News
Wool show cut hurts producer
A boutique Warncoort wool producer has suffered a last-minute lockdown blow, with a major wool industry event cancelled for the second-straight year.
Chop for charity
Colac’s Ashlyn Murnane will donate her long locks to a child living with cancer when she snips her hair for charity.
Suicide takes a toll on region
Eighteen people died by suicide in the Colac-Corangamite region from 2015 to 2019.
Wetlands fight will continue
Princetown’s community has vowed to keep fighting a tourism development at the town’s wetlands, despite the project getting clearance for building to continue.
Lucky few spy whale at Bay
Apollo Bay residents would have hoped their two hours of allowed exercise on the first day of lockdown 5.0 coincided with a reported whale sighting off the coast of the Bay.
No visitors at care centres
Hospitals and care facilities have again closed to visitors as part of the latest COVID-19 state lockdown.
Special needs students return under tweaked lockdown rules
Students with disabilities can return to the classroom under tweaks to lockdown restrictions that take effect from today, while the State Government has also tightened its border with New South Wales to lock out returning Victorians, but outdoor work can resume for some industries.
Travel disruptions across the nation
Colac and district residents are again banned from travelling to most of Australia as states toughen their border in response to Victoria’s COVID outbreak.