Articles by Greta Lannen
Young people showcase public speaking skills
Trinity College student Paige Compton has won the Colac Lions Club’s Youth of the Year public speaking competition, in an event where three young Colac district shared stimulating and personal ideas.
Cressy and Beeac police stations remain empty
Victoria Police has assured Cressy residents that police officers from surrounding areas are providing 24-seven service to the area, as the town enters a 14th year without a sole police officer.
Nurse’s vehicle smashed
A Colac nurse who only returned to work three weeks ago after maternity leave, has ended a work shift to find someone has crashed into her car and fled the scene.
Crash corner strikes again
Barwon Downs’s notorious crash corner has struck again, leaving a man in hospital after a vehicle overshot the right-angle corner and crashed into a resident’s front fence.
Gellibrand Hall gets a facelift
A new world of opportunities has opened for Gellibrand Community House, as it resettles into its spiritual home.
Entertaining year ahead
Colac Otway Performing Arts and Cultural Centre has officially launched its 2023 season.
Long COVID upends Rosie’s life
At 34, Rosie Mahoney was thriving in a job she loved, preparing for an exciting European holiday and had plans of starting a family with her partner.
That was until a COVID-19 infection and the brutal impact of long COVID turned her life upside down, leaving her bedridden, requiring care and living with about 50 ongoing symptoms.
Flu infections surge in 2022
Colac Otway flu cases surged in 2022 after COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions kept cases low in the preceding two years.