16 years ago
8 January, 2010
After years of mosquito hell on the Bellarine Peninsula residents and visitors have finally found relief this summer.
Barwon Coast Committee of Management’s Bob Jordan, who manages two caravan parks in mosquito prone wetlands at Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove, said tourists were enjoying relief since the mosquito management program was intensified.
11 years ago
9 January, 2015
A Geelong tax agent lived the highlife at Crown Casino by drawing funds from trusting clients to feed a massive gambling addiction, the Geelong Magistrates Court heard yesterday (8 January).
Looking ashen faced, after a night in custody, Kaylene Maree Hussen glanced over a Perspex screen toward family members as the court heard that she could have stolen up to $700,000 from clients, many of them elderly.
6 years ago
10 January, 2020
Geelong’s central suburbs are home to some of the region’s most prolific online shoppers, new data reveals.
The 3220 area, which takes in parts of Newtown and South Geelong, has become Greater Geelong’s fastest growing online shopping hotspot, according to latest Australia Post figures.
2 years ago
12 January, 2024
The southern hemisphere’s largest tennis academy is set to be built 25km southwest of Geelong.
This world-first partnership will see CORA effectively replicate French tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou’s flagship facility in Nice on the French Riviera.
