News
Falls an ideal wedding venue
An Apollo Bay couple who married at Marriner’s Falls say reopening Paradise’s picturesque waterfalls would draw more people to the coastal town and its surrounds.
Electoral divisions to change
Colac and Beeac will move into a federal electorate that’s six times the size of their current electorate.
Proposed electoral changes draw objections
Colac Otway Shire mayor Joe McCracken and Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson say they will object to the Australian Electoral Commission’s proposal to split the shire across two federal electorates.
Boost for phone coverage
A new mobile phone base station at Birregurra is set to improve the region’s coverage, the Federal Government says.
Colac business acquires Gippsland sawmill
Associated Kiln Driers Softwoods has officially taken ownership of the Yarram Sawmill in Gippsland after finalising the purchase with Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts.
Friends dig deep to surprise south-west fire victims
Friends have raised $20,000 for an Elingamite man’s 21st birthday party after the south-west fires destroyed his home.
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.