Articles by Lachlan Cowlishaw

  • Asbestos soil tests for Apollo Bay’s foreshore

    ENVIRONMENT officials investigated soil at Apollo Bay’s foreshore yesterday after reports of a possible asbestos contamination.

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  • ‘Scary ramifications’ from high fuel prices

    COLAC’S Mark Stevens says the city’s high fuel prices have “scary ramifications” for residents, traders and tradespeople.

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  • Colac welcomes first babies for 2015

    COLAC mothers Gabrielle Kemp and Tracy Griffiths gave birth to the city’s first babies of 2015 at Colac Hospital.

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  • Loving daughter crusades for dementia awareness

    FORREST’S Helen Speirs says she wants people to have a better understanding of dementia, a disease which her mother Shirley has battled for the past six years.

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  • Young volunteers keeping beach safe

    APOLLO BAY will rely on a young brigade of volunteers to patrol its beach this summer.

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  • ‘Last-resort’ options to escape bushfires

    BIRREGURRA, Gellibrand and Beeac have new “last-resort” options for bushfire shelter, after five years of planning and lobbying.

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  • Objectors pleased with quarry’s permit rejection

    COLAC OTWAY Shire councillors have voted to deny a planning permit for a proposed quarry at Birregurra, to the delight of Birregurra landowners.

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  • First stage of highway opens at Waurn Ponds

    ROADS officials unveiled the first section of the Princes Highway duplication between Winchelsea and Geelong this week.

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