News

  • Staff headache for Apollo Bay servo

    Staff shortages have forced Apollo Bay’s sole petrol station to cut its opening hours in a blow for motorists along the busy Great Ocean Road.

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  • Cressy plane bound for Avalon

    The tiny town of Cressy will have a big presence at the Southern Hemisphere’s largest airshow next week.

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  • MPs push for answers on crumbling highways

    South-west Victorian MPs have spoken in State Parliament demanding government action to fix the region’s crumbling roads, including the “perilously unsafe” Princes Highway.

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  • Colac’s 40kmh zone coming soon

    Work to install 40kmh electronic speed signs in central Colac is continuing and should be complete within months.

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  • Grass fire starts at Alvie electricity pole

    A fire underneath a power pole at Alvie this week was likely due to a fault in power infrastructure.

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  • Million-dollar campsite boost: Council allocates cash windfall from Bruce Street sale

    Lake Colac Holiday Park will have an infrastructure boost to the tune of a million dollars, after councillors decided that the park’s next tenant must put in $500,000 to match a council commitment.

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  • Kids desperate for BMX track

    Colac’s Marley and Ezra Dallaway love the rush and thrill of BMX riding, but with no bike track in Colac they’re having to travel more than an hour to enjoy the sport.

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  • Flipping fantastic Shrove Tuesday

    Colac’s Sacred Heart Primary School students enjoyed pancakes this week to celebrate Shrove Tuesday.

    Colac Herald photographer Joel King visited the school and captured the action.

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