Articles by Jacob Traynor
$7.5M pledge for VBOSS
A proposed ocean safety education centre at Apollo Bay has received a $7.5-million election promise boost.
Flight pays tribute to tragedy
A Cressy pilot and tiger moth plane have completed an incredible journey in honour of one of Tasmania’s greatest aviation mysteries.
Fresh faces join council ranks
A former court boss and an open space expert are helping Colac Otway Shire Council round out its changing of the guard, with five new faces at the top.
Coast erodes Colac influence
Colac is no longer king of its state seat, new population data shows – with Torquay stealing the Polwarth crown thanks to new election boundaries and rampant residential growth.
Beeac mourning postmaster
People person, tractor puller, local postie extraordinaire – tributes are rolling in for Beeac’s David Clancy, who died in a road crash at Weering this week.
Police cancel protest fines, footage use angers MP
Police will wipe out more than $40,000 in fines handed out to protestors who gathered illegally outside an MP’s office in Colac last year.
Colac service for Queen
Colac and district will be able to pay their respects to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at an event at COPACC tomorrow.
Man dies in district crash
A man has died following a crash on a backroad near Beeac.