70 find jobs as second-largest Coles opens at Lara
MORE than 70 people began new jobs when a new Coles supermarket opened at Lara this week.
The company said the workers joined 40 existing...
Birds up for climate change, says Deakin research
BIRDS might have greater resistance to environmental impacts like climate change than previously thought, according to new Geelong research.
The finding emerged from a study...
Jean’s looking good after 100 years
NEWTOWN'S Jean Richardson always jokes about someone making a miscalculation when they bring up her age.
“She says she doesn’t feel she’s 100,” says granddaughter...
Buckets and Bouquets
BOUQUETS to Riding for the Disabled volunteers for generously giving their time and expertise to Nelson Park School students for their horse-riding program. A...
Cricket: Cats find form
JIM TIMBERLAKE
GEELONG Cricket Club could complete only one of two scheduled Twenty20 matches last weekend after rain washed out the entire Sunday fixture.
But on...
Motor City the next trick for Broderick Smith
By NOEL MURPHY
FEW musicians can turn their hand to as many tricks as blues legend Broderick Smith.
The singer-songwriter and blues harp Aussie icon might...
Perfect storm facing mental health
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MENTAL health services in the Barwon region are suffering a “perfect storm” of funding uncertainty, reduced services and difficulty coping with...
Don’t Miss this Saigon show
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
SOME seminal moments in history live on in the public memory, and the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War was...
Angling: Mixed bags with as summer begins
CHRIS PITMAN
THE START of summer has brought a mixed bag for local anglers.
Clifton Springs was again productive for anglers seeking all kinds of species.
Karl...
Feature: Myths and magic in the great southwest
Mystery, myth and magic inhabit Geelong and its great southwest hinterland. Volcanoes, megafauna, UFO sightings, war secrets … NOEL MURPHY sketches an artistic panorama.
TIME...
Feature: Calling their Bluff ….
It’s startling what you can find among the moonahs and rugged coastal bushland of Barwon Heads. NOEL MURPHY trips over an architectural gem ….
TEXTURE,...
Man dies in Connewarre car crash
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash which occurred in Connewarre this morning.
Investigators have been told a van was travelling east along...
Teens arrested following carjacking
Two people have been charged following an alleged assault and carjacking in Norlane.
It is understood that a group of unknown offenders approached...
