Geelong boffins probe mozzie brain in Zika breakthrough
Geelong neuro-engineers have gone to the source for a possible cure of a virus leaving babies with shrunken heads, Deakin University has announced.
The scientists...
Savings on heating, cooling with North Geelong’s warehouse
Home-owners are saving money on power bills with the right advice about efficient products at Geelong’s Local Heating and Cooling Warehouse.
The store and its...
Primary focus at Bell Park
Bell Park North is a well-established foundation-through-to-grade-6 school servicing the Geelong suburb of Bell Park.
The school strongly believes that effective teaching and learning...
Ebony & Ivory’s Italian fans
After decades delighting taste buds with Italian cuisine, the chefs and baristas at Ebony & Ivory know how to impress their toughest critics -...
‘Alpha male’ in affair with Garner at GPAC
By Luke Voogt
Playing a baboonish count in an onstage love affair with prolific Australian actress Nadine Garner “takes a lot of imagination”, says opera...
Finale attraction at Potato Shed
By Justin Flynn
It’s rare anyone could say they went along to a world-class performance and was actually involved in the production.
But that’s what audience...
She-Laas land for Club Italia gig
By Luke Voogt
The She-Laas will bust out the beehives when they bring their '60s-themed extravaganza to Geelong for the first time this weekend.
The cover...
What’s in Storer for Corio
By Luke Voogt
The Sunny Cowgirls and Sara Storer will hit the road together for the first time this month, winding through country Victoria on...
Double Take
Understandably, all sorts of agencies and authorities have tried riding the feel-good bandwagon of the news that Avalon Airport will finally begin flying internationally.
Fair...
Mixed bags on Corio Bay as anglers tuna up offshore
On the Bite, by Chris Pitman
Corio Bay again hosted excellent fishing for a mixed bag of fish again over the past week.
Flathead, pinkies,...
Mask man brings sharp edge to Drysdale servo ‘robbery’
A large masked man with an “edged weapon” has robbed a service station at Drysdale, police have alleged.
Investigators released an image of the man...
Role model win for son
By Luke Voogt
Melanie Thomson had a special message for her 10-year-old son Ridley at the Geelong Awards for People with a Disability.
“You...
Vera brightens up Torquay with sunflowers
Vera Tosevski has been growing flowers for most of her life and holds the title of sunflower queen. As the Surf Coast Celebration of...
