May 25, 2026

Here is what is making news for May 25, 2026.===================================The property market surrounding Camperdown and Boorcan is experiencing a significant boom following a flurry of major dairy farm sales.Most notably, a massive six-hundred-and-thirty-seven-hectare aggregation milking eight hundred cows has been snapped up by a neighboring agricultural family.Nearby, a three-hundred-hectare corporate farm was secured by an interstate buyer relocating from New South Wales.======================================================================South West Sport is running the twenty-twenty-six Regional Community Sport Census.Corangamite Shire Deputy Mayor Laurie Hickey says Local clubs and volunteers can complete the fifteen-minute online survey to help shape future facility upgrades and support programs.======================================================================Corangamite Catchment Management Authority volunteers have converged this month for specialized training to ensure the absolute accuracy of local citizen science data.======================================================================The Aireys Inlet community has expressed deep frustration after being entirely left out of the latest state budget funding pool.Despite a high-risk summer fire season and land along the Great Ocean Road being acquired back in twenty-eighteen, local C-F-A volunteers are still being forced to operate out of an aging nineteen-eighties facility. ======================================================================Farmers across the Colac Otway and Corangamite shires are being reminded that strict rules apply to the use of drones for aerial chemical spraying.Agriculture Victoria emphasizes that remotely piloted aircraft must comply with the same chemical laws as traditional crop dusters. ======================================================================The removal of the Governments Black Spots programs from the Budget will be contended in coming weeks.Member for Wannon Dan Tehan says the mobile coverage upgrades and works such as the ones recently completed in Mount Noorat are crucial for small towns especially during emergency's such as the fires in the Otways earlier this year.======================================================================AND IN SPORTThe Colac Golf Club's fairytale return to Division 1 pennant golf has come to an end with the club finishing runners up after a weekend loss in the Grand Final to Barwon Heads.Barwon Heads won the Division 1 final 5-2 at Lonsdale Links.======================================================================The Colac Imperials were the big winners in this weekends CDFNL action with a 105 point win over Simpson.In other results Alvie caused a 19 point upset over Lorne, Birregurra also upset Irrewarra-Beeac.In other football results South Colac beat Apollo Bay, and the Western Eagles beat Otway Districts by 55.In the A Grade netball - Otway had a thrilling win over Otway Districts, Birregurra beat Irrewarra-Beeac.South Colac was too strong for Apollo Bay, Colac Imperials had a win over Simpson and Lorne defeated Alvie by 2 goals.======================================================================The Colac Tigers enjoyed a 156 point win over North Shore on Saturday.Adam Garner starred in his return from injury booting 5 goals.The percentage boosting win has Colac sitting 5th with a 3-3 record.======================================================================The Hampden League has secured a mixed bag of results in their weekend interleague clash against Ballarat.The under-twenty-three footballers claimed a hard-fought nine-point win, while the under-seventeen boys went down by thirty-two points.On the netball court, the under-twenty-threes played out a thrilling draw. Meanwhile, the under-eighteen girls' footy side celebrated a nail-biting one-point victory.======================================================================See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.