Council's Solar Initiative Council has installed solar panels on its buildings to make operations more efficient and environmentally friendly. You can monitor the energy being generated by the different systems here.
Garden for Wildlife Booklet Council has developed a Garden for Wildlife booklet for Colac Otway community members to help promote and guide habitat gardening. It features locally native species.
Trees & Vegetation Information on planting indigenous species in your garden, as well as rules for native vegetation removal and timber harvesting on private land.
Weed Management Because weeds have no regard for boundaries, a co-operative approach is required for control to be successful.
Grey Headed Flying Fox The Colac Otway Shire has a large colony of the grey headed flying fox. Find out more information about this protected species.