News
Endangered chicks hatch
Hooded Plover chicks are hatching along the Great Ocean Road and Surf Coast, but authorities are warning people to stay away from the endangered birds.
Used flares a risk in bins
Corangamite Shire Council has urged people to keep old flares out of their wheelie bins.
John thrives on welding
Swayn and McCabe welder and fabricator John Cawthorn has no plans for retirement any time soon.
MP’s personal first speech
Former Colac Otway Shire councillor and teacher Joe McCracken has shared an insight into his personal life during his first speech in Parliament.
School spirit shines at college swim sports
Students at Colac Secondary College donned their house colours in all sorts of wacky costumes at Friday’s school swim sports, battling it out in the Bluewater pool for house victory.
Money in kitty for community groups
South Purrumbete’s recreation reserve will get a new fence thanks to a Corangamite Shire Council grants scheme, but thousands of dollars are sitting in the grants pool for community groups.
Coroner reports rise in suicides
An increase in Victorian suicides in recent years is causing concern, as new data shows six people in Colac-Corangamite died by suicide in 2020 and 2021.
Letters to the editor
The abandonment of a coastal trail, the value of prayer at council meetings, an alleged spy balloon, and a leukaemia fundraising plea feature in today’s letters.