News

  • Mechanical fault to blame

    A mechanical issue on a freight train is to blame for boom gates remaining down at Colac’s Queen Street for more than three hours on Wednesday.

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  • Thieves target Apollo Bay

    Apollo Bay police are appealing for information about a string of thefts from Apollo Bay properties over the weekend.

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  • Kaye cooks up Christmas cheer

    After five years of volunteering, there’s still nothing Beeac’s Kaye Cheng loves more than seeing lots of happy faces chatting away together at St Mary’s Christmas lunch.

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  • Spectacular Students Enjoy Happy Travels

    Colac Secondary College students have given their all in Victoria’s State School Spectacular this month, gaining new experiences, skills, and independence along the way.

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  • WorkSafe charges company

    WorkSafe Victoria has charged a water tank manufacturer after a tank fatally struck a man at Barwon Downs in one of two separate incidents.

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  • NEWS IN BRIEF

    Trout stocking, a local history group grant, the introduction of a new holiday levy and more in this week’s news in brief.

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  • Understanding life’s ladder

    Pansy ‘Pam’ Trigg is 97 and lives in Mercy Place, Colac. Her family began to notice signs of dementia when she was 85 – unsurprising changes at first which soon became more worrying.

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  • Call for views on gardens precinct

    In less than two weeks, almost 120 residents, visitors and local interest groups have shared their ideas on what they would like to see introduced, improved and retained in Colac’s heritage-listed botanic gardens.

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