Lake Colac
Questions over Lake Colac committee, swimming event
Passionate Lake Colac user and advocate Pam Cuthbertson says Colac Otway Shire Council’s decision to block a potential swim event at the lake is gobsmacking.
Water quality on agenda
Colac Otway Shire Council will consider whether to adopt a proactive approach of assessing the Lake Colac’s suitability for water-based events, despite the lake’s community advocacy group not meeting for about 18 months.
Call for consultative committee to meet
A Lake Colac advocate says the neglected Lake Colac Consultative committee should have been consulted before the Colac Otway Shire Council decided to cancel a “potentially fantastic” club-to-club swim across the lake.
Pam’s yachting memories flow
When Pam Cuthbertson found out she had received life membership of the Colac Yacht Club, she thought of her parents.
NO SWIMMING: Health advice forces lake event cancellation
A planned Pier-to-Pub style swim across Lake Colac in December has been blocked by Colac Otway Shire Council for fears of a public health risk.
Next step for new street linking highway, houses and lake
A plan for a new street linking Colac’s Murray Street to Lake Colac has gained the approval of Colac Otway Shire councillors.
Lake’s water release continues
Authorities have released about 1800 megalitres from Lake Colac over the past six weeks, as the Lough Calvert Drainage Scheme continues.
Duckloads of birds gather
Flocks of hundreds of freckled ducks have provided a spectacle on Lake Colac and other district waterways in recent months.