Environment

  • Prizes are not just for tidiness

    The Sustainable Communities Tidy Town Awards have opened nominations for initiatives that inspire and empower communities, reduce litter, protect the environment, or combat loneliness and isolation.

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  • Staying green during a crisis

    Colac businesses are getting creative to avoid using single-use plastics while coronavirus concerns restrict the use of reusable containers and limit eateries to takeaway service.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • ‘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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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