Articles by Alison Martin
Business boss slams bypass plans
A BUSINESS leader has slammed plans to build a highway bypass around Colac without an investigation into its effect on the city’s businesses and future.
Unity could bring ‘massive’ opportunities
A BUSINESS expert says the Colac region has “massive” opportunities if businesses, community and bureaucracy listen to each other and work together.
Farmers show interest in rescued maremma dogs
COLAC district’s maremma-rescue advocate Jacqueline Zakharia drove 800 kilometres on Good Friday to collect four dogs a ranger had seized.
Fighting cancer and mental illness
A COLAC bipolar sufferer is determined to help others with mental illness before an aggressive cancer takes her life.
Hot, dry summer takes toll
A DRY summer in the Otways has affected the quality and quantity of this season’s harvest at a Gellibrand River organic apple orchard.
Mum cuts weight in half
A COLAC mother of six says getting fit and halving her weight has changed her life.
Maturing bushes boost berry yield
OTWAY blueberries have ripened a week early, with growers hopeful of a “bigger harvest” than last season.
Wet year boosts grape crop
A COLAC district grape grower is expecting a “bumper” harvest after the wettest year in two decades.