Roads
Another incident at scene of horror crash
A HAZARDOUS Barongarook intersection has come under the spotlight again after authorities failed to fix a damaged “give way” sign for six days.
Danger roads concern cyclists
BICYCLE safety campaigners have stepped up a push to improve the Colac district’s most dangerous roads.
Mum thought baby had died
COLAC district mum Rachel Amos-Ritchie feared her nine-month-old baby girl, blue and unconscious, had died in a car crash at Barongarook.
Council looks at entrance options
COLAC Otway Shire Council is exploring options to avoid a bottleneck at Colac’s eastern entrance when workers finish a Princes Highway duplication.
Dangerous roads will be safer
A NOTORIOUS intersection in Colac and a dangerous stretch of road near Deans Marsh will get upgrades worth nearly $3.5 million.
Teenager airlifted to hospital
PARAMEDICS airlifted a Simpson teenager to a Melbourne hospital after a single-vehicle car crash.
‘Bright, bubbly, beautiful’ girl killed
COLAC has lost “bright, bubbly and beautiful” Chloe Holmes, 21, who died in a car crash south-west of Colac.
Orphan joeys keep wildlife carers busy
COLAC district wildlife carers Ron and Carola Anstis have their hands full looking after eight orphaned joeys.