Articles by Naomi Newcombe

  • Plan to ‘nudge’ bats in gardens on hold

    An update to the grey headed flying fox management plan remains on hold, after the item was again withdrawn from the Colac Otway Shire Council agenda on Wednesday.

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  • Track removal disappointment

    Colac Fire Brigade captain Daniel Williams has expressed his disappointment in councillors supporting the removal of the running track on the foreshore under the adopted Colac Botanic Gardens master plan.

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  • Generous donations from locals

    The Colac district community has dug deep and donated more than 300 period products to the August Share the Dignity Drive.

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  • Colac West plan decision

    Colac Otway Shire Council officers are recommending that councillors approve the Colac West development plan, despite not yet hearing formal verbal submissions from objectors.

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  • Council says gravel or nothing

    Colac Otway Shire Council has given Ruby Court residents 28 days to decide whether to accept an unwanted $83,000 gravel footpath in their street or have no footpath altogether.

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  • Plans to reinvigorate old Cororooke bakery

    An old bakery building in Cororooke could get a new lease on life, with plans for a bakery to once again fill the building about 60 years since it last operated.

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  • Saleyards, Tirrengower on agenda

    Colac Otway Shire Council will discuss Colac Regional Saleyards and the Tirrengower Drainage Scheme at a meeting this week.

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  • Clear path for Beeac coffee to continue

    Colac Otway Shire Council has confirmed on social media that a group of men who catch up for coffee in Beeac are welcome to continue meeting, despite previous concerns that they might have to move on.

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