SPORT: Patience and planning pay off for weathered anglers
By Brian Long
UNFAVOURABLE weather forced anglers to rely on persistence and forethought over the past week.
Salmon were taken inside Lorne’s Louttit Bay from the...
SPORT: ‘I can improve’, says Podsiadly
VETERAN AFL recruit James Podsiadly insists he can improve at Adelaide rather than just fill in for injured forward Taylor Walker.
The AFL says the...
SPORT: Cats’ bowlers lining up Tigers
By Jim Timberlake
GEELONG Cricket Club enjoyed a dominant victory over Fitzroy Doncaster last Saturday, with the conditions certainly working in the Cats’ favour.
On an...
Asbestos halts city hook-ups
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
NEW telephone and internet connections in older Geelong suburbs have come to a standstill because of asbestos-lined telecommunications pits.
Cabling contractor Matt...
Insurer Ling’s new income sauce
By NOEL MURPHY
LAST time big red Cameron Ling was pumping ads on TV it was for Heinz tomato sauce - now he’s pushing the...
Labor’s Loney: I’ll vote for Lyons
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
LABOR stalwart Peter Loney says he will break a lifetime practice to cast his first vote for a Liberal - mayoral...
Black leopard sightings link
By NOEL MURPHY
REPORTS of big cats in the Otways could possibly be linked to black Asian leopards brought to Australia in the 19th Century,...
Fagg backs Jarvis as replacement mayor
Former Geelong mayor Keith Fagg has returned from an overseas holiday to back businessman Ken Jarvis as his replacement.
Mr Fagg wrote to the Independent...
FINALLY FRIDAY: Teen filmmakers’ Odyssey almost complete
By MICHELLE HERBISON
A new film festival will offer a taste of the big screen to Geelong’s next generation of cinematographic talent.
The inaugural Odyssey Geelong...
Our Calum pumped in Hollywood
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A YOUTUBE video with more than 500,000 hits and a meteoric rise up the world bodybuilding rankings has propelled Highton hunk...
Puppy love guided into retirement
By KATE VALLENCE
A 12-MONTH trial raising puppies to be guide dogs has become a long-term labour of love for Geelong’s Lyn Dodd.
She has taken...
‘Hair apparent’ laughs off businessmen’s attack ad
By NOEL MURPHY
POWERFUL backers of Geelong mayoral hopeful Ken Jarvis have mounted a turncoat campaign against his number-one preference, colourful frontrunner Darryn Lyons.
Jarvis...
Hawks go into break in 3rd spot
A seven goal to two first quarter against the breeze helped Drysdale to a 40-point win against Newcomb at Grinter Reserve on Saturday and...
