Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Colac books spot in grand final

    A brilliant third quarter has helped book a grand final appearance for Colac’s B Grade netball brigade.

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  • Workers arrive

    One of Colac’s largest employers has welcomed nearly 70 new arrivals from overseas.

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  • HEALTH SQUEEZE: Bulk billing ends at clinic amid strain

    More Colac pensioners, low-income earners and teens will face out-of-pocket medical costs as a city clinic joins the long list of GPs nationwide to increase fees.

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  • Police look in to equipment thefts

    Burglars have stolen about $5000 worth of items across three Colac properties, with residents urged to keep an eye out for not-quite-right sales and suspicious street activity.

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  • Council wants answers verbatim

    Answers read out during Colac Otway Shire Council’s public question time should be recorded word-for-word, a councillor says.

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  • Ongoing support for fire-affected Colac family

    The Colac community is reaching out to a family following a “miracle” escape from a blaze in their home.

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  • Skater praised for cleaning initiative

    Apollo Bay traders and visitors have praised a teenager who has taken on the task of cleaning up the town’s skate park.

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  • Epic journey 50 years in the making

    Fifty years ago, a conservationist and a tiger moth pilot left Hobart to fly to Canberra and write “Save Lake Pedder” in the skies above Parliament.

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