News

  • Council defers plan for city-style estate

    Apollo Bay residents are furious that council officers recommended councillors support a plan for a metropolitan-style housing estate on the Great Ocean Road.

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  • Deluge another blow for bushfire victims

    Separation Creek’s Peter Jacobs is going through almost the same isolation he felt at Christmas but this time he is with about a dozen neighbours.

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  • Flood forces family upstairs

    Colac’s Wendy Perkins says damage to her home from flooding could cost up to $30,000 to repair.

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  • Electors to pick from 21 on ballot

    Colac Otway Shire voters will have 21 boxes to number on their ballots for next month’s postal vote to elect seven representatives.

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  • Ocean Road towns on landslide watch

    Wye River and Separation Creek residents have spent another weekend on emergency watch as a 35-metre crack threatens to create a major landslide.

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  • Flood cleanup for iconic hall

    Volunteers have been mopping up Colac’s iconic “log cabin” Scout hall, after the Barongarook Creek flooded, filling the hall with mud and damaging electrical equipment.

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  • Family opens doors and hearts

    Camperdown’s Kirsty and Darren Green have provided a safe and supportive home for 18 children over the past four years and they wish they’d opened their door sooner.

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  • Huge sandbagging effort

    Colac’s State Emergency Service controller James Ingram has praised the efforts of volunteers and district businesses and residents for their efforts during flooding throughout the district.

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