Ocean Road re-opens fully
THE GREAT Ocean Road reopened this morning to allow visitors to return to the region after, 12 days after fire destroyed 116 houses in the area.
MAYORAL MATTERS: Colac misses out on federal grant for CBD plan
WE ARE disappointed to advise the community that our second application to the Federal Government’s National Stronger Regions Fund was unsuccessful.
State forest workers help rescue lost man
TWO STATE forest workers had an unexpected hand in saving a missing man’s life after he became lost in the Otways near Lake Elizabeth.