Youth leaders have urged skate park users to voice their opinion about a project to paint artwork at the park. Colac Otway Shire Youth Council is running a stencil art workshop to decorate the Colac skate park.  Recreation Arts and Culture manager Marg Scanlon said the 2009 Colac Otway Shire Youth Council would [...]

A Colac agricultural dealership will celebrate a milestone this week. Colac JB Scott has a demonstration day on Thursday to celebrate its second anniversary. Sales consultant Jeff Yates has invited Colac district farmers to attend a barbeque lunch and hot-roast roll dinner and see the range of farm machinery [...]

Colac might get a liquid natural gas fuelling station for heavy vehicles under plans to build a $150-million liquefied natural gas plant in the Colac district. Industrial gas company BOC, the South West Sustainability Partnership and regional transport companies are working together to establish Victoria’s first micro LPG plant near Port Campbell. [...]

The Colac Herald captured all the action at the Colac Primary Schools cross country contest.
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FRIENDS: Good friends, from left, Stephanie McGlade, Briahlee Tann, Katrina Filice, Leah Clarke and Emily Vaughan from St Mary’s Primary School enjoyed a day out [...]

A group of mates are rallying together for a Colac man suffering from a terminal illness. The Colac Gun Club will host a fundraising shoot this weekend to raise money for shooting enthusiast and family man Glenn Hamill. Mr Hamill suffers from inoperable brain tumours. [...]

Colac paramedics have 12 days to vote on proposed industrial action that could result in Victoria’s first ambulance strike in 36 years. Paramedics across Victoria received ballot papers this week after an arbitration commission granted permission for a protected action ballot. Colac paramedics have until June 3 to vote on [...]

A busy 12 months has paid off for a Colac business woman. Brooke Johnstone juggled studying at Geelong at night while running her business Hot As Nail Design in Colac during the day. Miss Johnstone has won a state award for her studies and business venture that started [...]

One of Colac’s original ambulance station managers has reflected on “primitive” care, plane accidents and 50 years in the industry. George Jackson moved from Geelong to work as a station manager at Colac’s ambulance station on June 1, 1959. Mr Jackson said his role involved managing the station, [...]

Two Colac district doctors received honours at the Victorian Rural Doctor’s Awards. General practit-ioners John Beaumont from Lorne and Ruth Stewart from Camperdown received awards for their outstanding contribution to rural communities. The doctors were nominated for the award by peers, patients and community members and Victorian health [...]

More than 50 years of showing cattle has turned Irrewillipe’s Jim Carson into a master breeder and helped him win back-to-back champion dairy cow titles. Mr Carson has won the Champion Dairy Cow of the South-West award with his jersey cow Glenbrae Astounds Dolichos the Fourth. Judges named the [...]