News

  • More gun thefts worry police

    POLICE say they are “desperate” to stop the region’s frequent gun thefts after seven more firearms disappeared from a Colac district property.

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  • Five-hour bush rescue

    RESCUERS took five hours to carry a man by torchlight through dense bush near Lorne after he slipped and suffered a head injury while hiking.

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  • Councillor has surgery in India

    APOLLO Bay’s Frank Buchanan understands why his family was worried when he chose to fly to India for ground-breaking prostate surgery.

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  • Call to close Colac’s Colanda

    AN independent body wants the State Government to close Colac’s Colanda disability centre within the next 14 months.

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  • Bowling club graffiti

    POLICE are hunting a vandal who defaced a Colac bowling club.

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  • Fracking fears for Otways

    COLAC district residents are bracing for what they fear is the inevitable end of a State Government ban on mining in the Otways.

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  • Council looks at entrance options

    COLAC Otway Shire Council is exploring options to avoid a bottleneck at Colac’s eastern entrance when workers finish a Princes Highway duplication.

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  • Painful walk for cancer fight

    CRESSY’S Leanne Rodgers expects her husband Chris will have more than a blister when he walks 60 kilometres in thongs to fight cancer.

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