August 19, 2026

Here is what is making news for August 19, 2026.======================================Locals in Colac and Weerite will benefit from stronger freight routes, with upgrades to three bridges on the Princes Highway West now complete. The fifteen point one four million dollar project has strengthened f…

August 18, 2026

Here is what is making news for August 18, 2026.==================================Concerned parents in Apollo Bay are rallying for support after their local childcare centre was denied federal funding. The service, which has run for twenty years, was reportedly rejected by the Community Child Care…

August 17, 2026

Here is what is making news for August 17, 2026.====================================The third annual Graze the Day festival returns to the Timboon Amphitheatre on Saturday, November twenty-eight. The event will feature live music from Smoke Stack Rhino, Flynn Gurry, and The Hootie Tooties. =======…

August 14, 2026

Here is what is making news for August 14, 2026.==================================Port Campbell and Camperdown have been recognised among the state’s leading regional destinations at the Victorian Top Tourism Town Awards. Camperdown claimed the bronze award in the Small Tourism Town category, cele…

August 13, 2026

Here is what is making news for August 13, 2026.=====================================Cobden local Abbie Hanks has just returned home from Brisbane after representing Victoria and winning the National Dairy Young Parader of the Year. Abbie first started parading at the age of 8, and kept coming bac…

August 12, 2026

Here is what is making news across for August 12, 2026.=========================================A ten million dollar upgrade to the Skenes Creek bridge near Apollo Bay has been completed, delivering improved safety for drivers and pedestrians along the Great Ocean Road. ============================…

August 11, 2026

Here is what is making news for August 11, 2026.==================================Local businesses are welcoming the Australian Government's twelve point six one million dollar investment into the Apollo Bay Harbour. Apollo Bay Fishermen's Co-operative's Markus Nolle says the much-needed facelift …

August 10, 2026

Here is what is making news for August 10, 2026.=====================================Agriculture Minister Michaela Settle has announced a mandatory fourteen-day poultry housing order for high-risk areas, including Colac Otway, Corangamite, and the Surf Coast. Ms Settle says the biosecurity measure…

August 7, 2026

Here is what is making news for July 07, 2026.===================================The Kennett River precinct is undergoing significant improvements, with construction company Fulton Hogan now on site to deliver a suite of community-shaped upgrades. ===================================================…

August 6, 2026

Here is what is making news for July 06, 2026.================================Local sporting clubs and volunteer emergency workers have been targeted in two separate break-ins across Colac. The Colac Imperials Football Netball Club is pleading for the return of its twenty twenty-five A Grade Premi…