Get cracking on traffic nightmare
Alex de VosA community group has urged Vicroads to start work on plans to fix the Bellarine Peninsula’s worst traffic snarl after last week’s...
Alf’s boat comes in
Andrew MathiesonTHE name Alf Eden has reverberated around the shores of Portarlington for more than a century.
But Alf Eden, a popular figure around the...
VCAT set to rule on wind farm
Alex de VosA controversial plan for 14 wind turbines up to 130 metres high near Winchelsea is headed for Victoria’s planning tribunal, a community...
Housing forum set to target red tape, cash
Cutting red tape and tapping into federal funding will be on the table at an affordable housing forum in Geelong, according to an MP.
Member...
Study: our climate of rising fear
Andrew MathiesonClimate change could increase Geelong region temperatures 2.5 degrees and sea levels .8 metres by 2070, according to new State Government research.
The Department...
Tears as team rallies around cancer victim We did it all for sue
Andrew MathiesonA CANCER battler in remission has inspired her local football team after struggling from a hospital bed to watch the players win from...
Storage study for water plan
Barwon Water is set to look underground for storing future drinking supplies.
A spokesman said yesterday that the authority would begin a study into the...
Property figures: We’re hot to invest
Andrew MathiesonGeelong and the Surf Coast are among the hottest places to buy property in regional Australia, according to a national research real estate...
First a Banksia award, now the United Nations
Alex de VosTorquay’s Larissa Brown has been awarded one of Australia’s highest environmental honours.
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett announced Ms Brown as the...
The lord of the rings
Andrew MathiesonTHE echoes of a cheering, sometimes bloody-thirsty crowd at Festival Hall still ring in Tony Saltalamacchia’s battered 55-year-old ears.
They are sounds the sounds...
200 jobs still available at TAC nears completion
Jessica BentonABOUT 200 jobs are still up for grabs as the Transport Accident Commission prepares to move into its new Geelong office building, according...
More parents ‘ignore speed rule at schools’
Alex de VosGeelong motorists were increasingly thumbing their noses at special speed limits outside schools despite intense media campaigns warning them to slow down,...
Yarraville man charged with ‘Pam the Bird’ graffiti
Police have charged a Yarraville man they believe is responsible for the ‘Pam the Bird’ images that have been graffitied on landmarks across Geelong...
