News

  • Longest Lunch provides big boost for healthcare

    Colac’s Longest Lunch has brought the community together to raise about $18,000 for local healthcare.

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  • Truck and ute show fundraiser returns

    This weekend’s Land Transport Colac Truck and Ute Show is set to be “a day for everyone”.

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  • Festival finishing after decade

    Bambra’s iconic music festival Meadow will have its last hurrah this weekend, with the final festival promising to be an event to remember.

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  • Sawmill has housing insights

    Land prices, red tape and a tradie drain are all impeding housing supply in the region, Colac’s sawmill boss says.

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  • Bluewater evacuated, second laundry blaze

    Colac Fire Brigade has responded to early morning call outs including a carbon dioxide leak and self-combusting laundry.

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  • Group supports cattle refusal

    A community harbour group has backed an authority’s decision to refuse cattle transport at Apollo Bay.

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  • Water levels worry duck hunter

    Colac Field and Game’s Terry McCrickard is looking forward to the 2025 duck hunting season, but he is concerned about duck numbers across the district with declining freshwater levels.

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  • Unauthorised river opening concerns authority

    Authorities have responded to an unlawful opening of a waterway at Lorne.

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