Safety first as local Joe rules TAC
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DRIVERLESS cars and improved road and vehicle technology coupled with driver education will be the main means of reducing the road...
Enter the dragon: bearded Nev just chillin’ out
By NOEL MURPHY
MEET Nev.
He’s a little slow off the mark just now with all the cold weather - it’s not exactly what an...
Double Take
GEELONG'S bizarre fascination with Elvis Presley has deepened further with a local vying for an international title as the King's greatest impersonator.
Jack Gatto, a...
‘Fracking fear’ sways council
GEELONG'S council has joined a chorus of Victorian councils demanding the state’s reserves of onshore gas remain locked up underground.
Council stated its opposition to...
New report ‘backs push to do more for residents of poorest areas’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A REPORT confirming Corio as an entrenched area of disadvantage demonstrates that governments must adopt new ways of tackling the issue,...
ALDI shrugs off coast objectors
By NOEL MURPHY
ALDI has restated the benefits its Torquay store will offer shoppers, shrugging off a campaign against its siting adjacent to the start...
Movie fans dreamin’ of Q&A with Caton
FANS will think they’re “dreamin’” when Australian actor Michael Caton hosts a post-movie question-and-answer session at Waurn Ponds next week.
The star of feature film...
Program pushes fat, ‘unskilled’ Geelong kids into sport
OBESE children lacking the “basic skills” of sport are the targets of a new program rolling out in schools across the Geelong region.
Dozens of...
Public’s trail to artists’ private lairs
SURF Coast artists are preparing to throw open their private studios to the public next month.
The artists will welcome visitors to their homes, galleries...
Nankervis to have a Wiz in Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
HE FIRST appeared as over-wrought poet Raymond J Bartholomeuz on TV’s Hey Hey It’s Saturday, an alter ego that Brian Nankervis has...
Holy evolution for Aussie pair
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
EUROPEAN experiences are driving the musical evolution of emerging Australian duo Holy Holy.
Brisbane singer-songwriter Timothy Carroll and guitarist-composer Oscar Dawson, from...
Gill’s art colours in Geelong of old
By NOEL MURPHY
EARLY Geelong was a ruddy melange of terra cotta reds, light sandstone, timber tans and slate grey.
Artist Samuel Thomas Gill’s renderings of...
Surf Coast roads reviewed
A speed limit review will help make roads across the Surf Coast Shire safer for all road users, with the community encouraged to have...
