Drought

  • Record-low rain in Otways last year

    The Colac Otway Shire has a dry outlook for the year ahead, while Cape Otway has seen its driest year on record.

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  • Farmers need drought policy

    A Colac and district MP is calling on the State Government to fast-track a drought management policy for farmers suffering in the south-west.

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  • Water levels worry duck hunter

    Colac Field and Game’s Terry McCrickard is looking forward to the 2025 duck hunting season, but he is concerned about duck numbers across the district with declining freshwater levels.

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  • Lack of summer rain across dry landscape

    With summer over, farmers across the Colac Otway Shire are preparing for the potential of another dry season.

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  • Green drought impacts region

    Farmland across the Colac district might look green at first glance but the soil underneath is bone dry, and the green drought is a concern for anyone involved in the local agriculture industry.

    For farmers, stock agents and business owners, the first half of 2024 has presented the driest autumn and start to winter they have experienced.

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  • Emergency fire bore for district town

    Southern Rural Water has selected Timboon as one of six regional Victorian towns to receive a new emergency fire bore to help residents access water during a crisis.

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  • STAGE THREE: Colac faces tougher water restrictions

    COLAC, Lorne and Apollo Bay will face stage three water restrictions from May 1 as water storages plummet in “unprecedented dry conditions”.

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  • DRYING UP: Reservoir drops to 7.9 per cent

    COLAC and district water storages have continued to drop, with the water system’s largest reservoir, the West Gellibrand, at just 7.9-per-cent capacity.

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