Here is what is making news for September 9, 2026.====================================A major conservation project is underway to preserve the historic Cape Otway Lighthouse precinct, aiming to return safe public access to the famous tower climb.
========================================================================Help tackle an invasive species at the Catch a Carp Festival at Lake Colac this Sunday.

VFA CEO Travis Dowling says the free community event includes a fishing competition, kids clinics, and commercial fishing demonstrations.========================================================================The 2026 Melbourne Stars Roadshow and current WBBL cricketers visited Elliminyt Primary School yesterday to promote junior cricket programs across the region.

WBBL cricketer Zoe Samuel says being able to give back to the community is essential and can't wait to tackle the 2026-27 season.
========================================================================Police are appealing for public assistance following a suspicious house fire in Dreeite South this morning.

Four C-F-A units from Colac, Beeac, Warrion, and Cororooke responded to the blaze on Corangamite Lake Road at around nine twenty-one A-M.

Crews arrived to find the structure smouldering, bringing the incident under control by nine forty A-M. ========================================================================A community member has been cautioned after inadvertently bringing a knife into the Colac Courthouse while delivering documentation.

Colac Police Sergeant Stephen Bull says while the incident was accidental, it serves as a timely reminder to check belongings for the safety of the community.
========================================================================Member for Wannon Dan Tehan is calling for a greater focus on mental health program outcomes to coincide with Suicide Prevention Day and R-U-O-K Day tomorrow.

Emphasising that one in five Australian adults experiences a mental disorder annually, Mr Tehan urges residents to check in on friends and neighbours. reminder to check belongings for the safety of the community.
========================================================================AND IN SPORTColac Golf Club’s Hunter Togni has been selected for the South West Golf Association Men’s Team ahead of the twenty twenty-six Country Week Teams’ Matches.

The S-W-G-A Men’s and Women's teams will both compete in Division One.

The three-day scratch match play tournament runs from Monday, September fourteen to Wednesday, September sixteen across the Ballarat, Buninyong, and Midlands golf clubs.
========================================================================Cobden Technical School student Lenny Dobbins has been crowned a state champion at the Victorian State Schools Clay Target Shoot in Echuca.

Dobbins secured the overall and Senior Boys titles, hitting twenty-eight out of thirty targets to force a shoot-off.

He claimed victory with a final score of thirty-three out of thirty-five. 
========================================================================Apollo Bay Cricket export Pat Grimmer has ended his stint with UK based club Sandford St Martin with a bang.

Grimmer blasted 109 not out from 115 ball in his final appearance for the overseas club.
========================================================================The Hampden League junior vote counts have been finalised, with strong results for Terang-Mortlake and Camperdown players.

In the Under Fourteen football, Camperdown's Darby Sinnott polled twenty-six votes to finish in a three-way tie for first place.

On the netball court, Terang-Mortlake’s Imogen Barr won the Wytons Thirteen and Under best and fairest with thirty-five votes.

In the Fifteen and Under competition, Camperdown’s Abigail Sinnott finished third on thirty votes, while Terang-Mortlake’s Poppy Moloney was runner-up in the Fifteen and Under Reserves with twenty-three votes.
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