News

  • 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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  • Man jailed after assault

    A 23-year-old Colac man who “freaked out” and hit a man with a glass during a planned sexual encounter will serve three years in prison.

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  • Nurse’s vehicle smashed

    A Colac nurse who only returned to work three weeks ago after maternity leave, has ended a work shift to find someone has crashed into her car and fled the scene.

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  • Crash corner strikes again

    Barwon Downs’s notorious crash corner has struck again, leaving a man in hospital after a vehicle overshot the right-angle corner and crashed into a resident’s front fence.

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  • Gellibrand Hall gets a facelift

    A new world of opportunities has opened for Gellibrand Community House, as it resettles into its spiritual home.

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  • Entertaining year ahead

    Colac Otway Performing Arts and Cultural Centre has officially launched its 2023 season.

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  • Anu’s Apollo Bay inspiration

    Aussie music icon Christine Anu says a reunion with producer David Bridie in the recording studio is worth every minute of the long trek from her Queensland home to Apollo Bay.

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