In brief
Dangerous rescue
Queenscliff Coast Guard has battled “dangerous” seas with five-metre waves to rescue the crew of a stricken yacht in Bass Strait.
A coast guard...
MPs feel fracking heat
By NOEL MURPHY
ANTI-fracking activists are pressuring local Liberal MPs as State Government seeks public input on possible coal seam gas projects.
Energy and Resources Minister...
Hut burns, man ‘gone’
By NOEL MURPHY
POLICE are appealing for public help to find missing Lara man Murray McMillan.
Mr McMillan was last seen at home on 14 April...
Ghost of a chance for spooky meeting
By NOEL MURPHY
GHOSTS and ghouls, gore and the gruesome - welcome to the seedy side of Geelong few realise lurks behind its sandstone facades...
NDIA ‘makes our day’
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Premier's launch emotion
“THIS is a great day for Geelong.”
That was the recurring theme emphasised by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Premier Denis...
Zoe’s Short Cutz to exposure for local filmmakers
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A GEELONG filmmaker is forging her own entry into the industry with a short-film festival.
Zoe Hollingsworth's Short Cutz will be televised...
Fatigue illness spreads in city
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
Chronic fatigue syndrome is spreading around Geelong, according to a local support group.
Chronic Fatigue/ME Support group’s Sue Collins said more people...
Buckets & Bouquets
Bouquets to the kind person who handed in my handbag at Coles Ocean Grove intact with all the cards and bits and pieces, the...
April showers welcome after dry start
Most of the Geelong region enjoyed above-average rain in April.
Breakwater’s weather station recorded 47.2mm, while the urban area average was 50mm.
The latest 30-year average...
Geelong’s coaches ‘tweak’ game plan
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG’S coaching panel went back to school this week in hope of teaching Richmond a Sunday MCG lesson.
Chris Scott this week...
Surf’s up for salmon fun
Anglers enjoyed some outstanding surf fishing along the coast last weekend despite big waves.
John Mole and I started late on Anzac Day, eventually fishing...
White maggie is ‘one in a million’
By NOEL MURPHY
WHAT’S black and white and sends Cats fans nuts?
Hold on, better make that white and white … at least, that’s the colouring...
A heartfelt reunion
There were plenty of hugs at Barwon Heads Soccer Club this morning as Jon Phillips met with the paramedics and bystanders who saved his...
