Relay for Life organiser Eunice Gill says the event’s revival in Colac this weekend should serve as a push to improve cancer treatment services in the city. Mrs Gill said the community support for the event showed Colac and district had its share of cancer sufferers. [...]

A signed Hawthorn jumper will help Colac autistic child Matthew Houtsma receive an assistance dog. The jumper, donated by Colac AFL export Luke Hodge and his father Bryson, is one item for auction at a wine and cheese fundraiser tonight at Colac’s [...]

Colac school pupils are dressing up tonight to raise money and promote the city’s businesses. Colac’s St Mary’s Primary School will host a fashion parade to launch the school’s discount card at Trinity College Hall from 7.30pm. St Mary’s Primary School Parents [...]

Fire twirling will be a feature at tomorrow’s Heytesbury Show. Organisers of the annual show have added the circus art to the show’s expanding variety of features. Simpson teenager Caitlin Browning will, weather permitting, light up her twirling [...]

A Colac family will host a garage sale to raise money for children overseas. The Van Niekerk family will host the sale to raise money to run two camps for poverty-stricken children in the Philippines. The camps were the idea of mother Jenny in [...]

The farming tradition of blade shearing will make a return at this weekend’s Colac Heritage Festival. Edenhope shearers Richie Foster and Kelvin Lambert and Orford’s Luke Rowbottom will show how tough shearers had it without electronic clippers as part of the two-day festival. The [...]

Regularly driving two hours for volunteer work shows dedication. But surf lifesaver Jacob Wade of Werribee says the trip to Apollo Bay doesn’t faze him. Jacob, 18, and his sister Emily, 16, are members of the Apollo Bay Surf Lifesaving Club and are a regular presence on the [...]

Elliminyt’s Robinson family will continue a long-standing tradition by heading to Melbourne for the Australian Open. Mark Robinson and his son Klay, 17, will take in a day of tennis today and will also join Mr Robinson’s wife Leanne and daughters Molly, 15, and Olivia, 11, on Monday at Melbourne Park. [...]

A Colac man will put his  labour of love on show at this year’s Colac Custom Car and Bike Show. Damian McVilly will present his partially restored 1968 Holden HK GTS Monaro at the show, which kicks off tonight. Mr McVilly bought the blue beast from an owner [...]

Camperdown racecourse will be a sea of red, white and black tomorrow as punters celebrate the legendary racehorse Phar Lap. Camperdown Turf Club officials have called on people attending the Camperdown Cup to recognise the 80-year anniversary of Phar Lap’s 1930 Melbourne Cup win. Jockeys Jim Pike and Bill Elliot [...]