News
Walking to help fight cancer
DOCTORS diagnosed Colac’s Lavina Perkins with Hodgkin’s disease after she spent two years as a carer for her husband.
Tip-off leads to drug bust
POLICE have urged people to continue reporting crimes after a public tip-off led to a drug seizure at Kennett River, north-east of Apollo Bay.
Car crash changes life’s direction
A CAR accident forced Colac’s Buckley Greenfield to change careers as well as recover from his injuries.
Colac model second in Facebook contest
ASPIRING Colac model Kailee Foley’s bid to become the “face” of a clothing label is maintaining momentum.
Colac gardeners bartering for goods
COLAC gardeners are returning to the days of bartering, with a Colac couple starting a food swap group this week.
Battlers gamble $600,000 a month
A GAMBLING support expert says Colac people who can least afford to lose money are blowing more than $600,000 a month on pokies.
No regrets telling Gillard to go
DARREN Cheeseman’s call for a government leadership spill threw the Corangamite MP into the national spotlight this week, but he says he has no regrets.
Skull and bones investigations continue
AUTHORITIES say they are yet to determine the age and gender of a human skull and bones discovered near Colac.