Volunteers wanted as L-plate drivers begin road to Ps
Volunteers are the next target of a program helping teach disadvantaged youths to drive after a Geelong dealer provided two free cars this week.
Winter...
Sheriff-clamped car a CBD stall-wart
By NOEL MURPHY
BRIGHT yellow Sheriff’s Office bunting around the clamped rear wheel of a silver Hyundai on central Geelong’s Corio St grabs the attention...
Diorama offers rare panorama of early Geelong
By NOEL MURPHY
IT’S A LONG time since any diorama of Geelong has looked as curious as the five-panel masterpiece of architect John Stuart Jackson.
The...
City Hall ‘obstacles’ keep circuses at bay
By NOEL MURPHY
City Hall obstacles are stopping circuses performing in Geelong, according to booking agent Raymond Deller.
He lashed out at council for using spurious...
Free books put Myers project streets ahead
A “public-use bookshelf” will offer free reading material as part of streetscape works in central Geelong.
Geelong’s council said the weather-proof bookshelf on Myers St...
Our minister with a mission in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a long way from the Anglican churches of Geelong.
But Geoff Traill is there, bringing Christian care to Australian soldiers as a chaplain...
National park camping fee fury rising
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
New fees to camp in national parks will force caravans and campers to find alternatives, local enthusiasts have warned.
Teesdale off-roaders Shirley...
Portarlington ferry set to run within a year
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
PORTARLINGTON could have its ferry service to Melbourne operating from the middle of next year, according to the town’s safe harbour...
Double Take: Ford heave-ho
Spare a thought for the 120 workers getting the heave-ho at Ford in Geelong this week, which the company is trying to manage sympathetically.
"Everyone's...
In Brief: Vandals, Bannockburn, Cotton On
Vandal ‘idiots’
“Idiots” have vandalised signalling equipment on Geelong’s rail line, according to V/Line’s chief executive.
Tehor Taifalos said the vandals cut signal cables near Little...
Drysdale bypass set for drawing board
A DRYSDALE bypass is on the drawing board six years after the Geelong Independent first reported calls for a solution to the town's traffic-snarl...
Angry political brawl over ambulance wait as patients die
A “NEW LOW” exploiting family distress with inaccurate claims is how the State Government has described ambulance waiting time allegations by the Opposition.
The Opposition...
Shire gets greener
Winchelsea and Deans Marsh are receiving green and leafy makeovers following the planting of new trees along key roads.
Trees have been...
