History
100-million-year-old fossil found at Cape Otway could re-write history
THE DISCOVERY of a 100-million-year-old fossil at Cape Otway this week could hold the key to the history of Australian prehistoric mammals.
Crowds flock to annual event
COLAC Heritage festival co-ordinator Alan Billing says he was pleased with the “excellent” crowds at the annual event.
Machinery exhibition for heritage festival
COLAC’S Heritage Festival organisers say this weekend’s transport industry display will give people an insight into a bygone era.
Family restores bike from 1940s
A COLAC family has restored a piece of history for former professional Colac cyclist Harry Salmon.
Childhood memory helps solve war mystery
A CHILDHOOD memory has helped solve a decades-long mystery surrounding a missing tree at a Colac district avenue of honour.
Gardens a fertile story source
COLAC’S Helen Paatsch can retell the story of a lakeside swing large enough to seat 30 children and an explosion that destroyed Lake Colac’s rotunda in the 1950s.
Remembering meeting Hitler
MEMORIES of meeting German dictator Adolf Hitler flashed back to life for Colac’s Erika Olney while watching a documentary.
Homemade firetruck will feature
PIRRON YALLOCK beef farmer David Pope wanted a vintage firetruck so much that he built one — and his converted a T-model Ford will be a feature of Colac’s annual Heritage Festival this weekend.