Articles by Jacob Traynor
Always along for the ride
Meet Tori Cooper, Raffy the Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever and Martin the four-year-old quarter horse.
Minister pays tribute to parishioner
Tributes have flowed following the death of Winchelsea woman Eliza McCarthy this week.
District families going for gold in competition
Check out some of these fantastic early into the Colac Herald Olympics competition.
Fines flow for COVID breachers
At least one Colac and district resident has been fined for attending an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne on the weekend, while Melbourne men have been caught breaching lockdown at Apollo Bay.
Fourth bin on its way
Colac Otway Shire Council will tonight look to award a contract to roll out a fourth glass-only bin across more than 10,000 households.
Erosion woes as Wye tides hit beach
Storm tides have washed away a weekend’s worth of efforts to slow erosion at Wye River, with crews looking to start dropping sand bags this week.
More groyne work to begin
Construction on stage two of a multi-million-dollar project to shore up Apollo Bay’s eroding beach will start soon.
Seismic submission criticised
Colac Otway Shire councillors have rebuked the organisation for environmental lobbying that went beyond its authority, with officers proposing to make a retraction.