Articles by Jacob Traynor
Keep an eye on crime
Police are asking homes and businesses with security surveillance to get in touch about a new initiative that could put a big dent in the city’s property crime.
Toilet strategy on agenda
Residents and ratepayers could soon have a say on Colac Otway Shire’s first Public Toilet Strategy, with loos at Lake Colac and Apollo Bay on the high-priority list.
Vaccine figures keep improving
Colac and district is surging forward with double-dose COVID vaccinations, new data shows.
Inquiry into dwindling summer flows in rivers
Authorities want to take a close look at how to boost critical flows in the Gellibrand River through summer.
Civic precinct review
Have a vision for how Colac’s civic, health and rail precinct should look?
No immediate plans for shipwreck path
A parks authority will investigate building a track to a hidden shipwreck memorial at Moonlight Head, but has ruled out anything in the short term.
A question for Colac vandals
“What is in the heart of someone who wilfully smashes the property of strangers” – that’s what Colac’s Michael and Robyn Barrand want to know.
Council blocks deck bar plans
An Apollo Bay business must go back to the drawing board over plans for a “glasshouse”-like deck bar, following debate about the Bay’s streetscape.