Cadel’s tour back for round two
THE Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race looks set to attract more of the world’s best cycling teams when the event returns in 2016.
Dates...
Workers chill out above Newtown
ANYONE feeling the chill in Geelong today should spare a thought for construction workers hitting the heights at Newtown.
They might enjoy a bird’s eye...
Sophia’s art choices
Geelong artist Sophia Hewson has been shortlisted for this year’s Archibald prize. It’s her second tip at the prestigious Aussie art gong but it’s...
Cats go to ground while pleading for AFL $ break
By NOEL MURPHY
IT might have three recent premierships under its belt, record members and a massive $70 million taxpayer-funded expansion but the Geelong Football...
Rust, wool, stark reminders at Marnock Vale
By NOEL MURPHY
RUSTED nuts and washers sit cobwebbed, fixed to weather-beaten bricks, while corroded mechanical contraptions, long since fallen into disuse, sit nearby garnished...
Homeless facing an Antarctic blast
By PAUL MILLAR
GEELONG'S homeless are in for an Antarctic-like cold snap this weekend, with up to 40 homeless people shivering through bone-chilling darkness outdoors...
Three-ring circus time for Geelong’s ringmaster
By NOEL MURPHY
IT’S SHAPING up as Geelong’s biggest party in years – a Gatsby-like circus-cabaret-burlesque show complete with pythons, fire-eaters, contortionists and acrobats.
The guest...
Boycott call as bus, train complaints widen
By NOEL MURPHY
FRUSTRATION with Geelong’s new bus and train services continues as users complain of dangers and difficulties as they dump the routes, opting...
Double Take: Shear cheek of cook, vote, media stunts
BILL Shorten’s performance as a union boss might be under the microscope right now but conditions wouldn’t have been as good as they are...
Ground-breaking work at Fyansford
By NOEL MURPHY
IT’S been a long time in coming but Fyansford’s protracted cement works revamp as a new suburb is becoming a reality.
Siteworks have...
Geelong’s Hewson grabs Archibald shortlist, again
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG artist Sophia Hewson has been shortlisted for this year’s Archibald prize with her controversial painting “Delivered”.
The entry is Hewson’s second shortlisting...
Investigators examine plane death crash site
By PAUL MILLAR
INVESTIGATORS will attempt to determine whether pilot or mechanical error led to the death of an elderly aviator, whose light plane plummeted...
Star’s shock exit
Molly Picklum's bid for an elusive Bells Beach title has been foiled again, with the Australian surfing star suffering a shock loss at the...
