Revival ahead
Classic cars and other eye-catching vehicles have gathered on Geelong’s waterfront for the city’s annual Revival festival.
The Geelong Revival Motoring Festival began yesterday and runs across both days of the weekend, with authorities advising of road closures to accommodate the annual event.
Buses ‘defective’
Authorities have slapped defect notices on two buses and caught an “unregistered operator” during a joint operation at Anglesea.
Officers also wrote several infringement notices as Geelong Highway Patrol, Vic Roads and Transport Safety Victoria joined forces to check 42 buses and their drivers for compliance this week.
Diver drowns
A SCUBA diver in his 60s has died after friends pulled him unconscious from waters off Torquay last Sunday.
Police urged anyone with a “strong emotional or physical reaction” after witnessing an off-duty officer trying to resuscitate the man at Torquay’s boat ramp to seek help from a doctor or Lifeline.
ARC ‘hope’
The release of concept plans should give residents “hope” Geelong’s $62 million Northern ARC project will proceed despite an ongoing funding shortfall, according to councillor Anthony Aitken.
He described the community hub plans “impressive” as council continued waiting for government funding to cover the $41 million shortfall.
Terminal beginning
Avalon Airport will officially open its international terminal on 2 December, event organisers have announced.
The “very significant event” would precede the first international passenger flight at Avalon when an Air Asia jet touched down three days later, the launch organisers said.
Dump fire
Authorities have rushed to extinguish a fire at a Lara property deemed a potential disaster site if a full-scale blaze breaks out.
The fire began in an office at C & D Recycling without spreading to large on-site waste piles that pose a significant fire risk this summer, the CFA said.
Fluoride released
Releases of “potentially hazardous” fluoride have cost Geelong’s oil refinery operator more than $31,000 in fines, the state’s environment watchdog has announced.
Viva Energy Refining pleaded guilty to breaching its licence four times between December 2015 and March 2016, said Environment Protection Authority Victoria.
