News
Landslip prevention deferred
Colac Otway Shire Council has deferred a $1.6-million drainage project to tackle landslip issues at Separation Creek for at least a month while officers address environmental and community concerns.
Teacher, librarian and archivist retires today
Helen Paatsch can recall a time when Trinity College Colac was a boys-only school, when St Joseph’s College came to share the site, and later the transition to a co-educational facility.
Family forever grateful to children’s hospital
Colac’s Rhiannon and Josh Goonan will face another uneasy wait as their son Noah attends the Royal Children’s Hospital for surgery in coming months.
Families take shelter as fire roars through
Lindsay and Lynette Ludeman were on a holiday in Tasmania when they learnt their Glenfyne dairy farm was in the path of grassfires that blazed through south-west Victoria on the weekend.
Ocean Road overhaul proposed
The Great Ocean Road Taskforce has recommended appointing a lead agency to help the regional tourist attraction reach its full potential.
Push to reopen popular waterfall attraction
An unrelenting community call to reopen an Otways’ waterfall to the public is gaining momentum again, with the issue back on table for local authorities to consider.
Fires, wild weather and property loss
More than 16 homes have been destroyed, 30 to 40 sheds burnt and stock killed in devastating fires which ripped through communities west of Colac over the weekend.
Proposal for Colac’s growth
Colac district residents have proposed 10 areas for residential development to allow for Colac’s population growth of 12,000 forecast over the next 30-plus years.