Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Beeac honours police services

    The Beeac community has turned out to laud its local police station, with the region’s Freemasons bestowing an annual honour on the facility.

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  • Last chance for grant entries

    Colac Otway community groups, events, clubs and businesses have until tonight to apply for cash under the council’s annual grants program.

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  • District braces for rate hikes

    Skyrocketing property prices will likely mean a rates bill increase for Colac Otway Shire households, with farms and Apollo Bay tipped to take on a bigger slice of the burden.

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  • On your bike, magistrate tells drug driver

    A woman caught drug driving in Colac should invest in an electric bike, a magistrate says.

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  • TRUCKING BOOM: $3-million plan to transform industrial site

    A proposed multi-million-dollar milk trucking development at Colac West would reportedly create up to 40 jobs in the city and reduce the number of trucks rolling through Murray Street.

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  • Riders to descend on region

    Thousands of cyclists will descend on Apollo Bay and Birregurra later this year, with business and community leaders ready to roll out the welcome wagon.

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  • Tool kit theft

    Thieves have stolen specialised tools from a Colac property, with investigators appealing for further information.

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  • Colac housing zoning proposal goes to minister

    Residents and ratepayers could soon have a say on a proposed rezoning at Elliminyt, with Colac Otway Shire Council backtracking on an “opt-out” approach to the project.  

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