1 year ago
October 21, 2022
Perfect weather and a bumper crowd of about 12,000 at Wednesday’s Geelong Cup has delighted organisers and racegoers.
Emissary took out the feature event at Geelong Racing Club ahead of favourite Surefire, with Makram third and Rodrigo Diaz fourth.
3 years ago
October 23, 2020
Tomorrow’s Grand Final between Geelong and Richmond is uniting and dividing two sets of local twins separated by 83 years.
Identical 87-year-old twins and life-long Geelong fans Doreen Lynch and Janet Johnson were ecstatic the Cats had made the big game.
5 years ago
October 19, 2018
Cost blowouts have delayed and jeopardised major school upgrades across Geelong, according to concerned parents and principals.
Asbestos removal and structural issues had delayed a $7.8 million renovation at Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College, school president Juliet Williams told parents in an email.
7 years ago
October 21, 2016
The Catholic church has scuttled plans to house mentally ill people on a site it owns at Thomson.
Objections from residents forced the church to withdraw support for the facility, said St Mary’s Parish priest Father Kevin Dillon.
