News

  • Council blocks deck bar plans

    An Apollo Bay business must go back to the drawing board over plans for a “glasshouse”-like deck bar, following debate about the Bay’s streetscape.

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  • Colac pioneer’s story revealed

    Historian Dawn Peel thought she had finished writing about Colac and district history, until she started researching the influence that JG Johnstone had on Colac.

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  • Festival considers move to Birre

    The Falls Festival could be coming to Birregurra district.

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  • Riders honour mate’s memory

    Every October, the late Gary Roe’s mates converge on the Otways to honour their motorbike-loving mate.

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  • Call to act now on lake

    Lake Colac campaigner Pam Cuthbertson said now is the time for authorities to divert excess water into Lake Colac.

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  • Retiree tilting Wannon seat

    Gilbert Wilson has plenty of reasons to throw his hat in the ring for Colac and district’s federal seat.

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  • Positive report card for swamp project

    Groundwater levels in an Otways aquifer keep improving, a report says, as a program created to heal waterways in the region continues.

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  • Breakneck breakfast drive

    A woman will face court after allegedly driving at breakneck speed along a residential street at Elliminyt – apparently in the search for breakfast.  

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