Environment
OVERPOPULATION: More koala welfare checks at Cape Otway
WILDLIFE officers and vets have started a two-week fertility-control program and health checks on the koala population at Cape Otway.
PARCHED: Lake Colac days from drying up
LAKE COLAC is days away from completely drying up for the second time since European settlement in Colac 179 years ago.
‘BLAND PLAN’: Lake foreshore plan divides councillors
A PLAN to improve Lake Colac’s foreshore has received a mixed reaction from Colac Otway Shire councillors, but they have agreed to ask residents for their views.
CRIMSON TIDE: Salt lake turns orange
DRY conditions and a salt-loving alga are likely the causes behind Lake Corangamite’s pinkish-orange water, with a salt crust around the foreshore.
BAGS BAGGED: Apollo Bay residents ditching plastic bags
APOLLO BAY residents are throwing their support behind a campaign to reduce the number of plastic bags shoppers use at in the coastal town.
LAKE PLAN: Residents rally for Lake Colac
THE COST of dredging Lake Colac is among the list of issues Colac community members would like to investigate to improve the city’s natural asset.
Thousands of dead fish at Lake Colac
A LAKE COLAC watcher says he believes up to 500 tonnes of carp have died in the lake, contradicting the EPA’s estimated of up to 300.
HERPES HOPE: Carp herpes virus could control pest
A COLAC fisherman says he hopes authorities will introduce a virus which could kill carp in Lake Colac without harming native fish.
