Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Council to look at talk rule

    Increasing media access to Colac Otway Shire councillors could be “up for discussion,” Mayor Kate Hanson says.

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  • Win for community with speed limit cut

    A wildlife rescuer is celebrating after road authorities reduced the speed limit on a stretch of the Great Ocean Road at Marengo, following a 10-year campaign.  

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  • Time to comment on shire’s future

    Residents can have their say about the long-term vision for Colac Otway Shire, with the council kicking off its 2050 plan roadshow at Beeac today.

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  • RSL needs designer for mural

    Apollo Bay RSL is still looking for artists to help transform its building’s wall into an eye-catching mural.  

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  • Intervention order

    A magistrate has ordered a Camperdown district man accused of killing a puppy with a bow and arrow to stay away from a witness.

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  • Thief pleads guilty

    A man has pleaded guilty to petrol drive-offs at Camperdown and other offences.  

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  • Department firm on lights

    A roads authority says it will continue to watch a Colac intersection following calls to install traffic lights, with few serious crashes at the site.  

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  • Cape Otway dino digs delayed

    A dinosaur dig at Cape Otway will hopefully happen in 2022, palaeontologists say, with the site potentially bearing a “cornucopia” of fossils.  

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