Environment

  • Colac’s street of the year

    A “BEAUTIFUL” sunset was the perfect way for a Colac street’s residents to cap off a victorious day.

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  • Dry month for Colac district

    COLAC was among the driest places in western Victoria in November, receiving half its average rainfall for the month.

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  • Another branch falls in public square

    A SECOND branch has fallen at Colac’s Memorial Square, days after an inspection recommended tree removal at the square.

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  • Typhoon distresses Colac doctors

    COLAC doctors from the Philippines have spoken of their distress at seeing Super Typhoon Haiyan devastate their home country.

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  • Koala watchers’ lives at risk

    AN OTWAYS resident says there’ll be “blood on someone’s hands” if tourists continue to stop in the middle of the road to pat koalas.

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  • Historic fish liberation in Lake Colac

    LAKE Colac will become home to 50,000 native fish in a historic first next year.

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  • Tree disease changing landscape

    COLAC district’s landscape is facing drastic change as a disease continues to kill off the region’s iconic cypress wind breaks.

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  • Tracking Otways predators

    RESEARCHERS are using motion-sensing cameras, tracking collars and fox droppings to learn how predators respond to fire in the Otways.

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