Here is what is making news for August 12, 2025.==========================Farmers and irrigators in the Great South Coast and Barwon regions are being invited to share their experiences managing water and coping with drought conditions.====================================================A 45-year-old motorcyclist is in intensive care after hitting a wallaby near Simpson on Saturday.Emergency services were called to Tomahawk Creek Road about 4:10pm after the man came off his bike when a wallaby and its joey jumped in front of him. ====================================================Graze the Day returns to Timboon’s natural amphitheatre on Saturday, November 22, with headline act the Pierce Brothers.Corangamite Shire Mayor Kate Makin says the festival will showcase live music, local produce, and cultural experiences.====================================================Glenelg Shire is cutting ties with the Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism board after a decade of membership.The south-west council paid $100,000 last year to be part of the marketing partnership but says it’s often left out of major tourism campaigns.Colac Otway Shire is also reviewing its GORRT membership after briefly reducing — then reinstating — its contribution earlier this year.====================================================Colac Otway Shire Council and COPACC have secured a State Government grant to run youth workshops during the September school holidays as part of Victorian Youth Fest 2025.====================================================A Camperdown man who bit a police officer has avoided jail.The 21-year-old was found naked and hiding under a doona in a home he was banned from entering.He pleaded guilty in Warrnambool Magistrates’ Court to assaulting a police officer, criminal damage and failing to answer bail, and was placed on an 18-month community corrections order with supervision and treatment conditions.====================================================AND IN SPORTIt was a mixed day for the Colac Braves on Saturday.Division 2 fell 5-1 to the Lara Wildcats despite strong pitching from Brad Egan,while Division 4 cruised to a 16-2 win over Bellarine.====================================================Perfect conditions greeted cyclists on the 45-kilometre Corrorook to Beeac course over the weekend, with sunshine and no wind.Tony Prytz led the final sprint to claim first place, followed by David O'Dwyer and Peter Theodore.Behind them, Andrew Cox took the fastest time and fourth place in a close finish.Racing continues next week from Beeac on the Eurack course.====================================================In the weekends golf action,Adrian Murray was crowned the winner of the Colac Golf Club Men's Winter Cup.Mark Ritchie took out the Saturday Stableford comp,Peter Tancred won B Grade, and Lachlan Mulgrew C Grade.====================================================It was a tough weekend on the field for the Colac Otway Rovers senior sides.Division 1 went down 7 nil to Golden Plains.Division 2 lost 2 nil to Barwon Heads.AND Division 3 lost 7 nil to Bellarine Sharks.==========================See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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