Charity
Player’s injury galvanises town
LORNE Hotel manager Dave Upham says an on-field accident which left footballer Casey Tutungi a quadriplegic has galvanised the coastal community.
Painful walk for cancer fight
CRESSY’S Leanne Rodgers expects her husband Chris will have more than a blister when he walks 60 kilometres in thongs to fight cancer.
Get the story behind homicides
ONE of Victoria’s leading homicide detectives says a Colac presentation will provide insight into “some of the most difficult cases in the state”.
Dad’s death spurs crusade
A COLAC woman who lost her dad to suicide this year wants to help people avoid the pain her family is enduring.
Cancer fundraiser smashes target
COLAC and district residents have smashed a $5000 fundraising target to help advance research into a rare form of stomach cancer.
Colac teen will help in Uganda
AID organisation World Vision has chosen a Colac teen to make a charity trip to Africa.
Sowing seeds of hope in Kenya
BIRREGURRA’S Kate Lidgerwood plans to create a permaculture garden in Kenya “big enough to feed and educate an entire school”.
Colac’s 21-year-old supermum
A 21-YEAR-OLD carer of five children is proving parenting at a young age is no barrier to pursuing a career and following dreams.