Mansion bid riles green group
By NOEL MURPHY
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are anxious a bid to expand Campbell Point House might be the start of more incursions on Lake Connewarre and a...
Labor abandons Geelong: Guy
By NOEL MURPHY
STATE Labor has abandoned Geelong on multiple fronts, opposition leader Matthew Guy claimed this week in a savage attack on Spring Street.
Mr...
Coaching is a winner for Torquay nurse
By NOEL MURPHY
TORQUAY nurse Kim Poyner is a tough coach - tough but fair.
Her goals aren’t between the big sticks or into netS...
Wet May finishes dry autumn here
By LINDSAY SMAIL
MOST of the Geelong-Otways region, except its northern area, received average to well-above average rain in May.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s automatic weather...
Taxi driver hits sign, blows .279%
A TAXI driver was almost six times over the blood-alcohol limit when police caught him at Bellbrae, police have alleged.
A Victoria Police spokesperson said...
Bunnings’ new plan to be masters of Leopold
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
BUNNINGS has snapped up an opportunity for a hardware store at Leopold after the troubled Masters chain abandoned it in 2013.
A...
Dispute threat for flower jobs
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN ACRIMONIOUS dispute between the developer of an $80 million residential golf estate and the owners of a flower farm threatens...
Double take: Heads, locks and feathers
STICK your head up and, well, you know the rest.
Just ask mayor Darryn Lyons, who’s adopted the social media hashtag #onetrickpony after...
Parties at war over ‘dud’ NBN
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE NBN rollout in Corangamite is a “dud”, according to Labor candidate Libby Coker.
No "pre-existing" home or business had connected so...
Cold snap delays coastal link work
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A COLD snap has delayed the final seal on a section of Geelong’s newest road, Baanip Blvd, connecting Anglesea Rd and...
Bucket and bouquets
BOUQUETS to a chance meeting. While having lunch at Geelong RSL I met a friend I had not seen for many years. It was...
Voices of rock return to city
By NOEL MURPHY
TRY THIS quick list for a catalogue of classic Australian rock hits: Great Wall, Onion Skin, Dancing In The Storm, Get Set,...
Eperience the story of Dire Straits
This week, Drysdale’s Potato Shed will host a local production celebrating the music, impact and story of timeless rock band Dire Straits.
Written by local...
