News

  • Red-tape frustration grows

    Bass Strait Freight director David Harris says frustrations are growing with Colac Otway Shire Council, as his company hits more “preposterous” red tape in its bid to ship livestock from King Island to Apollo Bay.

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  • Truck-load of toys and joy

    A social group of bikies will put a smile on the faces of kids across the Colac district on Christmas Day after collecting $5000 worth of toys.

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  • Lamb exports to China to resume

    Colac’s Australian Lamb Company is set to resume export of frozen lamb, mutton, and offal products to China.

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  • Baking tradition brings festive joy

    Christmas baking is always a merry pastime, so it’s something Mercy Place activity assistant Barbara Moloney loves getting the residents involved in.

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  • People choose winners

    A photo highlighting the motherly love between a cow and her calf has received more than 1600 votes from the community and won the people’s choice award in the council’s youth photography competition.

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  • Merry Christmas from the Colac Herald team

    The main man of Christmas himself, Santa Claus, stopped by Lake Colac for a quick fish ahead of his busiest night of the year on Monday.

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  • Therapeutic space for children

    Colac district children are benefitting from an outdoor therapeutic space at Colac Area Health.

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  • And the people’s choice is…

    The people have spoken – 540 Corangamite Lake Road is the people’s Christmas lights winner.

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