Articles by Jacob Traynor
Money staying in Bay amid “precedent” fears
Potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit from selling Apollo Bay’s community-gifted former preschool will fund childcare in the coastal hamlet.
Council rejoins lobby group
Colac Otway Shire Council will once again become a paid-up member of a south-west local government group.
Western Oval reopens after troubled upgrade
Cross-town sporting rivals will clash under lights at Colac’s Western Oval this weekend, with officials completing an important section of drainage works on the ground.
Cool Kelly drops in
The greatest professional surfer of all time has swapped out big waves for a tapas board at a Colac pub.
No jail for attack on bouncer
A Colac business owner who kicked in a door and threw a pint glass at a bouncer during a booze-fuelled night of offending has avoided jail.
Anzac Day events return
They shall not grow old –and come Monday morning, Colac and district will be ready to remember them.
Police seek details to locate lawnmowers
Seriously brazen thieves have stolen two lawnmowers in two days – both while victims were still mowing the lawn.
Motorist suspended after drunken crash
A Colac plumber who got his money’s worth of free beer before ploughing into a power pole has received a criminal conviction for drink driving.