News

  • ANZAC Day 2024

    From Cressy to Colac, through to Apollo Bay, the Colac Herald team has captured the ANZAC Day services and commemorations of this year. 

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  • Offsets won’t meet target

    Colac Otway Shire Council will spend up to $25,000 to buy carbon offsets for the past two financial years — but it won’t be enough to tick off its net-zero emissions target.

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  • Challenging month for OCR crew

    From knitting to karaoke, OCR FM’s crew members have set themselves a range of diverse challenges to raise money for the community radio station this month.

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  • News in brief

    Call for witnesses to fire Colac Police and Colac Fire Brigade were called to a fire at about 7pm on Thursday night which damaged seating at Colac’s Eastern Reserve. The fire which destroyed a chair and burnt a timber bench in the spectators’ hut was another disappointment for the resident baseball and cricket clubs. The […]

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  • ANZAC Day driver blows 0.126

    A motorist caught by a next-day breath test in Colac has lost his driving privileges for 12 months.

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  • EDITORIAL: Perspective on carbon offset vote

    A canny carbon compromise, or a lose-lose for council and the community?

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  • Kitchen gardens to dream Landcare role

    One of the secret ingredients to Abby Imhoff’s successes in life has evolved through sustainable edible gardens and what they can deliver to communities.

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  • Paw-fect weekend at Warrion

    From gundogs to toy breeds – all exquisitely groomed – more than 400 purebred dogs and their dedicated owners converged on the Warrion Recreation Reserve for Colac’s kennel clubs’ annual show.

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