A GEELONG visitor to the Hills district in western Sydney must be wishing he stopped at a caravan park instead after a recent close shave.
The 65-year-old woke up in his caravan on the side of Richard Cls around 3.30am to find it on fire.
The man told Hills police a crackling noise woke him, so he quickly removed his three gas bottles and got out before the caravan was destroyed.
Police are investigating.
Tourists are advised to give the place a wide berth in future.
IT’S nice to know Geelong’s headless monarch is about to be re-ensconced on the waterfront.
Edward VII, whose regal statue once graced a site at the end of Moorabool St, returns next week – with a new head.
Poor old Ed lost his noggin to some hearless souvenir hunter after making way for an extension to Corio Bay and sitting forlorn in a Belmont council depot for yonks.
Despite public pleas over the years, the culprit never came forward and the head remained lost.
But will the new improved model have the feature of Winston Churchill’s statue in London’s Parliament Square – a slight electrical current to deter birds and their deposits?
Might come in handy if the unknown headhunter returns, too .
DON’T be to surprised to see Deakin University vice-chancellor Jane den Hollander pop up in jungle movies next.
Her recent efforts parading atop a thumping elephant to mark the uni’s 20 years in India, elegant yellow-turbaned mahout at the helm, left few doubts about the possibilities if academic life ever becomes too boring.
It could become a case of, ‘She Jane, where Tarzan?’
LABOR candidate for Geelong Christine Couzens is staying loyal to her union roots regardless of the risk to her campaign.
One of her placards was prominently placed outside the CFMEU’s Fyans St office this week despite widely publicised royal commission allegations of the union’s involvement in various forms of industrial skulduggery.
Maybe Christine thinks any publicity really is good publicity.
