Plans for an upgrade of Colac’s city centre are moving forward, with civic leaders seeking State Government help to plan the project. Colac Otway Shire Council has applied to the government for $75,000 to help create a master plan for central Colac. Economic development manager Mike Barrow [...]

A State Government crackdown on violence in Melbourne has eaten into hotel profits and forced a Colac district pub to cut its opening hours. Beech Forest Hotel publicans Chris Grant and Nicole McKechnie have cut back the hotel’s serving hours after discovering a new fee structure would triple their liquor licensing fee. [...]

Colac district author Don McCready has again stepped back in time to pen his second book. Mr McCready launched the book, For Love They Faced The Wilderness Volume Two, at his Ondit property Gnarwyn at the weekend, surrounded by family and friends. The book is the second of two books [...]

Colac district author Don McCready has again stepped back in time to pen his second book. Mr McCready launched the book, For Love They Faced The Wilderness Volume Two, at his Ondit property Gnarwyn at the weekend, surrounded by family and friends. The book is the second of [...]

Police are appealing to motorists to respect each other to ensure Colac district has a fatality-free Labour Day long weekend. The Princes Highway will experience a surge in traffic today as more than 20,000 music fans converge on seaside hamlet Port Fairy. Colac district [...]

Fire authorities have established containment lines on all fronts of a fire at Yeodene, south-east of Colac. The blaze started in peat country about 2.30pm on Tuesday and smoke from the fire had shrouded Colac by late afternoon. Smoke from the fire continued to [...]

Winchelsea’s Mirnee Medical Clinic could close next month. The clinic’s parent company, Colac’s Corangamite Clinic, will pull the service out of Winchelsea and concentrate on its Colac operation. The move has opened the door for the Winchelsea Medical Centre to move into the purpose-built clinic, a transition due to take [...]

Colac’s newest doctor says her move from Bendigo will give her more autonomy and responsibility. Dr Sharon Suguilon has started at Colac’s Otway Medical Clinic. Dr Suguilon, a Philippines national, has trained and worked at Bendigo Base Hospital for the past five years where [...]

A Colac woman affected by alcohol when she did burnouts outside the Colac Police Station watched police impounded her car this week. The woman, 37, presented her Holden Commodore sedan at the police station on Monday and left the station on foot after a tow truck drove [...]

Two Colac district fire brigades will head to a state firefighting championship with solid performances under their belts. Beeac and Irrewarra fire brigades secured one placing and finished no lower than sixth at the Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria championships at the weekend. Beeac firefighter Stephen Clissold said teams from Country [...]