What happened to charity for charity’s sake?
As farmers struggle through drought Double Take is virtually swimming in press releases pledging support for our beloved rural producers.
Pubs, restaurants, banks, supermarkets, hardware stores and even the Gold Coast Suns jumped on bandwagon this fortnight to trumpet their efforts.
That said, farmers can probably stomach a bit of ‘virtue signalling’ if they get some much-needed financial relief.
And hats off to thousands around Geelong and Australia who have quietly, but generously, opened their wallets in support!
Meanwhile, Double Take was bemused at City Hall’s Gee-longest Kick on the Green Spine promoting the newly “transformed” Malop St over the weekend.
After closing the historic street for months – twice – to the fury of traders, City Hall celebrated the recently-reopened Malop – by closing it to traffic yet again!Just as well none of the drop punts and torpedoes smashed any windows in nearby stores.
Perhaps more appropriately, Worksafe on Wednesday issued a warning to secure workplaces with extreme winds coming.
But the irony won’t be lost on Indy readers following two embarrassingly-public, wind-related safety incidents for the authority’s Geelong HQ – one during construction, one after.
And a round of applause for young Jack Nyhof on his Geelong TV show.
Acting as producer and presenter, the local teen served up some interesting content on Geelong Community News, broadcast by C31 in Melbourne and Geelong this week.
Monday night’s premiere featured 19-year-old Paralympic hopeful Kailyn Schurman, a story on a new hub for creative types in central Geelong and a cute segment on a welfare centre for animals. Something for everyone!
“The show is all about presenting the positive news,” Jack explains.
Unfortunately, it was also a one-off. Two reruns this week followed Monday night’s show but, yibbidi-yibbida, that’s all folks.
Maybe some volunteers could step up and help Jack with an encore season.
