Police and Emergencies
Tourists’ car catches fire
TWO tourists missed seeing the sun rise over the Twelve Apostles after their car caught fire at Winchelsea.
Carpark crash cleans up four cars
AN elderly Colac woman was uninjured when she lost control of her car in a city carpark, damaging four other vehicles.
Police hunt daylight burglars
POLICE are hunting two men who tried to break into a Colac motorcycle shop in an attempted daylight burglary yesterday.
Farm shop thieves strike again
THIEVES have stolen $10,000 worth of cattle drench in a third burglary on a Colac West rural business this month.
Police ready for festival crowd
APOLLO Bay police say they are prepared for thousands of people to converge on the coastal town for its annual music festival this weekend.
Masked, armed men invade home and terrorise family
POLICE are hunting masked bandits who terrorised a Colac district family with baseball bats and a machete in a brazen aggravated burglary.
Filthy Facebook abuse site backfires on creator
POLICE are investigating a social networking page defaming, taunting, abusing and alleging criminal activity against Colac and district residents.
Colac surveillance cameras progress
A COLAC company has won a tender to install a $300,000 security camera system in the city.