Geelong left playing for pride in premier cricket
By JIM TIMBERLAKE
GEELONG Cricket Club’s finals hopes for season 2014/15 appear all but over after the Cats failed to defend 165 against Footscray Edgewater...
Icon Christmas tree lights up crowd – and business
By NOEL MURPHY
The lighting of Geelong's controversial floating Christmad tree has been greeted with rapturous applause.
Mayor Darryn Lyons arrived on a brightly-lit...
Police seek help over deadly cow
POLICE have appealed for witnesses to the death of a man after a cow ran him down on Vines Rd, Hamlyn Heights, on 9...
Convention centre ‘to be another broken Liberal promise’
BROKEN promises show the Liberals “can't be trusted” on their pledge of $5 million for a Geelong convention centre, according to a local Labor...
ASIC bans financial trader Scott Logan
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
INVESTORS have lost tens of thousands of dollars after dealing with a Torquay financial services trader now banned for seven years.
Australian...
CBD free parking under new attack
By NOEL MURPHY, JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
WEEKDAY free parking in central Geelong is disappearing as City Hall clamps down on existing zones with new fees...
More to come for Xmas tree, says designer
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG will have to wait to see the full range of features in its new floating Christmas tree, the man behind...
Time to light up Geelong waterfront
BRILLIANT colourful combinations are set to bathe spectators in light when Geelong flicks the switch on its giant floating Christmas tree tonight.
Testing this week revealed...
Ooh la la, Normie’s returning
By NOEL MURPHY
AT HIS peak, Normie Rowe was a national phenomenon, drawing crowds of young screaming female fans in Beatlemania fashion.
His lyrics questioned the...
Lots to like about window displays
CHRISTMAS is beginning to spread through shop windows in central Geelong.
Myer unveiled its Geelong-first Christmas windows last Friday, while smaller retailers are also adding...
New Freshwater Creek caravan park faces rejection
By NOEL MURPHY
DRAMATICALLY reduced plans for a caravan park near Torquay are set to be rejected ahead a tribunal hearing next month.
Surf Coast council...
Mitch makes mark as Menzel makes way back to side
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG Cats unveiled their four newest recruits this week but encouraging news about injury-plagued forward Daniel Menzel news almost upstaged the...
Top beekeper shares expertise
Australian Parliament House’s head beekeeper visits Geelong next month to present a special event on integrating bees into city spaces.
Environmental scientist, public servant and...
