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Year In Review – March

Deakin University celebrated 50 years of education, research and community engagement with events and its Geelong and Waurn Ponds campuses.

High-flying aircrafts took to the skies for the biannual Avalon Australian Internation Airshow to showcase military and civilian aircrafts, aerobatic displays and the newest innovations in aviation technology.

The Geelong community came together in a competition of fitness while swimming, cycling and running during the Ironman 70.3 event.

The Geelong Cats thrashed Fremantle at GMHBA Stadium on 15 March when footy returned for the year.

James Sood and Billy Gravett shared an unbroken 255-run partnership during the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association A2 Grade round, breaking a club record that had spanned more than three decades.

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