News

  • Lavender demand rises after national award win

    Camperdown lavender farmers Kay and Tony McMeel have noticed increased interest in their lavender oil products since winning a national award.

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  • Government cash will help weed fight

    Colac district farmers battling the noxious weed ragwort will benefit from a $6.1-million Federal Government package to tackle invasive pest plants.

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  • Strong yarding and buyer demand at Colac sale

    A STRONG yarding and buyer demand kept stock agents busy at Colac’s store cattle sale.

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  • Colac students help society’s disadvantaged

    FOUR Colac students have returned from a two-day Melbourne trip with inspiration to help Colac’s most disadvantaged people.

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  • Surgeons repair cyclist’s broken skull

    Barongarook’s Bev Vesey says she had a nervous wait in a Melbourne hospital as surgeons worked on her son’s broken skull.

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  • Be sensible and live a long life

    Colac centenarian Alice Pyke says the secret to a long life is to “try and be sensible”.

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  • Coastal viewers get digital reprieve

    Authorities have reassured Apollo Bay television viewers they will continue to receive analogue transmission despite yesterday’s planned switchover.

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  • Brown family unites to celebrate mothers

    Four generations of Colac’s Brown family will join Sunday’s age-old tradition of celebrating mothers.

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