News
Smiles for remote learners
Colac West Primary School students and siblings Oliver and Liliana McCarthy are keeping each other company in their remote learning period during Victoria’s lockdown.
Colac vehicle take-away
Cravings for fried chicken have proved costly for a suspended driver in Colac.
More opposition to gas plans
Surf Coast Shire councillor Kate Gazzard has moved to formally oppose a Federal Government gas plan that could see companies drill for oil and gas five kilometres from the Great Ocean Road.
Winch Hall deal proposed
Winchelsea’s former shire hall is finally set to reopen to the public, with the town’s community to take over management of the site.
Development plan needs council approval
A proposed development plan could help prepare more than 46 hectares of residential land in Colac West for subdivision into hundreds of lots.
Lockdown surprise for cool cat
A COVID lockdown cancelled an Apollo Bay family’s party, but they still managed to celebrate safely with an extraordinary cake.
Prices ease at winter yarding
Prices mostly eased at Colac’s weekly cattle market as COVID kept human crowd numbers down.
Shy potoroos come into focus
Researchers in the Otways are tracking a threatened species’ movements after burnoffs to better understand their ecology.