News
Driest start in decades
COLAC has had its driest start to the year in almost three decades, but rain in late March has returned green to the Otways.
Unity could bring ‘massive’ opportunities
A BUSINESS expert says the Colac region has “massive” opportunities if businesses, community and bureaucracy listen to each other and work together.
Public drinking fines will double
COLAC Otway Shire Council is set to double the fine for drinking alcohol in central Colac streets.
Children lived with drugs and filth
PILL packets, alcohol bottles, soiled mattresses, food scraps, animal faeces and broken furniture – that’s how a Colac woman has lived with her four children.
Police hunt knife-wielding bandit
POLICE are hunting a knife-wielding bandit who pretended he had broken down on the Princes Highway and tried to mug a Colac district man.
Farmers show interest in rescued maremma dogs
COLAC district’s maremma-rescue advocate Jacqueline Zakharia drove 800 kilometres on Good Friday to collect four dogs a ranger had seized.
Report rejects repairs to historic statue
VICTORIA’S heritage organisation wants to list Camperdown’s historic Robert Burns statue on its register.
‘Grab bag’ of ideas for Colac High School site
COLAC’S former high school site could host an emergency services hub, a farmers’ market, a sports facility, affordable housing, a truck museum and a kindergarten.