News

  • PHOTO FEATURE: Auskick and Net-Set-Go action at Birregurra

    The Colac Herald’s photographer Joel King stopped by the junior sport at Birregurra last Thursday.

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  • Larpent digs in preparing for national ploughing titles

    Competitive ploughers from across Australia will keep tradition alive when they converge on the Colac district for national and state championships this week.

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  • Special milestone for water watchers

    A community water monitoring program has celebrated 30 years in the Colac district.

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  • ARTS FOCUS: Each piece has its own beauty

    Lorne artist Andrew Allen says his stoneware pottery is so much more than just an object to drink and eat out of, designing each piece with its own individual beauty.

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  • School bands create special bond

    Connecting two school bands in the district is helping budding young musicians from Apollo Bay and Colac learn under new mentors and have a new platform to perform.

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  • $8-million Deans Marsh hub could replace hall

    Deans Marsh’s historic community hall could come down to make way for a proposed $8-million community hub.

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  • Learning on the job

    Seamus Fillmore doesn’t view his move back to Apollo Bay as a break from study after deferring a university course to work in a field close to his heart and grow his knowledge on the job.

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  • Campfire a costly affair

    A man caught sleeping while his campfire burnt on the ground in the Great Otway National Park must pay a $600 fine.

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