Articles by Greta Lannen
Roll up! Roll up your sleeves
Got a bit of spare time on your hands and feel like changing lives?
Colac Driver Reviver honoured
The night-shift truck driver, the international tourist bound for the Great Ocean Road, the busload of festivalgoers – all walks of life have stopped by Colac’s Driver Reviver site for a rest, cuppa and chinwag.
Chemist joins community support group
Blooms The Chemist Colac will be able to support community members who require assistance buying prescription medications after forming a new partnership with the Give Where You Live Foundation.
End of an era for Rotaract club
Declining membership and stretched resources have led the Otway Rotaract Club to close after seven years of community service and fellowship.
Locals rally for Hamish
Colac district people can support Cororooke’s Hamish Stinchcombe through a raffle that will aim to aid his recovery.
Driver safe after truck rollover
A hay truck driver has walked away without serious injuries after his truck rolled at almost the exact location of a fatal car crash at Pomborneit last month.
Growing garden group gurus
A new gardening group is not only enhancing gardens across Colac’s health service and lifting the spirits of people who encounter them but providing social connection and camaraderie among gardeners.
A fairytale life for theatre star
Princely performances, an international theatre debut and a marriage proposal – the past few years have been somewhat of a fairytale chapter for Colac export Thomas McGuane.