News

  • Praise for twilight footy

    Officials and spectators agree: it was the biggest home-and-away match crowd that Colac had seen.

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  • History repeats in Apollo Bay blaze

    A restaurant fire that ripped through Apollo Bay main street businesses bears a startling resemblance to a blaze almost a century ago, a local historian has discovered.

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  • Relief fund to help fire-hit businesses

    Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce has launched a fire relief fund to assist people affected by the town’s restaurant fires.

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  • Locals rally: community reaches out after fire guts family home

    The Colac and district community has rallied around a Warrion family after a housefire razed their home to the ground.

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  • Pain relief reminder for mulesing

    Agriculture Victoria is reminding sheep farmers that pain relief for sheep mulesing is mandatory, ahead of autumn lambing.

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  • Vealers draw strong demand

    Good stock and quality vealers attracted strong demand at Colac’s weekly cattle market.

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  • Proposal to share rural school buses

    Giving the wider public access to school buses could help more people in Colac Otway get from A to B.
    But authorities would need to take a close look at the details, with the community able to have a say.

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  • Campsite still closed

    The new Jaimeson Creek Campground near Lorne is set to remain closed until at least next month as state authorities work through regulation requirements.

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