Weather
Wind keeps services busy
DESTRUCTIVE winds kept Otways emergency services busy yesterday, with falling trees causing road closures.
Heat stops weekend sport
HEAT forced the cancellation of sporting events across Colac district at the weekend.
Colac’s dry start to the year
COLAC has had a dry start to 2014, with below average falls for January.
Children locked in hot car
A CONCERNED witness has reported seeing children locked in a car during Colac’s heatwave, sparking a warning from police.
Colac soaks up five Olympic pools
COLAC’S water use has surged in this week’s scorching heat, with the city using more than five Olympic swimming pools of water each day.
No relief from summer heat
COLAC residents are today sweltering through their third day of above-30-degree-heat, with another scorcher on its way tomorrow.
Heat takes toll on bowlers
HEAT caused one woman to collapse and two others to pull out of a Corangamite bowls pairs competition this week.